A few of you seem to be going off on a bit of a tangent. This is partly my fault. To give a little background to this discussion topic. I'm constructing a brief on this subject for a promotion course within the Corps, hence why I'm after constructive comments.

My use of the term "Blue Beret" was as ...

With the increased use of non-commando trained personnel within the Corps, is there a case for re-introducing 'blue beret' marines to do some non-combat jobs?

At pesent we are stretched to provide enough man-power to meet the high tempo operational requirements. Some of these gaps are being filled ...