Re: Something of a scenario idea

[" Ann" <annfranchi@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I second these comments.  After all, the successful operative is the one who
returns alive.  And after completing a tour of duty, a Navy SEAL (for
example, and not to slight other Special Forces ops out there) still has all
his skills intact to take with him into civilian life.

A person who has been taught special skills of _any_ kind does not
automatically forget them as soon as he or she leaves the employment of the
entity that taught them.  This holds as true for lethal skills as for
non-lethal ones.

Ann



----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert J. Hansen" <cortana@earthlink.net>
To: <millenniums-end-l@firedrake.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2001 4:50 PM
Subject: Re: Something of a scenario idea


>
> ... Put simply, the idea that private mercenaries are incapable of
demanding
> military tasks is a load of bollocks.  While most people who read Soldier
of
> Fortune and consider themselves mercenaries are incapable of any military
> activity more demanding than an overnight camping trip, there are some
> people in the private sector who are extremely good at what they do.
>