Quote:
|
Originally Posted by baggygreen
Common problem, brought about in part by almost all teachers indoctrinating kids into thinking that any form of military service is bad.
|
I question this. The ratios of navy personnel to total armed forces personnel to total population are almost identical in both America and Australia. In other words, accounting for the size difference of the two countries, just as many people are signing up for naval service.
My guess would be either that six subs are too many for the ADF to manage (not something to be ashamed of, we Canucks only have 3 subs but we have 10,000 more active duty personnel) or that the Collins have a bad rep because of the weld problems or whatever and people are hesitant to volunteer for sub service.