Recent content by SeaKingTacco

I can guess why a young crewmember might get that kind of a clearance, but it is only guess and even then, a bit of a stretch.

Thank the Gords that a CFAD is actually useful for something…

Yes, but KevinB’s question is a valid one. That is a pretty rarified security clearance for anyone, let alone a tank crew member.

This contract feels like this made up situation: Dateline Ottawa, August 1917- The Canadian Government has signed a contract with Sopwith Aviation Company to supply Sopwith Camel aircraft to our fighting forces in France as they battle the Hun. Deliveries will commence in 1920, with an expected...

Um, what?

Optimist.

That is just…wrong.

I am nearly certain that the “gobs of unused land” at Borden is neither gobs, nor unused.

Holy shit. That is a part of the NDA I never knew existed. I had no idea slush funds survived and are officially sanctioned to this day.

Wait…no more telemarketing scams?

That is actually genius reference to how RN cooks in the age of sail were entitled to the skim the fat off the vats of cooking salt pork and save it in barrels for sale at the end of the voyage. The fat was called “slush”. It was their “slush fund”. The Simpsons never cease to amaze.

Oh, now the Kremlin thinks we should all be careful about nuclear threats. Unlike the dozen or so nuclear threats they have made since Feb 22… How nice.

Hey. Those milk crates are carefully stolen from the base kitchen for their under appreciated firearms storage/carriage application…

I agree. The point that I made badly earlier is that religious services themselves are not part of BMQ/BMOQ. Time to attend is usually afforded, but that is based entirely on the training schedule.

My first issue Browning was a 1944 build, still in the storage bag. I was the first to shoot it, outside the factory. This was 1989. It was a tight pistol, that shot really well.