Re: [TML] Sleipnir-class Confederation Patroller
Jim Catchpole 08 Feb 2017 22:39 UTC
Depends on which Navy and which Marines -
https://www.royalmarines.uk/threads/medic-specialisation-does-it-exist.91270/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kustj%C3%A4garna
Given the Sword Worlders' origins the latter may be more relevant.
Cheers,
Jim
On 08/02/2017 22:21, Andrew Long wrote:
>> On 8 Feb 2017, at 15:41, James Catchpole (via tml list) <xxxxxx@simplelists.com> wrote:
>>
>> No idea about the rank, but I'd assume a pilot/astrogator and an engineer as crew, with the marines acting as gunners and maybe supplying a medic.
> Here and now, Marines don’t normally supply medics - they borrow them from he Navy and call them ‘Corpsmen’
>
> I wouldn’t have thought there was sufficient justification to move away from that model, and that makes the Marines more of an ‘everybody fights’ force.
>
> Regards, Andy