Recent content by sparker

The most important things you can take away from martial arts training are confidence and conditioning. I am not going to touch CQC, because I am not qualified to comment on what techniques a soldier should or should not use. I was a sailor and the few times I was required to use my martial...

Hey Sub_guy, you paint a pretty depressing picture(unless of course everyone likes to be a skiver now) When I first was in I was sent to a teletype ship with antiquated breadboards etc. now that was work,  between morse code and properly tuning racalls it was pretty mind numbing after you...

Naval Communications operator, NDADOP 274, I wish I was still in, the new trade sounds pretty good. Although I suspect the workload is now even more intense.

Brigadier General Dean. I think most of you are right. At this point and time I don't want to bite off more than I can chew. After being out of the Reg f. for 15yrs. I think it will take a little time to get back into the swing of things. First off I'll have to join the CIC, get the training and...

Thanks for the replies, It would be great if a Naval cadet unit could be initiated here. Anybody know how difficult it would be to start one? Or how much of a bureaucratic nightmare it might be?   I did phone the National Cadet office in Ottawa a few days ago to get some information but the...

Thanks for the replies, The main reason I've asked this question is because I was in the Navy some years and I think my experience in the Naval enviroment would be put to better use as a Naval instructor. Having said that, I realize there is only a Army Cadet unit in my small town. I look around...

I have a question or two about the Cadet Instructor training etc. Currently two people I know run my local army cadet unit and they would like me to join the CIC and help out. I am former reg. force Navy and I think I might be better off with the Naval Cadets. Unfortunately the nearest Naval...

Just to clarify my previous post. It is a five pointed flower(I think). With some googling, I have found out there are different medals for different ranks.

Just received my liberation of Kuwait medal. Although it is not the same as the one pictured above. I know different nations received different variations of the medal. What is the standard one for Canada. The medal I received is circular with a five pointed star, a picture of a dwow(boat) and...

Navymich, your right I was an N RAD OP, and we did call call ourselves Naval communications also. Pretty much the only time we saw an officer is when they came to the ccr looking for the morning news. 48th regulator I'm semi retired now so getting that sharpie means getting up off my ___ss. Now...

;DStill waiting for that sharpie! If you mistook me for an officer and RMC at that, shame on you :'( I was in Naval Communications, we did'nt have to deal with officers in my trade. Although I have heard all the stories of what stewards do to those other people.

Enlightenment is so rewarding. If only I could stop hittting my head with that hammer ;D Any Stories from the brethren here of how they found the craft. For me it was partly predestined in the fact that most of my family have been travelling men for generations and my own intense interest. My...

Freemasonry is not a religion and makes no pretence to be one - but it does, however, require that a man believe in a Supreme being. MEN OF ALL FAITHS have become Freemasons because the principles Freemasonry espouses are compatible with the teachings of the recognized faiths of the world...

correct my last to read "It is more blessed to give than receive." I must have been thinking of that case of beer I am waiting for ;D

"What is a Freemason" A Freemason is a member of the world's largest fraternal organization. He not only enjoys the friendship and brotherhood of other Freemasons in his community, but also is welcomed by Freemasons anywhere in the world. A Freemason is a man of faith, who uses tools of moral...