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    RIP David Prowse, Darth Vader in the original Star Wars trilogy

    Can you imagine Darth Vader with a pace stick, bellowing "Markers"?
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    Photo Identification

    Could be, and given the ambiguity of a contextless snapshot viewed on the smallish screen of my Mac Book is why I was less than definite.
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    Photo Identification

    The male wearing the beret behind the two men in German uniforms appears to be military police, except he is not wearing a red cap. I made this assumption as he seems to be wearing a white cross belt, which was a cross strap with white blanco applied to it. He would also have been wearing a...
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    Black Sea Drill

    Could be it's seeking a place at the table.
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    Black Sea Drill

    You mean a big, electronic, multi-disciplinal target record book. Imagine calling for a fire mission all available. All the steel on the target would screw with earth's magnetic field!
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    Consideration for the Victoria Cross - Afghanistan

    A few observations after following this thread. First, to be awarded a decoration, one has to be recommended. Trite, but true. In my young officer days a long time ago, a common belief was that Canadian senior officers tended to not submit many recommendations for awards, citing as their reason...
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    FWSAR (CC130H, Buffalo, C27J, V22): Status & Possibilities

    I learned aircraft drills for the Buffalo on my Basic Para serial in 1968. At that time there was a Buffalo squadron in a tactical transport role in 10 TAG in FMC.
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    NCM Regard for Officers; Army vs RCAF vs RCN

    This true story illustrates a bit of the officer/NCM relationship, at least as it was 50 years ago. Scene: the Canadian Forces School of Artillery (daren't use Royal anymore) in its last months in CFB Shilo. I had just finished instructing on the 6B course and had moved across to assist on the...
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    HAPPY HALLOWEEN: A Haunting YouTube Playlist

    This story, which I got second hand, is fascinating. My cousin's wife is active in the local historical society in Ridgeway, ON in the SE end of the Niagara Peninsula about halfway between Fort Erie and Port Colborne. One day she was in the local museum when a couple came in and asked for...
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    Deposit today

    I got $300.00, and seem to recall an announcement a while back re a payment to people who were getting a pension, with an additional amount if they had been deemed disabled.
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    October Crisis: 50 years on

    Maybe I am showing my age by thumping a pedantic drum, but the invocation of the War Measures Act and the deployment of troops in Quebec were two separate, but related, acts. The deployment of troops was in response to a requisition of military support by the Attorney General of Quebec under...
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    Indirect Fires Modernization Project - C3/M777 Replacement

    I would have to spend some time considering his conclusions re calibre et al, but I agree pretty well 100% with his discussion re accuracy for area weapons as laid out in the reproduced paragraph. It seems to me that we (the big we, like most of our brain trust) lost sight of that in the early...
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    Army Reserve Restructuring

    It all comes down to the unpleasant truth that personnel costs consume lots of money that should go for operational equipment and training. After all, that is what drove Mister Hellyer and his 1964 White Paper that kicked off integration, unification, and everything that came later. I believe...
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    Indirect Fires Modernization Project - C3/M777 Replacement

    I have been mulling over FJAG's plan, and think there are a number of very good points to it, but I think it may founder on the principle of forces in being that has been the backbone of our defence policy since about 1950. Being one known to have dabbled in military history, I can state with...
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    Indirect Fires Modernization Project - C3/M777 Replacement

    FJAG, I'd like to hear your opinion on the following. Many, many years ago (it might have been at Staff College) an authority on the matter, perhaps a JAG officer, stated that, if we had such legislation, employers merely would not hire reservists, and would not allow any of their employees...
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    Indirect Fires Modernization Project - C3/M777 Replacement

    Excellent summary, and I wish I had written it. Now, we are considering an equipment for most units, and we need a relatively inexpensive, simple, and reliable system that will see a lot of time being bounced around in the field as people are learning to master their craft. I did my initial...
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    Birth of a Giant, the designing and building of the Argus ASW aircraft

    They would, while in a group in a mess, all drop flat on their backs with their arms and legs pointing up, when one of them would suddenly shout "Dead Ant". And yes, alcohol was a factor.
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    Birth of a Giant, the designing and building of the Argus ASW aircraft

    Two words sum up the Argus ethos: DEAD ANT!
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    The All-Too-Real Consequences of Military War Games

    It wouldn't have been pretty, but the round would not have detonated. However, if the primer had been fairly struck, the propelling charge would have been ignited. The projectile would have been expelled and tossed a short distance. The fuze would not have been armed, so the round could not have...
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    Liberal Minority Government 2019 - ????

    There is precedent for this sort of deal. In the 1972 Federal election the Liberals were reduced to a minority, with a two seat edge over the PCs. The NDP agreed to support the Liberals in return for the introduction of some social programs such as a big boost to unemployment insurance. In due...
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