Glen is posted to the IPSC in Shilo. He has been for yrs. He currently works as a realtor in Brandon and has been warned many times about the spirit of the RTW/Transition rules.
Sgt Harold Marshall, who was pictured as a Canadian Army sniper in WW2, is dead. Obit:
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/calgaryherald/obituary.aspx?n=harold-marshall&pid=162591753&fhid=6135#fbLoggedOut
WW2 Pic...
You may want to try:
www.commando.org
Be very open about who you are, what you request and for whom you work. Expect alot of flak if you're a journalist, but someone will probably respond to your questions.
The OP was the one trying to link the "new" SSF to the FSSF. And yes, I know The Regiment carried the battle honors of 1 CPB...but, we weren't discussing them. We routinely had members of 1 CPB and the FSSF attend our functions.
The idea that the SSF held it's soldiers to a higher PT standard...
Read my post again. The FSSF honors were only carried by The Canadian Airborne Regiment. Like I said, I was a member of the Bde. The Regiment specialized in airborne operations with it's force multipliers. The only thing special about the SSF was The Canadian Airborne Regiment battle group...
Lets be real. The SSF was just a brigade, just like 1 CBG. People like to see the SSF as a modern version of the FSSF....well, it wasn't. Actually, the Battle Honours of the FSSF were carried by The Canadian Airborne Regiment. The part of the SSF that most other parts hated.
BTW, I was in...
Thought some of you may like this link. Heavy chunk of the money goes to charity. Think I'll order an Airborne one for my days in the Regiment and a Toronto Police Vets one, same colors as the PPCLI.
http://paracoy.weebly.com/
Jay
MOD NOTE: This is a split from this thread ....
http://forums.milnet.ca/forums/threads/107243.0.html
.... to keep the commentary out of the haka video thread.
Unfortunately, an ex-pat Canadian has slandered L/Cpl Baker's good name...
Remember three things:
1. It's just entertainment.
2. The charities are real and deserve the money.
3. Anything that shows military members in good light and gives them some "star" power is not only good, but outstanding. Some of us forget that only a few yrs ago, the public wasn't very...
Infanteer,
Totally agree. Instead of trying to establish some loose connection with the militia of 1812, lets recognize the soldiers of today. While we're young people.
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