HORNBLOWER-2-The Examination For Lieutenant Part4

part4
PART5: http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=BxugfqX6Mpk

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• hornblower
• horatio
• ioan
• gruffud
• hh

[StandTogetherForever]

When it comes to Royal marines vs United states marines, they aren't comparable, they only share the word "marine" other than that the Royal marines are far superiour in training experience and ability (they are a special forces and number around 3000), while the USMC are more like a standard army (120.000'ish) and just have large numbers and alot of resources, ye but they are both cool.

[candr]

Its a ship, usually a captured enemy or old model that is loaded and set on fire. It is then steered into a harbor or standing fleet of enemy catching as many other ships as possible. Sometime set the power magazine off if possible at the right time.

[TheBratzAttack]

is it me or does Mr Tapling sound like a Seagull?

[Songsmirth]

Horatio is finding out the horrible cost of Foster's ego. Even if he'd have been there he wouldn't have cared that someone like Finch died. He would have been eating well unlike Pellew who joins the men in their suffering. An excellent lesson for Horatio. He didn't owe anyone his life like he owed Finch. His character was defined in many ways by these men who taught him life's lessons. Some things you just can't get from a book.

[Xenin7]

And not surprisingly, the Americans are chest pounding about their own military might, I see humility is not one of their qualities. Give it a rest, you sound disgustingly arrogant. Nice to see Hornblower cares about the men, good man.

[Factnotfictionpeople]

7-56, Is that where the name for the breeches-buoy came from?

[DanTheGerbil360]

@StandTogetherForever Nice username, and comment.

[USMCM249gunner]

@NamVetBuck

btw, the fighting tops on the Frigate Alliance back in 1781 was a good time too haha

Semper Fi

[USMCM249gunner]

@NamVetBuck

The SF debate is just a modern boyish obsession with the camo faced ricky recon with a KBAR between his teeth...

In my mind we were always elite infantry that could outshoot everyone else. I mean you dont hear of naval infantry being entrusted with holding the line in 1918 from anyone else.

In Iraq, basic Marine grunts were usually supported by US Army SF or Iraqi SF because only their professionalism matched ours and was expected we'd cooperate better.

[NamVetBuck]

@USMCM249gunner Semper Fi , bro...but Jane's classifies us AS a special forces unit...all of the Corps !

[NamVetBuck]

@StandTogetherForever I got news for ya bub , the USMC is considered "special forces" as a whole , look it up in Jane's. As for training, I had a Capt. that trained with the Brit Marines, and he trained us the same way. We go to Cold Weather Survival, Desert Warfare, Mountain Warfare, Sea Duty, and jungle training, as well as other schools during our tours of duty. As for Brit vs. USMC...guess the Marines on USS Constitution showed the Brit grunts what Marine sharpshooters can do.

[USMCM249gunner]

@StandTogetherForever

I cant understand why an island nation like UK would neglect its Maritime attack force, rather than exploit them to their advatange.

our rise as a superpower was spearheaded by a very small force of Marines back in the early 1900s, to this day we can deploy 2 battalions on a very short notice to anyone's shores

At the same time we dont have the grenadier tradition like the European armies did up even into WW2, our army stayed the same quality with little distinction