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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
Thanks for the recommendations, I will pick those up shortly.
Honestly, i'm not qualified enough to determine what would be good criteria for a 'Peace Keeper'.
Spitballing here but I would imagine there would be a primary focus on:
- First aid and medic training
- Small arms training
- training for unit specific weapons platforms and vehicles
- language training / certification
- basic clinical psychology
I'm not sure how you'd populate this unit or attract members to it, but I see them as being a unit unto themselves that perhaps rolls out with regular infantry as support if need be but is part of a larger focus on disaster response, front line aid and post conflict peace keeping.
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That's why we have DART and specic medical services and engineering groups. However I don't see any peace keeping group that can be based around the above. The biggest failure of the UN and its peacekeeping mandate is an abject failure to enforce the peace. We're also dealing with fairly sophisticated enemies here that are now fairly well trained and equipt.
You can take the above elements from various formations in the military, police, medical, emergency support and infrastructure, I don't think you need to create a seperate unit for that.
On top of that, I firmly believe that the failure of the UN in peacekeeping is because the troops they sent are lightly armed and have no teeth whatsoever. On top of that the rules of engagement are usually poorly defined and its gotten people killed both civilian and military.
If I was going to create a specific un force, it would literally be a self sustaining battle group with air, logistics, armor and infantry support and then you can fold in services as required.
Anyways, I think you'll enjoy those books if you pick them up. Let me know what you think.