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I concur.  While no lives are in imminent danger, an Adjutant requesting things (be in PERs or something that has to be fully bilingual) can make one wish for a simpler life involving only killing the enemy.

Rest assured these are still getting done in course environments.  Nothing on them in the Army Fitness Manual, though: http://www.scribd.com/doc/24067618/B-Gl-382-003-Army-Fitness-Manual

I love being in the Infantry as much as someone can love their job, but I think most people would OT to anything with enough of a signing bonus offered.

So in a nutshell, you have had some experiences when the NATO standard ammunition did not work. I on the other hand, have had experiences where it did work in a multinational environment and it proved to be very beneficial for everyone; just like the theory. So what is better, to be able to...

Not really much to add after DP's all-inclusive post. It kind of makes me scratch my head when someone seeks out the lowest level of responsibility/stress possible, and my first response is that perhaps a life in any trade in the CF is not right for you. If you really insist, go to your local...

I don't think the Taliban is doing anything new.  They are using the best tactics they can for being significantly less powerful in terms of military might. Any force we fight that can't stand up to what we put forward is better off blending in as best they can, prolonging the fight as long as...

It was either that or keep going and have all of you deprived of me for the rest of your lives.

Agreed in terms of the threat. Also, since we are so close to being done Afghanistan I would argue that any focus on that mission in training sets us up for failure by fighting the last war.

It's the new and improved me, thanks to the help of many patient moderators who have given some good advice. :cheers:

Hmm, if that's true it's certainly a change from LGen Leslie's push to keep everyone in at all cost.

Basic tactics say a section because wherever there is a lone enemy there may be 1-2 more nearby, so in order to keep something resembling a 3:1 ratio we need a section. And in that section we have: 2 x LMGs. 5 x C7s, two of those with M203s. 1 x sharpshooter rifle (pending).

I'm not a fan of the use of "point fire" and those weapon systems. You can use a MG or C16 to hit a specific truck for example, but you could not use them to hit one person in a group of many. In the Infantry context I would save point/precision fire for something like the C7 inside of 200m...

The title of this thread is condoning (rewarding in fact) violence on innocent people. While there is a small part of my heart that of course smiles at the thought of these people getting punished for doing something that seems so heartless, that doesn't over-rule the fact that people are...

Clausewitz?  Is that you??  ;)

My mother saw him last month at the Comber Fair in SW Ontario (about 20 min from Windsor) and she said that it seemed like 90% of people had no idea who he was.

Don't knock the Para Coys!  Everything can be Airborne nowadays: Small detail: Not that the rest of the scene is believable, but do you think if you were falling through the sky in a tank that you would have a nice pile of brass under the gun? [/tangent] [C16]

Techno, Awesome points of course, but in Plato-like fashion I will attempt to make your counter-argument to prove or disprove your argument; not out of disagreeing but in order to find the truth. Much of your logic I believe can be thinned down to this:  The LAV can do all of your heavy...

Nor can a mortar have any hope to hit a truck speeding away (which as you mentioned has been  :deadhorse: already). But it just keeps reinforcing that they shouldn't be compared against each other because they do different things.

Just out of curiosity, who is it that you're writing about?  I did a quick "Control + F" for "system" and found several results; all of which seemed to be generally Infantry-type people.

First, nobody is talking about junior snipers.  A designated sharpshooter/marksman is nothing at all like a sniper.  They are a soldier/rifleman/infanteer first, and they can also shoot up to 600m.  I would argue that a sniper is a covert reconnaissance platform first. A sniper takes a hell of...