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Rifleman · 09-21-2007, 19:27 PM

Times of transition are very frustrating.

I wonder if the new "super regiments" will take on the role of a corps of sorts? You know, corps as in Corps of Infantry or Marine Corps, not corps as in a formation of two or three divisions.

There might come to be less emphasis on "This Battalion, That Regiment," and more emphasis on Scot, Welsh, Rifle, etc.

I imagine that level of identity has already happened with most of the Gurkhas. No more 1st Battalion, 10th Princess Mary's Own Gurkha Rifles and all of that, just the idea that you're a Gurkha. Much like the connotations associated with the word Marine.

09-21-2007, 19:27 PM	#24 (permalink)
Rifleman *Military Professional* Join Date: 06-29-06 Location: The edge of the gene pool with a jug of Clorox Posts: 215	Times of transition are very frustrating. I wonder if the new "super regiments" will take on the role of a corps of sorts? You know, corps as in Corps of Infantry or Marine Corps, not corps as in a formation of two or three divisions. There might come to be less emphasis on "This Battalion, That Regiment," and more emphasis on Scot, Welsh, Rifle, etc. I imagine that level of identity has already happened with most of the Gurkhas. No more 1st Battalion, 10th Princess Mary's Own Gurkha Rifles and all of that, just the idea that you're a Gurkha. Much like the connotations associated with the word Marine. __________________ "Aim small, miss small." - Benjamin Martin in The Patriot