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OK. It is painfully obvious that you have no idea what you are talking about. If you have nothing constructive to add to a conversation, don't add anything. In this case, you are not familiar with the operation of basic service weapons, and yet want your claims that you are "infantry" to be...

17% of the country speaks french as a first language. I'd call the other 83% as close to "everybody" as you can get! Meridian, Granted, you don't spend much time there on basic, and my trips to Montreal were always a blast, I found the surrounding area to the mega quite hostile to us. Being...

I just did the TCCC as part of my pre-deployment training, and while the medical training was excellent, the "tactical" part left something to be desired. I think the course as it is taught right now has some serious flaws, most of them related to time and resources (surprise). 1. Selection of...

We all know the locals are'nt all that friendly to anglos - especially ones in short hair in St Jean sur Richlieu. English is the language of most new recruits, CFLRS is in Quebec. I had a great time in Montreal, but I would prefer never to be posted or tasked in PQ for any length of time...

You must be a very handy weather fetishist with no desire to go anywhere fast to want one of these!

Yes, we could consolidate every rotary wing asset in Canada in one place, and they would only ever work with one unit, and they would get all the training and kit and money.... Because we all know the only people who will ever need a helo extraction/insertion or a fire mission from an AC-130...

That's quite a bit different from the much more common "I passed the EXPRESS test, and you can't make me do anything else, even though I wear mod tentage as a shirt" There are some jobs that certain people are just not cut out for, and it is no more discriminatory than the line on the roller...

Riiiiiight. So when the Chief fires the water plant guy from Oshawa who was running a state of the art facility, and replaces him with a relative who does'nt know how to do the job, is that our (collective "our") fault too for neglecting to supply him with training in HR, management and ethics...

Reading this thread with interest, especially the part about wearing qual badges on Cbts. I would have to agree with the wearing of Cdn qual badges, especially for trades of inherent danger who don't already have some sort of distinctive dress, but I think it would be pretty easy to get carried...

No, that's not what we're saying. I hunt, but I only leave entrails behind, using every edible part of the beast. Industrial hunting is excessive, especially when it is not required, and drives species to extinction. Actually, the harp seal hunt takes place farther south than Edmonton, off the...

Endangering people is perfectly acceptable it seems - it is offending people that is the sin!

My personal favorite(s) are the "traditional harvests" of musk - ox and caribou. Musk - oxen are lured into a trap by creating trails of hay, flown in from the south via c-130 and thrown out the back. Once 2-300 are corralled, they shoot them all and send the meat to Japan. No consideration...

A C6 has a right handed ejection port? (I sense a poser) Common sense like not shooting your mouth off about something you (painfully obviously) know nothing about? Well, there are a few problems with your post. First of all, the C6 is fully ambidextrous - safety, trigger, feed cover release...

http://www.essgoggles.com/Striker-TurboFan_7_detail.html OK, So I'm a guy that sweats - lots, especially when I'm wearing silly amounts of kit and running around yelling and shooting, and my goggles/ballistic eyewear always fog up, even in the summer, especially in the winter, so I usually end...

Who did this? - Firefighters themselves. The fatties for not being able to pass the test, and the poor showing by their leaders for not being able to demonstrate what level of fitness was required. 329 Grievances? How many CF Firefighters are there? Did they all file grievances?

To boil things down for us that much, you must be well acquainted with SF units in several countries, and be well connected to the powers that be in Ottawa - even more so than the men in both of the the units mentioned, who laugh at such a comparison! Oh wait, that explains it - is there...

...and therein lies the rub. FN (as a group) broadly demand all of the services, free of charge, regardless of where they live, and a tax free allowance every month to go along with it. When I lived in isolated communities, it was a given that there was no surgery ward nearby, that water had to...

So the courts are backed up for months and years, murderers get double time while they await trial but self-important clown judges like this one have time to get a Christmas tree moved? Find out how much pay she earned while having that "confrontational symbol" removed, and dock it from her. I...

On the other hand, since the Army news is vetted by senior officers prior to being aired, maybe this gunner's statements are accurate - and that's why they were placed on the show in the first place. Also, why is comparison to the Airborne Regiment "damaging" and how do you know they are false?

Why? Why would you fire the C6 from the hip in the first place, and secondly, why would'nt it work southpaw?