[Travis McGee]

I sort of brushed by the 1982 Falklands effort. I was in Norway as part of a combined NATO excercise with the RN and Royal Marines. The conflict broke out, and the RN and Marines made pit stops in Portsmouth and the other naval bases, then continued right on to the Falklands and war, having just sharpend their drills in cold/wet fighting in Norway.

The Brits might not have a big force any more, but let nobody doubt their professionalism and courage. Not for a second! They are world class in their categories, ship for ship and battalion for battalion.

[AppyPappy]

The Argies have not really updated their military since 1982.

[Ax]

True dat, Trav. The Royal Marines were returning to the UK after Arctic training. They still had their Arctic kit and were sent to the South Atlantic’s [ate autumn climate. The Argies, on the other hand, sent their jungle troops with their tropical kit to those inhospitable latitudes. They were drawn from Jungle Regiments along the Brazilian and Paraguayan borders. They were totally unprepared for their campaign. The Argie Air Force, however, gave a fair account of themselves. I was stationed in the Military Attache Office in the U S Embassy in Buenos Aires 1986-1989.