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"Airborne Pushups" was what they told us they were...

Indeed...

This...and everyone reacts to stress differently. Cutting isn't what one would normally describe as a reasonable coping mechanism to stress...and there's often a lot of underlying other things that have gone on/are going on. He won't often get to choose when he's wearing long or short...

Yeah - will have to stick to Canadian nationals now...who'll still have to be quarantined somewhere afterwards...onto Plan C.

Well there goes my mercenaries' exit plans...back to the drawing board...

Yes indeed...but was usually an MD or an actual MO doing the enrolment medical as well.l He's definitely a reason why we were restricted in what we could do/see for a medical if a non-doc was doing them. When I was in CFRC Vic/Van, most was the applicant was allowed to go down to was gym...

☝️ Used be Section 117, now Section 122 of the National Defence Act regarding making fraudulent statements for the purpose of enrolment...there used to be that written in bold print at the bottom of the questionnaire you sign that it's an offence to knowingly withhold information or outright lie...

I would not be surprised...there were some ops that were mentioned/danced around where their surveillance resulted in the demise of some PIRA players...and a few where dick all happened as well, the usual 95% boredom/4% excitement/1%shear terror sort of stuff. Was interesting reading about how...

That photo is from a book I read called "One Up" - autobiography of a female operator that was RN and passed selection for and operated in Northern Ireland with 14 Int.

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/18yUuphqWw/?mibextid=wwXIfr

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1FmrcJspR4/?mibextid=wwXIfr This copper either really loves running or had too many Red Bull's...or both

Russians pretty much answers it all...

Given how long it took PA's to get recognized under the Ontario RHPA, I doubt that'll do any good...

That's why I added "and others"...mortars, arty, EOD, HMG gunners, Carl G gunners, even snipers potentially. I've had my own bell rung being around arty while it's firing, mine strikes, explosives being cooked off, BIP's, wrong side of a Carl G firing, etc. I got the impression, and to a...

Fixed that for myself based on new info...