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Restructuring the British Army
29th April 2005

To assist in the restructuring of the British Army, I commend for your consideration, the following:

Forget regiments, their history and tradition. Institute new names for various units:

The infantry will now become:
"Blokes with guns"
The artillery will now become:
"Blokes with big guns"
The paras will become:
"Skydiving blokes with guns"
The engineers will become:
"Blokes with spanners"
Logistical corps will become:
"Blokes with boxes for blokes with guns"
The SAS will become:
"Scary blokes with guns"

Uniforms will consist of a boiler suit and a sock hat. Most economical.

Melt down all regimental silver and burn all regimental histories. Well, they take up so much space after all.

Scrap training depots. Institute web-based military training, no need to leave your room, just log on and become a 'bloke with a gun'.

I am sure that the government will applaud these thoughts, and so, should an MBE be in the offing, you have my home address.

Ex-jock from more Halcyon days

Peter Marshall,
Wellington,
New Zealand