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When you walk away from your daily crash landing, I guess you get to feel special☺️

USN Aviators wear brown shoes when wearing their khakis, the others (line officers) wear black shoes...

Pretty much every naval dress uniform has been influenced by the RN and USN post WWII

What is the status of Alberta's passenger rail plan? https://www.alberta.ca/passenger-rail

Thread hijack time. The St Laurent government were in serious discussions to cancel the Arrow but were waiting until after the election to make the final call. Diefenbaker won that election and of course he wears the stink. (Interesting that it was the Chief of the Air Staff who ordered the...

Umm, the Canadian Army. The Navy and Air Force were in the garbage bags from 1968 to 1985, a whole 17 years.

Ohhhh boy, there will be howls of rage in the NCR if that happens. I don't mind my N3's, but I'm in the vast minority.

White coats! That's what Montcalm's troops wore!

He really wants to go back to the Civil War doesn't he. Disease was far more lethal than combat during the American Civil War, causing roughly two-thirds of all soldier deaths. While approximately 210,000–230,000 soldiers died from diseases like measles, typhoid, and dysentery, roughly...

Unification was birthed in a time of Canada trying to reject all symbols and ties to the UK, as the UK was in the midst of divesting itself of most of the colonial territories. The Flag and the Canadian military were the most obvious targets of this drive and that the RCMP were able to avoid the...

Are you Mansplaining? :eek:

No, more of a shade of khaki.

I was at museum that had the WWII uniform of Major from the Saskatchewan Dragoons. I'm not a big man but I don't think I could have fit in that tunic when I was 16! Still, they look much better than the shapeless green crap they have now (and rarely wear I might add)

Because Man-boobs are an issue now?

Wasn't it CP who bought KC? Not the other way around. And don't CPKC and CN own rail all the way from Prince Rupert to deep into Mexico?