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Hwyhtac, there's a chance my office can help. I've sent you a PM with the details we need.

Army 83, having gone through this for almost 9 years, here's a few thoughts: Brihard is quite right about getting the Legion reps to help with the paperwork. Make sure though that you list every possible impact (no matter how small) on your life. VAC takes it all into account when determining...

Admit it folks, we've all dreamed of taking an armoured vehicle for a joy ride through town! This young lad just found a way to live life large! Thirty years from now, there will still be a Mess legend about him.

Brihard, we are in agreement. From what I am aware of, PTSD has rarely ever been accepted as a cause for an NCR defense in Canada (I've heard of one case from Western Canada), because it's so difficult to prove the defendant had absolutely no awareness or control over their actions. As I was...

I spent seven weeks as an Attending Officer in a First Degree Murder trial of a WO who killed his wife. His defense was based upon an attempt to prove that he was Not Criminally Responsible (NCR) by virtue of PTSD. While FJAG is far more capable than I to comment on this, he did note clearly...

Mariomike - I'm usually reluctant to compare Trump to Hitler. I've always felt that the Bavarian Corporal was ultimately far smarter than Trump (all claims to being a very stable genius aside). I believe Trump is much more akin to Il Duce, a bombastic and overly narcissistic buffoon. His use of...

At the risk of falling prey to Godwin's Law, I would suggest that the current iteration of 'fake news' and it's aggressive attempt to disable mainstream media whenever it questions the Trump narrative, is more akin to the Lugenpresse tactic of the early Nazis. Any media chain which in any way...

I seem to recall there were three ladies and a goon (pimp?) from Eastern Europe who hung around New Canada House in KAF - at least until the staff would chase them out the door..... There were also those young ladies at the Thai 'Massage Parlour' on the boardwalk. They were all brought to the...

Well, isn't that just the sort of attitude I don't want in my unit. I really don't give a rat's hind end if somebody is an ACP. I want soldiers who follow direction, and will put their ass on the line for the wounded, without complaining.

I've fought this before for some of my troops. The goal is to make an ironclad link between the injury, and service. The old EXPRESS forms helped, because you could clearly indicate what activities you participated in, in order to stay fit and pass the test. If you were injured doing one of the...

There are also deaths which could possibly be suicides, but are not recorded as such. Coroners have differing policies across the country on what it takes to rule a death as a suicide. I am aware of at least one case where a mbr most probably deliberately ended their life. Because there was no...

Major Depressive Disorder (MDD), and Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD) or General Anxiety Disorder (GAD), and several other disorders that are related to substance abuse are listed as the most common comorbidities for PTSD. In fact, there is a lot of symptom overlap between PTSD and MDD. That's...

You might also try contacting 23 Field Ambulance in Hamilton. The current 5 Field Ambulance has only an artificial lineage drawn to 5 Field Ambulance of WW II - they have no geographic link at all, and they never paid any attention to the 5 Fd Amb veterans, history, etc. The old 5 Fd Amb was...

Larry, it looks like crossed torpedoes, a trident, and a submarine. I'd be guessing some sort of sub school or torpedo school??

Over a decade ago, I wrote a letter to DQOL (I believe it was Col Mann at the time), asking for an explanation of the 15% pay difference. I was involved in a project, part of which looked at compensation for Reservists in other mid to large sized NATO partners. Canada had, and still has, the...

I'd be very curious to try out a few pints of it!

I've already commented on what you need to note on VAC claims on other threads. At the moment, the focus is on you. I guess I would give a few pieces of advice, based upon my own life with PTSD since 2010, and the observations I've made working with the IPSC and JPSU for years now. Own your...

One of the issues I see, is that while there may well be very real benefits to THC, which can outweigh the risks of long term use, the hard science just isn't completely there yet, and may not be for a long time (yes, there is research being done - but not on a very large scale). The problem...

One of the best things you can do right now, is call your nearest Integrated Personnel Support Centre (IPSC), and ask to meet with a Services Coordinator. If you don't know which IPSC supports you, send me a PM, I'm the Deputy Ops O now for the Joint Personnel Support Unit. As for the...

Ah collective training exercises. In the 1990's and early 2000's, we would all dog-pile into Petawawa with people from 23, 25, and 28 Med Coy (later Fd Ambs), with a few augments from the Reg F, and form a composite Fd Amb. We would have about 250 pers from Pte to LCol. If you were fit, you...