Recent content by OldTanker

A few anecdotes to provide some context to this discussion. I began my military career in Air Cadets in the late 1960s. Very military-ish and a good foundation for my 32-year military career. In the late 1990s I was the Deputy Regional Cadet Officer for Pacific Region Cadets, the senior regular...

When I joined the Strathconas in late 1975 we were wearing collar dogs

I'm in contact with one of our vets and RCD Association members who has been evacuated from Summerland. I've shared his situation with the wider BC Association membership in case he needs assistance. So far so good. A terrible situation and only going to get much, much worse I fear.

My birth mother was forced to put me up for adoption when I was born. She wasn't unmarried but her situation could be charitably be described as "chaotic". My adoptive parents were wonderful and gave me an excellent life. I have made contact with my birth family and all I can say is that I thank...

I understand that being obese and sloppy is protected by charter rights, but couldn't the MP carrying the Canadian flag at least have visited his tailor before the parade? I mean seriously, is this how we want to portray the Canadian Forces to the world? I'll crawl back under my cold warrior/...

Statistically I won't be around to see the delivery of the first of the 212s, but I might just make a greater effort to live longer to see if a. any Canadian government will really carry through with this and not take the easy way out, cancel once Trump is gone and pay the penalties or b. they...

When I was young my Dad, a frustrated Nova Scotia farmer, decided to raise rabbits in our backyard. Everyone in the family knew they were being raised for meat except my then-girlfriend (now my wife of 51 years) who unbeknownst to us thought they were being raised as pets, and have given them...

Serving with RSS SALH late 90s, working summer at Dundurn. I used to go home most weekends but over the August long weekend I volunteered to be the duty officer for the weekend to allow the other folks who live further away to have a long weekend at home. I was the only officer on the camp and...

Can someone explain A. Why the CF needs yet another HQ, and B. What is the difference between CJFC and CFJOC?

The ferrets were from 8CH

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During my 32-year military career we lived in many PMQs, all of the mid-1950s vintage and certainly housing at its most basic. I believe the styles were generally based on the post-war government housing of the late 1940s. I see a lot of derision for repeating a project like this again, because...

Sluggish

Very slow on the Wet Coast

How to Think Like A Roman Emperor: The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius. By Donald Robertson. A good introduction/summary of Stoicism.