From: "Robert G Lewis" 

A retired Marine Sgt Major said the same thing about one of the Army
paratroop units. He has been in North Carolina and was invited as a guest
to an exercise.. There were 15 or so injuries and they were please. His
comment was Marines would NEVER be so sloppy and any Marine in charge of
such would be in trouble.. Of course he was/is  just a bit biased.

Bob Lewis

"John Beckett"  wrote
in message news:40f623dd.7176329{at}216.144.1.254...

> I don't want to leave you with the idea that all Australian methods are
> slack, so I will tell you about an Australian paratrooper I met. He
> trained other paratroopers. They occasionally had joint exercises with US
> forces. For example, a couple of hundred soldiers would jump out of a few
> planes over an isolated area, and they would have to trek somewhere.
>
> Anyway, the Australians planned to have zero casualties per exercise,
> whereas the Americans EXPECTED to get a couple of broken legs - and they
> usually did.
>
> John
>
>
> Richard B.  wrote in message
> news::
> > On Wed, 14 Jul 2004 11:50:48 -0400, "Robert Comer"
> >  wrote:
> >
> > >> Australia is apparently relaxing its rules.
> > >
> > >That's good to hear.
> >
> > Actually I wouldn't mind going just for the experience, not as part of
> > a political statement.  I sort of like what I've seen of the
> > Australian culture/independent mindset.  With so much family here,
> > tho, it would be a tough thing to do.
> >
> > - Richard 
>

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