From: "Rudnicki, Edward J." Subject: RE: |SKML| Navy/Marine Parallels Date: Wed, 5 Aug 1998 13:32:09 -0400 >A weird thought came to me in the shower. I hate it when that happens... >The Enforcers use US Navy ranks (at least it looks like it), even >if they don't wear the uniforms. I dunno. Wasn't there a sergeant or two? Lieutenant and Captain are widespread, and Commander is pretty generic. Seems a stretch. >The SWAT Kats wear blue with red highlights, the same as Marine >Dress Blues. Same as Army dress blues as well. And since Our Heroes could wear anything they wanted in any event...... >The SWAT Kats are always showing up and making fun of the >Enforcers, and seem to take great joy in it. The same as any elite units will do to more pedestrian formations. That's universal. >Marines love to make fun of and show up Squids. It works both ways. And you're not trying to say that jarheads are somehow better than Sailors, are you? If so, I could tell you some howlingy funny stories about the kind of pranks played on Marines aboard ship. >Is there a Jarhead hiding in the designers of SK? Or is this one >just seeing random things that don't mean anything. I'm inclined to believe the latter, sorry. Ed Rudnicki ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This list is sponsored by PEAK,Inc. ISP and Education Center Public Electronic Access to Knowledge,Inc http://www.peak.org 850 SW 15th Street Corvallis Oregon 97333 (541) 754-7325