Some down under stuff

[browningautorifle]

If clerks and cooks have to grab a rifle

Not quite seen like that, all posted to an infantry unit must be well versed in weapons. All travelling overseas have to go through the same pre-deployment. All must be able to fight as infantry, even though that may not be expected. We can't have a small(by comparison) number fighting to protect a large number against undisclosed numbers. Gulf war one taught us that one...that's a long side story.