I am ex-Army Electronics instructor and worked with many of our allies. I also served in Germany as an NCO in a Field unit and served with several nationalities.

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The ROC Army are some of the toughest in the world. The viet-cong feared the ROC Army more than Americans.

Former MP Officer here...

...The ROKs are sound allies. I do fear infiltration in their ranks by an extremely aggresive nK intelligence apparatus. I was there long enough to live and dwell amongst some older Koreans...Their love for America is greater than that held by many Americans. Many in their younger generation find it cool to trash the U.S. and like to protest a lot, because they can. I once saw a protester at Danguk University lob a molotov into a crowd of Korean riot police. By some miracle, the bottle did not smash, but skittered along the pavement with it's lit fuse. A Korean riot policeman proceeded to pick the d@mn thing up and toss it back into the crowd of protestors...these people are serious about what they do...and they understand what it means to be threatened from without and within...

as well they should

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I don't share your confidence in the Germans or the Italians...

Surprisingly, the Pakistani record and reputation in Somalia was quite impressive, even against their fellow muslims. It will be interesting to see what kind of resolve they bear in the coming days. At the MP Officer advanced course we had two Hungarians...also some (frighteningly) intense folks...

Koreans - Never, and I mean NEVER piss off a Korean,

Now there is an serious UNDERSTATEMENT!
Israel has several commando units that rate with or above the Koreans, was in Nam 68-70 with both, neither to be screwed with!

Israeli Defence Force, they are the best at covert ops and the element of surprise.

"Koreans - Never, and I mean NEVER piss off a Korean..."

I'm married to one, and you're right!!! I never sleep well when she's not happy...

I am more concerned about the commitment of the Allied governments than their soldiers.

Korean Marines are bad to the bone and like the British Royal Marines they feel a kin-ship to their American Brothers. I witnessed the reaction of a Royal Marine Commando here in the states as he saw the WTC attack on the news for the first time. He said "We will get some pay back on this one" For the first time I realized how much they really care for the U.S.

The author of this thread clearly intended this as a discussion for vets, of our peers in other armed services. If you belong here and can keep your remarks relevant, than please do so...this is not a thread soliciting your opinons of other governments. There are plenty of other threads where you may do that.

why...........we have forgotten the French,,,,,they are the 2nd best soldiers we have,,,,,,everybody else tied for first.

In the airport at Pusan (on personal business) I once saw a ROK Marine that had to have been 6'8", I kid you not. My first thought on seeing this monster was, "I'm glad I'm not Chinese!"

"...we have forgotten the French..."

Always willing to fight to the last American...

I once had occassion to ride in a truck convoy that stopped at a ROK Marine unit... They had a couple of viet cong and an NVA regular they wanted to interogate. Let me just say that they got every bit (and I REALLY MEAN EVERY BIT) of information out of them.

I think we ought to let them ask all the terrorists the questions. I have no doubt that they will not be "reluctant" to answer questions.

The only mosque that I'm aware of in Seoul was in Itaewon, near Yongsan Garrison. I can assure you, the Korean peoples are no fans of Islam...

The discipline they (The Koreans) use on their junior troops is hard corps. A butt stroke to the head is the norm. I dont know so much about the French Military, I get the impression they dont like us very much. We owe a great debt to their support in the beginning, but we have bailed them out twice, since. They are pretty damn socialist.

What you say was true 30 yrs ago. I don't know how they are now. Interesting stuff about the Koreans.

Dont get me started on the french, my views are no secret.

On the other hand, I knew an Indian, a Sikh, a true Mountain of a man. You knew, that if this man gave his word, he would die trying to live up to his promise. Truly legendary soldiers, and for good reason.

IMHO

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