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The forces need to stop using padres as cheap substitutes for social workers and make junior officers develop the counselling skills that are supposed to be part of their jobs. It is too easy to "send him to the padre" and make him someone else's problem. For truly serious problems, professional...

CivU - Reference your statement; As for reverse discrimination, trying to eliminate the exploitative practices that have placed Caucasian males in their present position, and subordinated other groups, is hardly reverse discrimination, but an attempt to again level the playing field.   You have...

I think any anger in this topic is misplaced, and should be aimed at the Treasury Board (TB).  I'm sorry, but I have to agree with Bruce.  The strike was legal, and wasn't performed on Military property, apart from those areas that were given permission from the military organization of which...

Granted, this is taken from Halifax, Para 1 is the overall authority for each Base, so don't consider this Gospel.   It may help, until we find a quote from the actual Dress Instructions.   Sorry, haven't had that much time to search for it.   This is not the whole message, but para 7 is what...

You can lead a horse to water.....I don't object to bringing the Forces to the attention of everyone, including those that aren't exposed to us, or those who aren't aware that there are opportunities available for them (notice...I didn't say minorities!  There are people of all races that aren't...

By successfully obtaining the goal of any operation, usually the team will be left with a certain sense of "family" through their accomplishment.   However, I've known of some evolutions, in which the team wasn't successful, but they left with the same "family" spirit. Ultimately, and if you...

Before we get a bigger Navy, we have to be able to provide manning for what we have now.  This, in itself, has proven to be difficult.  Anyone that has served on a Navy vessel knows the dread of coming to work to a "Critical Manning" message.  This, unfortunately, can happen a few times a week...

Why on earth were you gloss/spit-shining your MkIII combat boots to begin with?  Yes, I have to agree with Matt_Fisher on that one! However, the deed is done, and I realize that you were just trying to find a shortcut for a positive result.  Albeit a shortcut, at least you were taking pride in...

According to the MOC list, I believe 861 is a cook.  Myself, as far as the poll goes, I'm Airforce. As my first official post, kudos to you all for such a great site!  This includes both the Staff/Moderators, and the Posters.  It's few and far between when you'll see mature discussions and...