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This is probably because they already have a comedian. Also, you must take into account that the CF "CanCon" show is quite possibly the most heavily socially engineered and politically correct show going. There are a few good acts, like Julian Austin and Rick Mercer, but for the most part it...

I admit nothing while basking in your praise. ;)

I'd say he's a civilian student with the CF subsidising him during the school year, and employing him in the summer. Who enforces the CSD for ROTP?

OK, "advocate" was the wrong word. A more accurate statement would be; Iran, Iraq and the United States all have laws permitting the execution of foreign agitators and espionage suspects, a point they share in common with varying articles of other bodies of collected international law. I would...

....which was all fine and dandy when the bad guys wore uniforms and fought in national armies. This is no longer the case. Iranian agents and soldiers are operating in Iraq in civilian garb. To clear that up for you, according to your much vaunted Geneva Convention, and international law, the...

CIMIC cells are not indicative of the rest of the CF in a half dozen capacities and you know it. I really fail to see the correlation here between the recruitment of Canadians who speak Pashto or Dari and an effective military force though - we were an effective army without them, and will...

That would indeed be interesting, especially given the large numbers of CF trained professionals who practice openly and successfully without sanction right now.

Reuters - January 16 2007 WASHINGTON - NATO military forces the world over woke up to a silent world today - well, silent from the world of military communications. There was a staggering 98% absentee rate for signals corps members in all NATO nations due to the release of a new video game...

I have all faith in the world that upon my return from this tour, the good kit will go back into my garage, and I will return to using the TV, boots and day bag issued to me. It's a reality in this army that there are two paralell sets of individual kit, vehicles, weapons, comms gear etc. One...

By that logic, it would be completely acceptable for Hamas/Hezbollah/IRA/ETA/West Side Boys to begin perpetrating violent acts in Canada or anywhere else because they should be viewed as a legitimate bargaining entity, on the sole basis of the ludicrous qualifier "we might not be right". We...

Don't be silly - the AF can't hit anything! I find it a little more disgusting that you are willing to take the word of our biased, leftist agenda pursuing media, which has a long and well documented history of omissions, taking remarks out of context, errors and outright lies when it comes to...

Texas? What a load of BS. I have had to train for the desert in Wainwright and Gagetown in the fall and winter - for two tours now. We coul'nt wear tan boots either - we needed mukluks :'(.

I guess we should have recruited thousands of Yugoslavians, Somalis and Cypriots as well in the past.  ::) We do not require uniformed ex- residents of a nation to effectively rebuild it.We can hire Afghan nationals in-country if we need translators or people with local knowledge. Afghanistan...

It's achilles heel is that it runs on pressurised iso-butane, which comes in disposable containers of varying sizes. http://www.mec.ca/Products/product_detail.jsp?PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=845524441932337&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2534374302696549&bmUID=1168756469465 There are fuel tanks both larger...

Well, yes, in a way, but you can quickly counter all comers by saying "did'nt I see you test driving a Hyundai Elantra yesterday?" accusing them of being a Liberal. As my (union Ironworker) neighbor told me, the real sacrilige is driving a truck small enough to only have one battery and block...

Using synthetic oil means it never turns to molasses, and the primary goal here is the warmth and comfort of yours truly as he drives to work in the morning!!

The MSR Pocket Rocket is the new standard in field cooking. The case is the size of a salt shaker, the fuel is as big as a hamburger. It will boil a 3/4 full canteen cup in 1:15 or so, and can be packed 30 seconds later. 45$, and 3-5$ per two week exercise for fuel.

Well, if the USAF is really that upset about it, they can put a stop to her budding modelling career by sending her somewhere she can't show off - one of the AFB in Saudi would do it.

Is it entirely unreasonable to want to break one's boots in before deploying in them?

GAAAAHHHH! The TV and patrol pack have numerous well documented deficiencies, they are universally reviled and infanteers regularly spend hundreds of dollars to replace both of them. The rucksack is not yet in general issue, my unit got early versions of it, and it is typically Canadian...