Because they used to wear leather collars as part of their uniforms.
Edit: thought that I'd better edit this.
Leather collars on their uniforms, not wearing leather collars like dogs, or B/D fetish types. :)
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Because they used to wear leather collars as part of their uniforms.
Edit: thought that I'd better edit this.
Leather collars on their uniforms, not wearing leather collars like dogs, or B/D fetish types. :)
FearNot-
The important things are:
Everything having to do with military training and structure originated in the U.K./Europe.
All their forces are ROYAL, too.
Big difference, there.
I have a question:
Which of our European benefactors possessed marines first?
Britain created marine forces under Admiralty control in 1755, 50 companies in 3 divisions at Chatham, Portsmouth and Plymouth.
Before that time, marines were under army control, and were not continuously maintained. The earliest official British marine regiment I have found is Sir William Killigrew's Regiment of Foot in 1662.
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Thank you, Lynx. :)
we came long before that the first official Royal Dutch navy ship shipped out in 1488 with admiral Maximiliaan van Habsburg
Source (Dutch)
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Sorry at Faced I wasn't concentrating.
Neil
No Neil, your off topic.
This thread is about Military Boot Camp....
ie Basic Military Training.
It is wholley unrelated to your own thread.
Sorry all See above
Neil.