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We laugh but this is not uncommon. I remember reading manpower contributions to the war in Afghanistan back in ‘17 and there were two Estonians and four Icelanders on the list. Hilarious when put next to the 10s of thousands of Americans.
Imagine needing 10s of thousands of soldiers when the Estonians can do it with 2.
Estonians are just built different
I wonder how the military units get organized when stuff like this happens, do the people from the tiny countries militaries just get told to go be part of a different military for awhile and follow those guy’s orders? Do they get their own little tent and individual unique assignments from their home country?
Well generally everyone on joint bases like that reports to the base commander. There’s always a clear chain of command that transcends nations when it comes to NATO operations.
Also, I expect that most small detachments like that are just technical experts, not just straight infantry or anything lol
Okay everybody, meet Trevor. Trevor is the newly assigned anti-pirate guy. Each ship Captain will have to wait for him to ride shotgun outbound, switch to an inbound ship, and ride back. That should settle down all this pirate nonsense. Any questions?
6 months later, not a pirate is to be found, dead or alive, and not a single ship taken. Meanwhile, none of the crews will talk about “Trevor”. All they are willing to say is that “Trevor is a very very nice man, we were very happy to host him.” Always spoken with a monotone 1000 yard stare.
And a quick change of subject, for some reason 🤷♂️
Wow, that’s gotta be like 5x their standing army or something!
Tbf their army is kind of busy staring at Russia, which has directly threatened them
To be fair, that’s 62% of their army, the other guy lost a leg while wrestling a wild boar
Let’s send the boar.
The boar is dead, head bitten off
