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Old 12th Jan 2024, 11:11
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Originally Posted by Asturias56
maybe just accept that their time has come and roll them into the Army as Naval Battalions as in WW1 - they can keep the title (as in Rifle Brigade, Hussars, Lancers etc ect) but use them as PBI. "Commando" was a WW2 creation
Because the Army really needs more PBI doesn't it? Oh, wait. They don't actually know what they want - or why.......

They are naval forces for a reason. That reason is not necessarily recreating Overlord, Corporate, Telic.
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