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Nice to see a new Sig coming in, we're so shortstaffed it's crazy. Welcome to the new Army. Valor, Speed, Vigilance.

This seems to be mostly a civvy vs military(serving or retired) thing, which I can understand. As a a fairly new Pte. I still recall the culture shock of being told in Basic that 'respect' was not freely given, it had to be earned over time and hard work. I believe that this is the issue here...

Word around the Battalion is that the politicians are getting cold feet about Kandahar and Afghanistan in general, and they are thinking about cancelling the move and staying on in Kabul to take over command, or pulling everyone back completely from the country and going home. I realize this is...

When compared to what basic training is now in Canada, it shows how far behind we are. So much for our Army's Warrior First policy. Thought to be fair, we tend to not throw people out the into the AO as quickly as the U.S., but the question is, does the lack of realistic, high intensity...

My condolences to their families and friends, they died for a great cause. 5 Afghans dead, 2 Germans missing in massive blast near weapons dump in Kabul   Canadian Press June 26, 2005 KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A massive explosion at a weapons dump near an airfield in northern...

Sounds great if it works any comments?? Canada deploys Ferret system to Afghanistan Sharon Hobson JDW Correspondent Ottawa The Canadian Army has installed the Ferret small-arms detection system on its General Dynamics Land Systems - Canada Coyote 8 x 8 reconnaissance vehicles in...

Mr. Campbell, I heartilly encourage you to send your letter to the Senator, but also respectfully suggest that you send a retort in the form of an opinion article to the media, notably the Ottawa Citizen. In the past they have published reactions and counter-arguments to their articles...

Here's the link to it. http://www.canada.com/ottawa/ottawacitizen/news/opinion/story.html?id=cc5a2273-90bb-4918-8d49-bd3f567b9a7d Any reactions to this? Lost in Afghanistan As Canada prepares to move its forces to the troubled Kandahar region, it must consider whether it's making an impact on...

Gotta love the pissy Monday Morning Quarterbacking. It's easy to pass judgement years after the fact while sitting in your nice, comfortable chair in a safe environment half a world away typing anonymously on your computer, where you have access to reams of information collected over a decade to...

"Frankly I'm having a hard time imagining a bunch of truck drivers with knowledgeable NCOs and officer to lead them to conduct a well done platoon attack, or situations" I don't disagree with the lack of qualified leadership(that's a seperate issue), however when a unit gets bumped, the first...

Oops, forgot to ask.. I was told recently at a briefing that SQ got canned completely because the Standards department threw a hissy fit that they where being thought differently from base to base, and now it's being tacked on as 2 extra weeks at the end of BMQ. Which prompts a few questions...

"-Vehicle Check Points -Convoy Ops (reaction to contact / ambush) -Urban Ops / Room Clearing (w/Simunition if they'll give it to me) -Cordon and Search -Lessons on: Guerrilla / Insurgency / 4th Generation Warfare and Manoeuvre Warfare" Sounds GREAT!  ;D Speaking as one of several new...

I have to say that I'm not surprised whatsoever. When I decided in my last year of college to join the army the reaction of my fellow students and the teachers was pretty bad. Most showed visible disaspointment, but in a restrained way, however one proffessor looked at me in disgust and accused...