Recent content by rmacqueen

My money is on someone from the navy side

I have lost track of how many times some REMF called me a grunt to which I would indignantly reply that I was a zipperhead.

I modestly agree ;D  Good to hear, always thought he was a great guy and I am sure he will have no problem filling Gen Hillier's boots

Original prototype for the Iltis?

One of the things that really bugs me about the save the polar bears thing is  the only population that is declining are the ones in Churchill and Baffin island.  The reality is that in the last 30 years the total population has gone from around 5,000 to 25,000.  But, like baby seals, they make...

It will be difficult for the Afghan government to resist the pressure of the US who seem stuck on the myopic view of eradication.  There is an opportunity here to convert Afghan farmers to the legitimate cultivation of poppies but narrow minded interests keep getting in the way.  While US...

Your hints led me to MOWAG but couldn't find anything.  Good one

After numerous delays, and going $1.5 billion over budget, Boeing finally unveils it new ground support fighter to the public.  President Bush immediately hails it as a technological breakthrough.  Rumour also has it that an carrier version is under development for the navy.

The inconvenient truth for Gore is the fact that his powerpoint/book/movie is so full of scientific inaccuracies and errors he would have failed basic highschool science if it were submitted as an essay.  As for that envirofacist Suzuki, the fact that he is trying to shove Kyoto down everyones...

And don't forget the gun tape to patch the holes first

114?  How many of those are sitting on cement pads with plaques on them?  Keeping my fingers crossed.

DOD tests camouflage in urban environment

He said sorry? Things have changed ;D

Audax et Celer brothers, the family has lost two more of its best.  RIP :salute:

Ignatief was there, but as an academic he probably knows how to keep track of dates. The Van Doos fought at Vimy along side the soldiers from the rest of Canada.  Douceppe, who proports to respresent all people from Quebec, should have been there to honour soldiers from the very province he...