Posted: February 21, 2000 at 16:17:32: by Irv Koch
: : : : So far the closest thing in the book (first few chapters) to a "G.I." is a "Seabee", and my mind considers them to be like today's Navy "Seals". So, unless the marines or army land in later chapters, the only military are Navy.: What I meant to say, and didn't write OUT, is: : Seabee's are Navy personel. [Rather than marines stationed on a ship.] Today's "Seals" are also Navy personel. : Now, let's discuss the "red" climate in 1957 - and the projection of a possible war 25 years after WW II. But us old military veterans would rather talk about Construction Battalions (C. B.'s = Sea Bees complete with bee insignia instead of beavers, which they more resemble). They have nice manuals of time standards for construction work, that I used. SEALS, while also Navy, blow up stuff. They're the successors to the Underwater Demo Teams (Frogmen) who showed up in some older Norton novels (don't remember which but they were YA rather than SF ... MAYBE Swords series). The "reds" went so far in the red that they went bankrupt. A MUCH better way to fight a war ... see who goes bankrupt first. It isn't as adventurous, but 25 years later or 50 or 75, it makes it easier for us to sit here reading and discussing the stuff rather than being IN it.
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