[semi OT] Women wargamers -longish.

One of the major points that has come up in this discusion is that training
hase to change. Do you think that the Ranger's (form Bab 5) training ideas
would work in a real army? Thanks Bye Stephen

> You wrote:
training ideas >would work in a real army?

Nope.  It's perfectly good for a cross-cultural liason organization and
secret service, or whatever Rangers (B5, not Ft. Benning) are supposed to be,
but I don't want some joker who's meditating and thinks a metal pole is a
wonderful weapon covering me on a breach.

John spake thusly upon matters weighty:

> Nope. It's perfectly good for a cross-cultural liason organization

> to be, but I don't want some joker who's meditating and thinks a metal

> pole is a wonderful weapon covering me on a breach.

Of course, if that same individual is profficient in flying and fighting a
starship, secret insertions of special operations teams, languages, comms,
unarmed combat (including using poles) and armed combat using PPGs and other
personal and support weapons, he might be more than an asset to any team.

Now, given that I agree with your point about the training of combat arms
differing from the special ops type forces like the rangers (who also do
intel, vip protection, infiltration, etc), I have to say your last comment I
can't concur with. Rangers are profficient with the Minbari
whatchamacallitstick but I think it quite likely most are skilled in various
small arms too. The stick just makes less noise in close quarters and doesn't
give energy discharges that can be picked up by sensors.:)

Tom
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