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Subject: Trolling the Pacific Islands for Troops
James Dunnigan    11/25/2005 11:47:44 PM


Although the Australian armed forces need only
53,000 troops to be at full strength, there is a constant problem getting the
high quality people that makes this force so effective. So the government
proposes to use citizenship as a lure to attract desirable recruits from the
many small island nations in the Pacific. Many of these nations, like Fiji, are
known to produce excellent soldiers. Australia hopes to attract up to 2,000
experienced military men from the Pacific islands. Australia is considered a
desirable place for young Pacific islanders to migrate to. But Australia is
picky about who they let in, preferring migrants with needed skills. While
there are few engineers or college instructors in the Pacific islands, but
there are a lot of experienced, English speaking, soldiers, often with
peacekeeping experience, and willing to move to Australia for the bigger
paycheck and citizenship.
 
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Nate    RE:Trolling the Pacific Islands for Troops    11/28/2005 6:54:27 PM
Was there not an irregular unit in the Solomons in World War II made up of soldiers from Fiji, and a smaller number from Tonga, with New Zealand NCOs and officers that accomplished results all out of proportion to its size? If you know of publications that describe any of this, please post a citation.
 
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