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I do not in any way question your experience. I do wonder about this though. The practice of a units traditions - like piping the side in the Navy, or a Scottish unit marching at 110 paces per minute - helps members feel a sense of shared identity. Staying "unfixed" is part of a medical corps...

Hey, stand down Infanteer101. Read the post again. He didn't say the things you claim, he says his friend in the Navy did. And as for the "seeing poor countries vs seeing the world", well, I saw bags of countries both rich and poor in my two naval deployments, so this may well be true. (Brazil...

Will he be tried in a civ court or will he end up in Club Ed?

What ever happened to the 5" 54's on the 280's? They still around in mothballs somewhere (and why were they removed in the first place?)

I appreciate the sentiment, and totally agree that we need some new change to the way things are done, but I see no evidence of what you say. It may be there but I haven't found it...how pointing us to some facts to back up your post? My thought, also without facts as yet, is that in an armed...

coors, thanks for the info.

(I originally had this under the BOTC changes thread, but it really is a seperate question.) I understand the MARS MOC can be done either in three summers or in one complete year. I could conceivably do the one year long program. Not sure how I apply for this but I'd prefer it, get it done and...

Thanks hamiltongs, much appreciated.

Do you have stats that this is the reason US gun crimes are in the decline? Frankly, the States level of violence scares the heck out of me, even though it is improving. And I sure don't want citizens opening up like Yonge street is a free-fire zone. Bullets wander around after being fired, and...

Thanks for the link. Actually, I didn't see peacekeeping mentioned in the body of the article at all, just some links to old articles in the sidebar. Something I have noticed recently is that many news reports seem to be talking about the military as a fighting force more and more.

Pretty sure that's Gen Jack Ripper, in Doctor Strangelove. (I love that flick. We could get a whole thread of quotes from that movie alone. My wife just doesn't get it at all.) Here's another: You can't fight in here! This is the War Room!

Absolutely right! I stand corrected.

Bruce Campbell in Evil Dead 2: "Come get some..."

Hi all, I'm wondering if anyone here has a similar problem and can help me out. When I do push ups, when my upper arm is just coming parallel to the ground my right elbow seems to "pop". It's kind of disturbing! I can continue with the push ups, but if it "pops" more then once or twice it...

What they said. Do a search for "peacekeeping" on this forum and I think you'll find the answer abundantly clear. The majority all of the people I have read who have posted on this topic say warfighting is our profession. Do the search and read up, it's been discussed ad nauseam.

Gotta disagree with you both aesop/baloo. News is one thing, and that's worrisome to be sure. But compare a news story to a TV drama and your into a whole different level of involvement. A 3 minute news piece is (theoretically) impartial reporting, but your supposed to identify emotionally with...

Chummy, outstanding responses. Thanks for all the info. After waiting over a year ( and still not even scheduled for my medical or fitness test! ) I'd started to lose my enthusiasm. Reading your info has got me pumped again.

Agreed. I pictured what my spouse would think if I was in the crap and a program like this was on. Talk about ramping up the worry level! Be okay if there's just home front issues in the show, but not if you'll see things that go boom.

Thanks Chummy, good to know. Congrats on passing your courses. Darn, wish I could have made it in to this year. Do you have any clue what "a much  longer course" may mean for next year? What is a TRB? I may look at St. Jean as you advise, but from what I have heard around here people are...

I get the impression standards may be slowly being revised upwards in general...I note that vision standards became a bit tighter last month, now this...