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Post by Dave Homewood on Mar 22, 2012 21:50:22 GMT 12
One News just had a piece on how they have discovered eight US soldiers are in NZ training NZ soldiers at Linton, the first time US taining has taken place with our troops since ANZUS fell apart (according to One News anyway).
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Post by gunny on Mar 22, 2012 21:54:10 GMT 12
Sheesh i remember op Long green 88-89 i think it was we taught them more than a few things
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Post by lesterpk on Mar 23, 2012 0:02:17 GMT 12
Plenty of US SNCO's have been through our SNCO training courses and we have sent a few on theirs.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Mar 23, 2012 0:19:07 GMT 12
These eight soldiers from the US were training our soldiers how to use tazers, bean bag guns and pepper spray. I was thinking "Finally the army is going to do something about those moaning bloody port strikers".
In the old days the army would have been in there with horses and batons and forced the lazy sods back to work. Or at least off the pavement.
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Post by shorty on Mar 23, 2012 7:35:51 GMT 12
Not biased are we Dave?
I reckon the the Ports CEO should be sacked!
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Post by Chris F on Mar 23, 2012 9:01:27 GMT 12
This is a small step to hopefully bigger things in future years.
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Post by flyjoe180 on Mar 23, 2012 9:04:53 GMT 12
I agree raptor, hopefully it is a new start to a strong military relationship.
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Post by jonesy on Mar 23, 2012 9:09:21 GMT 12
I was wondering what the "non-lethal" weapons were...Yes, its a good way to start our future relationship with the Yanks.
Look foward to training with "lethal "weapons soonish!
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Post by Dave Homewood on Mar 23, 2012 10:00:48 GMT 12
Come on Jonesey, you know that the last Govt phased lethal weapons out of the military as they were against Health and Safety, and political correctness.
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Post by corsair67 on Mar 23, 2012 10:25:00 GMT 12
The Americans are teaching New Zealand servicemen and women how to napalm babies and strangle old ladies with barbed wire. The Green Party of Aotearoa.
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Post by jonesy on Mar 23, 2012 10:38:20 GMT 12
Come on Jonesey, you know that the last Govt phased lethal weapons out of the military as they were against Health and Safety, and political correctness. I worked with a guy who went to East Timor with the army at the early stages of their tours there. His catchphrase was that he could kill me with "a blade of grass". Such was the level of his training with lethal weapons. He did struggle however to cut his sandwiches cleanly with a knife. Yes, eagerly awaiting the comments from John Minto, the Green Party and other various peaceniks... |
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Post by flyinkiwi on Mar 23, 2012 11:05:20 GMT 12
Not biased are we Dave? I reckon the the Ports CEO should be sacked! No they shouldn't be sacked, if they think the new contract is so good why don't they show some leadership and lead by example by adopting the same working conditions they wish to impose? "John, you don't need to come into work until Thursday morning for that meeting with Mersk. Oh by the way, your salary is now pro rata so you will only be paid for the time you spend on site." |
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Post by flyjoe180 on Mar 23, 2012 11:46:04 GMT 12
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Post by jonesy on Mar 23, 2012 11:54:27 GMT 12
My thoughts exactly....was there a complete u-turn version of that one? |
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Post by flyjoe180 on Mar 23, 2012 12:04:13 GMT 12
Sure:  |
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Post by skyhawkdon on Mar 23, 2012 18:05:25 GMT 12
;D ;D
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Post by Dave Homewood on Mar 24, 2012 10:31:31 GMT 12
Why does the Army need US troops to give them weapons training? Why not contract the Uruwera terrorists?
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Post by adzze on Mar 24, 2012 11:03:52 GMT 12
Why does the Army need US troops to give them weapons training? Why not contract the Uruwera terrorists? *Resists urge to give a political response* ;D |
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