Is there any significance in the fact that we have a 'Naval Service' rather than a 'Navy'?
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Comes from the Days when the Marine service were a corps of the Army I guess. Not independant of the Army, but doing a naval role, and ill equipped at the time.(some trawlers, a Yacht and a few small MTBs).
You could ask similarly why we have an Air Corps rather than an Air Force.
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Is there not something in old military vocabulary. A navy is a cretain number or combination of ships.
Like sections in a platoon, platoons in a coy, coys in a Batallion, Batallions in a Regiment and Regiments in an Army
German 5th army
British 21st army
etc?
The Army then is a seperate thingLast edited by luchi; 16 August 2007, 14:39.Without supplies no army is brave.
—Frederick the Great,
Instructions to his Generals, 1747
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Japan does not have a Navy either.
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force is what they have.Last edited by Goldie fish; 16 August 2007, 22:40.
Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing.
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Originally posted by Goldie fish View PostJapan does not have a Navy either.
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force is what they have.
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maritime defence force is what you are trying to quote.but then again its a constitutional question with the Nips
then again the Austrians have a navy without having something to put it in....
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Originally posted by carrington View PostJapan is a special case, not really comparable with Ireland.... Their constitution says they renounce war and can't have military forces... But they found a way around, sort of: apparently all their 'military' personnel are officially civil servants..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkFRbDE1pOM
Name means nothing.Last edited by Goldie fish; 17 August 2007, 06:34.
Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing.
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'Naval Service' may have been appropriate when it was just a couple of MTBs or trawlers, but the NS now has a decent fleet, soon to be further expanded. Since almost every country - except Japan - that has a navy calls it a 'Navy', is it time to change the name of the Naval Service to the 'Navy'?.
It looks like a Navy, acts like a Navy..... Is there some institutional problem? Does the Army want to ensure it remains the dominant service?
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Originally posted by Goldie fish View PostJapan does not have a Navy either.
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force is what they have.
The can run on water and kick the crapout of a battleship...............Oh thats only Charlie Chan!!
Without supplies no army is brave.
—Frederick the Great,
Instructions to his Generals, 1747
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Originally posted by carrington View Post'Naval Service' may have been appropriate when it was just a couple of MTBs or trawlers, but the NS now has a decent fleet, soon to be further expanded. Since almost every country - except Japan - that has a navy calls it a 'Navy', is it time to change the name of the Naval Service to the 'Navy'?.
It looks like a Navy, acts like a Navy..... Is there some institutional problem? Does the Army want to ensure it remains the dominant service?
In Norway, the navy is not called a Navy. It's called Kongelig Norske Marine
In Sweden, the Navy is not called a Navy. It's called the Marinen.(Its Marines are called Amfibiekåren).
The Army is the Dominant service here, unfortunately. If it wasn't the CoS would be a rotating position between the Naval Service, Air Corps and Army.
It's an official title. As long as they don't start calling it "Coastguard" I'm happy.
Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing.
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Originally posted by Goldie fish View PostIn Norway, the navy is not called a Navy. It's called Kongelig Norske Marine
In Sweden, the Navy is not called a Navy. It's called the Marinen.(Its Marines are called Amfibiekåren)......
It's an official title. As long as they don't start calling it "Coastguard" I'm happy.
...And in Germany it's the Deutsche Marine and in Spain they have the Armada Espanola... If you translate Kongelig Norske Marine you get Royal Norwegian Navy. Same with the Swedish Marinen. We speak English. If all other English-speaking countries call their navies 'Navies', why do we call ours the 'Naval Service'? It suggests that there is some essential difference, whereas there doesn't appear to be...
But then if the name doesn't matter, what's wrong with 'Coastguard'?
Originally posted by Goldie fish View PostThe Army is the Dominant service here, unfortunately. If it wasn't the CoS would be a rotating position between the Naval Service, Air Corps and Army.
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