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If that post was written in crayon on purple bristol board with 'Hello Kitty' stickers, it would have looked absolutely perfect.

:facepalm: Thanks. Been a while since I've seen an FMR.

I get '10 o'clock soup' (as unappealling as soup would be at that time in the morning), but what on earth is BMS? Before Matron Sees? Biscuits Minus Sugar? Bottomless Mint Sauce? Bison Meat Sausages? Bacon Mitt Schnitzel (holdover from the germany days?) Thanks in advance...

Wot he said. Let me put it to you simply. On my last summer tour of the sandpit, the majority of guys I saw stretchered off the battlefield due to dehydration/heat exhaustion were also fanatically weightlifting/using supplements in their down time. The ones who kept on trucking in the 60 degree...

So let me get this straight. You are applying to get paid to get a university degree (also paid for) at one of the top education institutions in the country, and afterwards potentially lead up to 30 soldiers in combat, yet you go to an anonymous, unofficial website to have some random bloke...

Just leave your kit alone until you are taught how to maintain it/use it/break it. P.S. It's ARID, not Arade. Prairie Thunder beat me to it.

My goodness, this tops every ridiculous thing I've seen come out of the post-Afghan army. Stick with 'defeat the enemy, keep the troops busy'.

My thoughts are that it was completely right to chew the member out for wearing BEW's on vacation. Do you wear your dogtags all the time in case you are rendered unrecognisable by some catastrophic accident? Do you wear your issued SOG/Gerber on a DEU belt with your jeans, just in case?

You might just have missed anyone getting caught for them. The way it was explained to me once upon a time is that as part of the routine CDT, a percentage of a unit is tested. Out of those test samples, a smaller test group is then sent forward to the lab for testing for class A drugs. Of...

Why should it need to be? What is broke that needs fixing? The reason I ask is I spent 11 1/2 years in two commonwealth armies, the majority of that time as a 2IC, and not once was I unsure of what my roles were in garrison or in the field. I just don't see the need for some sort of bible of...

Umm... yeah they were, at least as of 2007.

For a position that is so widely varied from unit to unit as to the duties and responsibilities in a garrison setting, why wouldn't a Part I PDR suffice? What do you think should be in place in stead?

There are formal 'Terms of Reference' for each position and trade, beyond the combat role - it's called PDR Part I. It spells out what is expected of you. Is it completely different for each trade and unit? Absolutely. Surely you've signed one before? If we made a cookie-cutter 2IC job...

I'd rather people learn after hundreds of years of development of the laws of war, and having it drilled into you from day 1, that we don't summarily execute the bad guys. Idiotic, dangerous and reprehensible move on their part.

You're not even in yet. Discussion closed.

Hi, late to the conversation, but quick question. What do his pants have to do with it?

People see these access hatches for infrastructure (steam, hydro etc) and the rumour mill grinds into action, next thing you know you have a fleet of buried centurions that were 'written off' but actually buried 'just in case', or underground interrogation rooms for Trudeau's enemies in the...

I think you took my quote out of context. I was stating that the 'pedestal' that some believe the forces are mistakenly placed upon in a bit of hero-worship is, as others have said, a mile wide and an inch deep. If you asked the average Canadian if he 'supports the troops', you'll most likely...

[tangent] Ah yes, the mytical 22 yr sapper/private who, on the last day in the mob, are promoted to LCpl so as to avoid the government having to pay the RSM's pension due a soldier who never got promoted in 22 years!!! [ /tangent]

Don't rule out the possibility that the 'tour' might just be an excuse to act like a dickhead.