In Texas the tradition is "one riot, one Ranger."
Maybe the Pricess Pats have something similar for wars.
In Canada, they have the tradition of "One riot, one Mountie." I agree with you that the PPs work in a somewhat similar manner.
Posted on 03/12/2003 12:05:18 PM PST by No Truce With Kings
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| By ALLISON DUNFIELD Globe and Mail Update
— An platoon of 18 troops from the 1st Battalion Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry left for the Persian Gulf Wednesday to support troops already deployed in Operation Apollo. The troops will be performing security duties to support Canada's land, air and navy forces participating in the U.S.-led campaign against terrorism. "The remainder [17] will be deployed next week," Major Mike Audette, a public affairs spokesman with Land Force Western Area, told globeandmail.com. "They'll be assigned security tasks once they get there. It will be a fairly wide spectrum — from observation to check points to access patrol." Brigadier-General Ivan Fenton, Commander of the Land Force Western Area, said in a statement that the "safety of the men and women of the Canadian Forces is a top priority. This security platoon will provide additional protection for the significant investment of CF personnel and equipment already contributing to the campaign against terrorism in the Arabian Gulf region." Since they will be based mostly on land, Major Audette said the troops won't likely be affected by the fact that two Canadian warships headed to the area will have to share a single Sea King helicopter. A Sea King crashed late last month on the deck of HMCS Iroquois as it was en route to the Gulf. The ship returned to Halifax for repairs to its deck. The Iroquois and HMCS Fredericton left again last week but, because no replacement helicopter will be found, the ships will share a Sea King between them. Major Audette also said that the troops will stay with their assigned duties in the event of a war in Iraq. "In no way does [their mission] have to do with any international developments [in terms of a war in Iraq]," he said. The members of the battalion will spend at least two months in the Gulf region, he added. Sergeant Manny Mandrusaik, who is in charge of The Homefront, a resource centre located within the Edmonton Garrison's military resource family centre, said the establishment was fairly busy after the troops left Wednedsay morning. "We had a lot of families come in to talk to us about their general anxieties," Sgt. Mandrusaik told globeandmail.com. "We find communication's the key. Keeping families informed is important," he added, explaining that friends and families who visit the Homefront are able to use the Internet to send e-mails to their loved ones, receive briefings on what is happening overseas and have access to crisis counsellors. Sgt. Mandrusaik also sends out e-mail bulletins with information and will phone families at home as well. But children and parents of those who have been deployed mostly just want to come to the centre to talk. "Families will feel they're the only ones going through this. They'll find that they're not the only ones," he said. |
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In Texas the tradition is "one riot, one Ranger."
Maybe the Pricess Pats have something similar for wars.
In Canada, they have the tradition of "One riot, one Mountie." I agree with you that the PPs work in a somewhat similar manner.
Indeed they do. But do not call them that to their faces.
*The Patricias* is the preferred term, though they'll sometimes refer to themselves as *The Pats* among themselves.
It takes rather a lot to impress the Gurkhas, but their opinion of the Patricias was that they were in that fairly stratospheric category. That's a reccomendation quite good enough for me.
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