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Don‘t believe everything you read. I never did treat Newman. Feyko never did go back to the jeep. He had to ask me if Jamie made it. He got so much of the blast, he was a little confused but still had his wits about him. I actually made that comment that it was good that he had been going...

At range there is quite a difference. As the trace compound burns off, the round becomes considerably lighter. They are usually lighter to begin with. The trajectories of tracer and ball are quite different. It‘s absolutely true, and makes complete sense.

There‘s nothing wrong with that. Usual prereq‘s are that you are parachute qualified by your home country, and that you supply your own uniform.

The new mask is a **** of a lot better then the old black rubber one, but none of you new guys would have ever used that, maybe seen one in a surplus store. Remember those ones Earl, and how nice the new ones were with the silicone! So much more comfortable, and a much better seal.

Well, I figured that. I‘m sure that there are still some tanks in Gagetown as well. The Government always thinks that it‘s doing a good thing by starting up this training centre in Wainwright. We don‘t have the resources, as an army to do this training. Once every three years is also...

All of the tanks are there now. Since I was on the first BTE, I have a good idea of what‘s going on. It‘s supposed to be a different Brigade every year. So you would find yourself back every three years (if you remain within the same Brigade) It‘s supposed to be a large satellite system, all...

Not until April. There is a set date, however, unit RSM‘s usually decide the exact day to change.

We‘ll have to turn in our old rifles to get upgraded first. You‘ll send in your units C7‘s and get someone else‘s back. It‘s not like were getting a whole new rifle. I would imagine that the reserves will be last on the list, same as when we got the upgrade to the Elcan(flat top upper...

You guys really make me laugh with your pettiness. Thanks for the entertainment, even if it is rather sad...

If you have so much experience, then you shouldn‘t really care about a little bit of hassle from some young punks. Those who complain the loudest usually have the most to prove...

Did we deserve to be attacked? Are we an army of occupation? Have we been killing civilians or even making their lives difficult? This "man" was a terrorist, plain and simple. I doubt if he was even an Afghani. We were on our way to a Malik(mayor) meeting that morning. No different then...

Oh Lexi I hope so too, you should cry, because Jamie has done so much more then any of us. I am crying for him now, Jamie, what the ****, this is not fair, I will never forget you, my friend.

Well, you listen to me, there is a big difference. When you survive a suicide attack, and you then know how it feels, talk to me then.

Thank you, my Airborne brother. Your words mean a lot to me. It felt good to see you there. I wrote my last post while well into my "2 beerz", I was tempted to delete it after I read it the next day, but that‘s what I thought, that‘s what I felt. Sometimes I feel like I missed some things...

Of course they‘re f‘n cowards. If you can‘t face me man to man, then you‘re a coward. Suicide is always the cowards way out. These people are brainwashed to do these "things". If I happen across one in my few days left, he will be one sorry *******.

You have no idea. 1 could have easily been 4. I didn‘t have time to think, I did what I had to do. I will never forget what I saw, I feel like I‘m still there. I never realized how much shrapnel our jeep took till I was done with the casualties and they were on there way. We came so close...

It‘s kind of funny, since only one SMP vehicle that the Canadian Forces uses runs on gasoline! The LSVW isn‘t the only diesel, what about HLVWs, MLVWs, AVGPs, LAVs, Coyotes? I guess it doesn‘t matter about the obvious?

It‘s not bad. Like any remote, it has to be within range of your radio. Everyone in the platoons have one. You‘re right about it being on the rifle though, you don‘t have to take you‘re hand away to transmit, and that‘s a good thing! They don‘t stand up to water/rain very well at all though...

It‘s a remote PTT for a PRR (new radio) The Brit‘s and Americans have the same one. We (in Afghanistan) are the first Canadians to use this radio operationaly. It‘s made by Marconi.

Well, it was a good one. Went pretty slick. A couple of Officers fell in the same hole, but only one was *reportedly* injured! Quite a few guys were cleaning the crap off their boots the next morning... If it was me, the boots would be going into one of those orange HAZMAT bags and I‘d be...