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I'm willing to bet they get a deal of maritime training in either way. Navy and marine corp, from what I've seen, still have a closer relationship in the US. Not like the motherland but still, it's there.
Friday, 03-Mar-17 21:04:47 UTC from web-
@awl AFAIK they get ship time, just not actual sea combat most of the time.
Friday, 03-Mar-17 21:05:58 UTC from web-
@nerthos yeah. I think the roles change more with the evolution of combat. Nowadays naval warfare hardly sees boarding. And the usmc would get mixed in landings to vamp up numbers.
Friday, 03-Mar-17 21:07:35 UTC from web-
@awl @nerthos Boarding actions these days are mostly anti-piracy (er, the REAL piracy), and to be honest, most somolian pirates are not well-trained or well-armed and generally try to avoid the actual navies of the world's militaries.
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@awl @nerthos One of my good friends was boarding party on the Winnipeg when it was doing anti-piracy actions some time ago.
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Friday, 03-Mar-17 21:17:27 UTC from web
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@maiyannah @awl Yep, most pirate ships are tiny, and the few times boarding is possible is when they have taken a ship's crew as hostages, so regular soldiers would be useless, you have to use a tactical unit that's more akin to cops than soldiers.
Friday, 03-Mar-17 21:17:24 UTC from web
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