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Depending on where you live, most of the major bases will have a Military Family Resource Centre that runs many programs, and often relies on volunteers to help. The Royal Canadian Legion also accepts members with no service, but who wish to join. They run a myriad of programs that support the...

Unless you have the initials MD beside your name, it is highly irresponsible to make this post.  Any CAF member concerned about their medications should discuss this issue with the Physician.

Michael - ArmyDoc is correct - if you are still serving, then report to the nearest clinic for assessment and help.  If you've released, or a Class A Reservists who doesn't live near a CAF clinic, then I would suggest seeing a Family Physician.  You can also contact the nearest IPSC for...

I cannot even begin to understand how difficult this will be for Mrs Anderson. My sincere and heartfelt thanks that she has volunteered to be the Silver Cross Mother.  I can only hope she feels the support of a grateful nation.

Poor choice of wording on my part - you are correct that by protocol, this initiative cannot be imposed upon the permanent members of the security Council in any binding form. However one must wonder for how long that will even stand? The rationale for the legacy right of those five nations to...

Until this is addressed, the UN will never be able to truly achieve its mandate.  The question is, what will happen if the reform is enacted? What will Russia do, if suddenly it faces censure and sanctions for its actions in the Crimea? The US is also no Altar Boy either, and has propped up one...

I heard he caused Ebola too.

As somebody who lives with PTSD every day, I'm calling BS on this! I recall his first moment on TV - right from the very first instant the cameras were in his face, before his wife's body was even found, he was spouting off about his PTSD. I remember being shocked that he wasn't begging for her...

Moxo - I don't know what Base/Wing you work at, but is also help to be found at the nearest Military Family Resource Centre.  They should have on staff a Family Liaison Officer, who is a Social Worker by professional, and who should be fully aware of the spectrum of services available through...

George, can our current Griffons and Chinooks operate from a ship without modifications? In a pinch, probably yes, but for any extended use, would there be problems? As an example, the Seahawk does have a variety of modifications from the base Blackhawk frame to allow it to operate off ships.

Yes, but if we bought them......where would we get the helos to put on them? That would be another multi-billion dollar mess that would take so long to figure out that the ships would be paid-off before the first helo arrived from the factory.

That should just buff right out.....

Let's put it this way - I don't care what gender a person was born with, has changed to, or currently identifies with. I don't care whom they chose to love, or how.  The colour of their skin, god they worship - not relevant to me.  I ask only one thing - will you put everything on the line to...

I cannot possibly believe that anybody is naive enough to not realize that when you join the military, there's a good chance you're going to be sent somewhere nasty.  Americans, of all people, know that their military has been involved in more wars of varying size, that you can count on your...

Blackadder - As you know, there's so many variable that impact the number of fatalities and injuries - time of day, day of the week, season, etc.  I think they took a midrange. Who knows - in the past decade, they may have revised this upwards, based upon major quakes around the world. You...

The projections showed that Esquimalt had a reasonable chance of remaining functional, as did the Victoria airport.  Our option was to fly everything in to Victoria, commandeer anything that could float, and head for Vancouver. I had a great laugh over the DS direction that the Fd Hosp (and in...

About a decade ago, I was part of a month long planning team that used a CONPLAN as the basis to wargame one of Canada's Force Planning Scenarios.  We used a worst case scenario, and the most accurate data we could get from Geophysicists. The prediction was catastrophic (I did say worst case...

Is it really a long time? How long ago did Black Americans get the right to vote? Then, how long ago was it that they weren't intimidated into not voting? How about school integration, riding the bus wherever you feel like sitting, or going to the theatre?  There are still 'whites only' golf...

I'm not sure if there is anyone on here who is a VAC representative. The Royal Canadian Legion offers free assistance in preparing and staffing VAC claims, and it is very beneficial to have that second set of eyes reviewing it. Are you aware of other services you may be entitled to, for...

Are we so sure he's not amphibious???