Recent content by dapaterson

How does "house arrest in Alberta" translate into "at the US Ambassador's residence" in Ottawa?

Or a German descended political leader elsewhere in the world.

When vehicles were destroyed in Afghanistan sometimes the laws of physics were violated, based on the copious volumes of equipment apparently contained therein that was written off.

Fine. Ruck march it is then. Google tells me that it's 716 hours (3196 km) to march from the gate in Petawawa to the Div HQ in Edmonton. At 12 hours per day, six days a week, that's 10 weeks. So you should have been on the road this morning if the parade is on September 10th. You've already...

Fly? Road move!

I recall the planning for a range day in NDHQ in the early 2000s with a senior officer being very excited to fire the new rifle. I tried to reassure him that the change from an iron sight to the optical sight wasn't significant at 100m. That's when I learned that to him the new rifle was the...

The FN has a manual gas regulator, with settings from 1 to 10. Properly adjusted, the kick was greater than a C7, but not excessive. Improperly adjusted , well, the kick was significant.

Canada has a national crisis: we lack a national football song. https://www.thestar.com/sports/soccer/world-cup/canada-is-becoming-a-football-nation-now-it-needs-a-fight-song/article_cb047159-486f-4399-9b03-313686f0f5b0.html

Boeing reports that an unplanned IT outage is to blame, but claims to have ruled out a cyberattack. https://theaircurrent.com/feed/dispatches/boeing-operations-disrupted-coast-to-coast-by-it-outage/

Rafale M are based at Landivisiau. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landivisiau#Landivisiau_Naval_Air_Base

Because Brittany is a sweet posting?

Guilty plea plus thin on details makes me wonder if he's going to testify against the others.

No, the US is having bilateral meetings with Mexico to try to undermine the tripartite treaty. Divide and conquer, so to speak.

No, the US is having bilateral meetings with Mexico to try to undermine the tripartite treaty. Divide and conquer, so to speak.