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All the new CADPAT‘s are made this way. I just got issued all the desert stuff and it is also made this way. It will take a while to get used to. It‘ll probably be a while till I can get the newest version of CADPAT(TW) since it take an act of God to get them exchanged! They rarely have my...

MCpl is a rank just like every other rank. The Rank structure should be updated to reflect this. You have to be a MCpl to get to Sgt, there’s no way around it. If MCpl were an appointment (in the true sense of the word) then in theory you could be promoted from Cpl directly to Sgt, but...

If you think that you can nav with a digital watch then you have a good imagination, you might as well use a rock. All you would have to do is mark in a clock face with a marker... WOW, what an idea, I should market it. The compass clock watch, it‘s amazing!!

The spider web on the elbow is gay and I personally don‘t know of any sniper with that tatoo. In fact, I can‘t think of any tatoo that I‘ve ever seen on a sniper. You shouldn‘t get an army tatoo, I see too many nowadays, new guys getting them before they‘re even in. They‘ll regret it down the...

Doing things for the wrong reasons. Everyone can think of an example of this I‘m sure....

I think the point is clear, we‘re over committed, and trying to add more...

Honestly, you can‘t compare the Ranger course to the PPF. They‘re both good courses and they‘re both quite different. The pass rate for the PPF is around 30-40%, and there are easily over 100 qualified Pathfinders in the CF today. In my unit alone there are probably close to 30... So far the...

A Cadet is not a part of the CF. He/she is part of an organization that is modeled after the CF, however not nearly as much as it used to be. As for the fact of the dispute of the rank issue between cadets and reserves, only a complete idiot would truly believe that a cadet rank could be within...

No offense to anyone who may have received this pointless medal, but something as insignificant as this should either go to all those presently serving, or no one at all...

I think that your ruck was probably 45lbs not kgs. 45kg is almost 100lbs....not the CF standard. If it was we would be considerably thinned out.

You know what, the more I have them, the less I care. Now a days I just eat them cold, I‘ve had them all, I‘ll eat them all. The only time that I‘ll take the time to heat one up is in an arctic tent in the dead of winter or if I have one of those handy MRE heaters and some free time... All I...

Sorry dude, you might as well forget about it. Don‘t worry though, there will always be some other tour to go on somewhere else...

That sounds better and more on line with the original info that we got. It‘ll be pretty funny when I get back to work and tell the guys(who bought new rucks)the we‘ll get the new rucks shortly after Afghanistan, heck, maybe even while we‘re there...probably not...

A Company(Coy) of 3PPCLI and 3R22er are Airborne Companies. Para Coy is 3RCR‘s Airborne Company. The whole battalion is not airborne, however a large number of us are. Canadian dogtags aren‘t like American ones at all. There‘s no rubber and it‘s all one piece. If you have to remove "half"...

The dude in the pic isn‘t JTF, and the rifle that he is using isn‘t a Stoner (sorry medic), it‘s a M16/AR15 variant. It still looks small but it probably has a 7.62 upper receiver. The site isn‘t a Kite, just the usual sniper type with an extended glare shield on the end.

I don‘t know why anyone would find it hard to believe that they could be so expensive. A civi ruck of this type could cost easily cost over $500. Add in the CADPAT and the interchangeable this & that and the fact that it‘s a government contract and the figure is not impossible. We checked...

Sorry to burst anyone‘s bubble, but the new rucksack costs over $1000. The ONLY units that are going to receive it are the 3 Reg force light infantry battalions. And to the support trades/personal which are attached/posted to these units. The first scheduled deliveries will not be until late...

Everyone wants the bigger mag pouch...why? You only get five mags anyway... I sure as he11 wouldn‘t want the extra inch and a half sticking out of the front of my vest, believe it or not, it would effect things a great deal. However, if there had of been another mag pouch on each side for a...

Anyone can figure out who or what unit that the Ghost is talking about. Being a Paratrooper is more than having a maroon beret on your head, and you can be hard without being stupid. Sounds like they were being stupid, thinking they were hard...

The Pioneer platoon may be on the out but I believe that we still qualify pioneers.