Kbf, I'm afraid I'm with MightyGem on this one. Although at least two nurses have gone through the system, and yes I think that maybe a basic foundation course on wpn handling, tactics etc would be a better solution then just on the job training, we've got a medic in our squadron, I know of an ex-Bandsman (who unlike the medic is a 'proper' non-combatant), clerks and others who could hardly be said to have had a background in the realities of the battlefield. So I think background argument is flawed, notwithstanding the a/m comment about a foundation course for the legalities and the basics