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The question remains as to who/what decides who gets A&B, and what reasoning there is behind it? No doubt it either involves a dartboard or a witches cauldron  brimming with newts tongues.

Hello all, I've already fired off a secure message to VAC to try and shed some light on this, but recently a coworker and I (both veterans) were chatting about VAC and the treatment benefits post-release. The client card came up, which I had never really thought about or bothered looking into...

I have to ask, why are you concerned about 3 or more +5km runs a week? How far are you running now? As a baseline, if you can run (run all the way, not just shuffle/walk) 10km in under 1hr you should be ok.

During my last sojourn in the desert, our location was being hit multiple times daily from the same direction. I made the suggestion to the platoon commander one night that rather than have a cumbersome clearance patrol mounted at the end of the tic, fully dressed etc etc, why not have 6-8 of...

I'll be that guy....maybe this isn't the job for you.

That has changed, 'in extremis', they can be used, but you'd better be able to show why it was a last resort option.

Is this the same airframe languishing on the pad by 427?

My thoughts exactly. Chances are though the results of the investigation won't enter the public domain unless a specific FOI request is made.

$755,900 and she's all yours. Executive bungalow on waterfront (tailings pond)

Funny enough I had a similar situation overseas..... a quick word with the FAC= 'the guys at front (me) are amazed at the NOE flying abilities of our supporting gunships but can they please f@#$ off from flying directly overhead cause I cannot hear my mine detector as I search this route for...

Buyer of the most expensive carton of 'Pines' in the history of OEF?

At the risk of splitting this thread into it's own entity, I will add that it also seems, within the last 10 years, that there are more people looking for problems when there isn't any. People have been almost been led to believe that you WILL suffer PTSD from a traumatic event, not that you...

Fair points RG, but I will say this. I know people who ARE suffering in silence, not because of those doubters, but because they see people who cannot possibly fit the criteria, as laid down in DSM 5 - http://www.dsm5.org/Documents/PTSD%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf who are subsequently awarded nice VAC...

recceguy - I'm in no way casting dispersions on anyones specific medical diagnoses, nor am I claiming any medical experience and ability to judge, via the internet, the veracity of anyones claim. HOWEVER. Is it such an emotive issue that ANY discussion of the possibility that some...

I'll be a bit more constructive.... Stand at the left hand side of the grill...flip egg with left hand, right eye dominance will ensure egg stays in centre of grill. You're welcome.

I saw that same mistake right after the parade, but as I was standing with some of the families of the fallen, found it in bad taste to rip apart their nice memento. But as I've worked with 3 of the 4 dudes in that picture who were carrying another member of the same unit, I was incensed. JJT...

Why should they get Spec1? If it's to compete with civvy street wages, then sure, but if it's for the technical complexity of the job, then I don't think so. I'm saying this as a civvy firefighter, it's not a rocket science job by any means. As a Combat Engineer Sergeant, I found myself...

Basically...the war is over. Time for real soldiering.  ::)

Mods - Feel free to move this to an 'Afghan Memoirs' sticky if so desired.. Found this last night, thought it was worth sharing.... Shared in accordance with the Fair Dealings Act.. and so on..... http://www.westronwynde.com/wwn09/n9macinnisa/ Punching the Clock           from A Small...

Did he have to retake his PWT3 at least?