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Originally posted by Lang
1 Brigade is a sub-unit of 1 Division. It seems brigade tac signs have not been carried for 20 or 30 years so everybody carries the divisional sign (or Field Force sign without a divisional number for non-div troops).
I have not taken much notice in recent years but with all the special units, task forces (brigades disappeared for 30 years and became a Task Force but have now gone back to their traditional naming. Task forces seem to be just that now - any size group formed to do a specific job) and UN detachments I think you will find quite large seemingly traditional size units are carrying the Field Force tac sign and are not on a division order of battle.
With the new age army operating under a corporatisation mentality I wonder how the thing can operate. Name changes, management structure changes, weasel-word unit and job names, political correctness and total lack of risk taking decisions are the order of the day. An infantry platoon commander has to do a semi-formal "Risk Assessment" before putting in a platoon attack. Meanwhile he has lost his front section. God give me strength!!!
Lang
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Not to sidetrack this thread too much (
), can anyone explain (or point to a website that explains) the recent/current tac signs made up of a pyramid with coloured bands?