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And to dig back 38 years to 1982, I was the Canadian Force Liaison Officer to TRADOC, then located in Fort Monroe, VA, at the time of the Falklands War. A retired American officer i knew fairly well was employed in one of the ops research organizations that did contract work for both TRADOC and...

Yes, although it was sold along the lines of honouring commitments. The army had first decided to go nuclear in the St Laurent days in the 1950s with the Lacrosse missile system. The Lacrosse was ultimately canceled and we went for the Honest John. (We trained for the nuclear battlefield long...

It seems to me that the 1963 election, which returned the Liberals, was fought, in part, on the issue of whether to accept the warheads for the nuclear weapons for the Canadian Army and the RCAF. At that time the Liberals were much more hawkish, or at least defence minded, than were the PCs.

I recall reading about the use of cordite or some other explosive by MIR Commandoes in the bad, old days.

Please let an old, superannuated pongo who subscribes to the theory that if God had wanted soldiers to fly, he would have made the sky brown, interject. I find your discussion gratifyingly honest, restrained, and professional, as well as refreshingly free of speculation. My knowledge of...

CTV has published a story based on an interview with VAdm Mark Norman (retired). It is reproduced under the Fair Dealings provisions of the Copyright Act. Mark Norman: 'Two possible issues' behind military helicopter crash Brooklyn Neustaeter CTVNews.ca Writer @bneustaeter Contact Published...

In the very early Vietnam days, somebody in the US aviation and/or field artillery community came up with a rocket pod on a wheeled platform that was transported by helicopter to an indirect fire launcher position. It didn't take very long for somebody a bit smarter to suggest they mount the pod...

And from out of the blue, or at least the Task & Purpose online newsletter, comes this story that states two of the victims had lived in New Mexico. It is reproduced under the Fair Comments provisions of the Copyright Act. Navy vet and wife believed to be among victims of Nova Scotia mass...

When I was very, very young, in the post-Second World War period, I read an article in an old magazine, maybe Popular Science or Popular Mechanics - proposing that the USAAF use transports to supplement its heavy bomber fleet. The transports would be included in the bomber formations, and drop...

Stand by! There just was a post on a news site that the RCMP have announced there now are 22 victims. Add: there is a story on CTVnews.ca.

Shortly after I retired I received a letter from the NDHQ pension folks informing me that because of a court order, my superannuation was being reduced retroactively in order to meet the terms of an a settlement. After beaucoup phone calls, I finally found an official in the "income tax...

I agree with FJAG that any replacement should not be a training gun. Furthermore, the requirement should be built around the effect we want on the ground. After all, the shell is the weapon of the artillery; the gun/howitzer/mortar/launcher is the means of delivery.

Just thinking out loud electronically, I wonder if the District Depots evolved into the Personnel Depots that among other things served as army recruit processing facilities - that is they received applicants from the recruiting stations, assessed and processed them and swore the successful ones...

I'll always remember the issue (from my officer cadet and second lieutenant days) in which they declared 1961 was a reversible year - try turning it over or waiting it backwards - others included 1111, 1691, and 1881. The next one would be something like 6119.

Condolences to the Rouleau family. Marc's dad, Normand, was a classmate of mine on OCP. Norm had left a well paying job as a hard rock miner in Rouyn-Noranda to have a go at artillery OCP. This was despite being almost completely unilingual, but he persevered and made it through. We were friends...

A bit off the track, but Gunner lore from the 50s had a certain Lieutenant Colonel EMD Leslie (son of Andy McNaughton and father of Andy Leslie) actually resurrect the old British Army practice of drumming a soldier out of the service. This apparently took place when he was CO of 1 RCHA (and not...

It seems to me that this was blown up out of all proportion. I retired in 1994, but back then I was involved for a couple of years in CANUS land defence issues. Both countries from time to time raised cross border surveillance in the "war on drugs" context, and there was liaison, etc. Very...

President Truman is also said to have commented when the photo of the flag raising on Iwo Jima was published, that this guarantees the existence of the Marine Corps for [several hundred] years.

This may not be a record, but it certainly was quick. A certain regular second lieutenant attempted to break into our battery combined mess in the field early one morning. Need I add alcohol was a factor? Anyway, in the process he woke the barman, who took him on. Bang, close arrest until first...

Been FRASER, who commanded in Kandahar in 2006. I forget the name of the book, and I am 4000km from my library in Arizona. In anywise, he described artillery fire as ineffective, which is one of his reasons for ordering LCol Lavoie to attack prematurely on 3 Sep. I just sat straight up and said...