Hi Michael
16 Apr 98, Michael Shirley writes to Paul Lee:
 >         In the end, we're not serving our own best interests by
 > slavishly imitating what we see in Europe. It doesn't matter if it's
 > Charlie Beckwith trying to clone the SAS here, (which is what he tried
 > to do with Delta) or our tendency to grab whatever the Europeans are
 > using whether than encouraging innovation here, in the end I don't
 > think that we're going to be well served. American problems would be
 > better handled by our engaging some brain cells and producing American
 > solutions.
I don't think thats quite true,there is quite a lot of interchange
of information via staff exchanges.I learned a lot from people at
Bragg and Quantico,and I think it was mutual,especially in anti-terrorist 
techniques.
    In fact on the wall above my computer here there is a plaque that
was presented to me by your SEAL team 4 after I taught a course there.
This is getting a little off topic ;-) Drop me an email if you want
to continue the conversation.
Regards,
Rick
rickn@pointless.gen.nz
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