badbob
09-26-02, 11:10 AM
Did ya ever notice that British Corporals appear to be much older than the average American Corporal?
I was watching the opening ceremony of the Ryder Cup this morning.
For you Non-Golfers out there, the Ryder Cup is tournament held every two years; paring the best European professional Golfer’s against the best American Golfer’s. This year it’s being held in England. It’s a 3-day match that uses team and individual scoring to select the winner. For the golf fanatic, It’s some of the best Golf you’ll see played by the worlds best Golfers.
I’m a Golfer, I live on Golf Course, when I’m not working, I’m playing Golf, when I’m not playing Golf, I’m watching someone else play Golf.
I’m not a good Golfer, but I’m not a hacker either, and at my age (55) unfortunately, I’m at the top of my game, it’s as good as it’s ever gona get.
Like some of my combat skills, with age, I’ve lost most of the power in my swing, which has forced me to develop finesse in my short game, which ironically, has really improved my overall game. Sometimes getting older can be good thing.
Back to British Corporals:
During the Ryder Cup ceremony there were a couple of interesting observations that struck me.
1. There was a platoon of British soldiers, probably British Marines, in battle dress green uniforms, I noticed that the Corporals looked to be all in their 30’s, they all looked much older then our average CPL’s.
2. I wasn’t aware that the British Army also uses the Lance Corporal rank., and they also looked older then our average LCPL’s.
3. The Scottish Royal Bagpipe marching band, in Dress Blues and wearing kilts (I still can’t get use to soldiers wearing skirts) played the Marine Corps Hymn on bagpipes and it sounded really good. But I’m not sure if they were doing so to honor the USMC, or they actually have adopted the Hymn for their own Corps.
So, is it harder to get rank in the British Army? And if so, is it because they have less of a turnover than in our Armed Forces?
At any rate this is my observation for the day,
Back to Golf.
Simper Fi,
Bob
I was watching the opening ceremony of the Ryder Cup this morning.
For you Non-Golfers out there, the Ryder Cup is tournament held every two years; paring the best European professional Golfer’s against the best American Golfer’s. This year it’s being held in England. It’s a 3-day match that uses team and individual scoring to select the winner. For the golf fanatic, It’s some of the best Golf you’ll see played by the worlds best Golfers.
I’m a Golfer, I live on Golf Course, when I’m not working, I’m playing Golf, when I’m not playing Golf, I’m watching someone else play Golf.
I’m not a good Golfer, but I’m not a hacker either, and at my age (55) unfortunately, I’m at the top of my game, it’s as good as it’s ever gona get.
Like some of my combat skills, with age, I’ve lost most of the power in my swing, which has forced me to develop finesse in my short game, which ironically, has really improved my overall game. Sometimes getting older can be good thing.
Back to British Corporals:
During the Ryder Cup ceremony there were a couple of interesting observations that struck me.
1. There was a platoon of British soldiers, probably British Marines, in battle dress green uniforms, I noticed that the Corporals looked to be all in their 30’s, they all looked much older then our average CPL’s.
2. I wasn’t aware that the British Army also uses the Lance Corporal rank., and they also looked older then our average LCPL’s.
3. The Scottish Royal Bagpipe marching band, in Dress Blues and wearing kilts (I still can’t get use to soldiers wearing skirts) played the Marine Corps Hymn on bagpipes and it sounded really good. But I’m not sure if they were doing so to honor the USMC, or they actually have adopted the Hymn for their own Corps.
So, is it harder to get rank in the British Army? And if so, is it because they have less of a turnover than in our Armed Forces?
At any rate this is my observation for the day,
Back to Golf.
Simper Fi,
Bob