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Must have had a small dose of Powerthirst! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRuNxHqwazs

To be a PW you'd need to wear a uniform and be in the armed forces of an actual country. These are simply criminal thugs whom we afford vastly greater civility and compassion than they'd ever afford one of our own were the Taliban to capture a wounded western soldier. The important part is that...

I'd reckon that is a "captured" MUAV. They didn't show it in flight, and they didn't show a control station, and it is damaged. I'd rate that as a poor propaganda victory, as those things tend to fall out of the sky on their own once in a while, and they will not be able to use it themselves...

I imagine there are ways to enhance survivability inside the LAV, but the best way to prevent IED casualties comes from outside the LAV. More and enhanced ISR coverage, ANSF/ISAF patrols, dismantling IED cells, pavement, and creating conditions where the locals call in the threats.

Not much of a "prepared" speech if he just stood up there asking question after question. And how is this news? I'd question the Windsor Star for producing a completely irrelevant non-story as much as the U of W for supposedly producing such a bewildered individual as its president. Who cares if...

I had a 117F overseas and it truly is a wonder radio. Before I deployed I had maybe 2 hours of formal training on it, I figured out the rest myself. I think my TC was hesitant to switch from the 522, but when I found all the EIS and demonstrated the awesomeness and relative simplicity he was...

Even if the money was available...who is going to build it?

For the last 50 years we've intervened in the natural and healthy order of the great forests of North America by fighting forest fires. I suspect the pine beetle devastation and the observed reversal of the forests from carbon sink to carbon source are tied to our foolish practices.  This is a...

I believe the hostility isn't directed at the media, but rather the commentary allowed on many MSM news sites. The G&M tends to close the comment boards when things get too out of hand, but the CBC "jump to conclusions mat" is still up and running last I checked. I question the utility of...

Well put. People seem to think I'm nuts when I say I personally like the current CDS better than the old one. I met both while deployed and while General Hillier was charismatic, approachable, and seemed to solve our minor, immediate in theatre requests (nails, hammers, etc) General Natynczyk...

An all to common case of raw data snippets being presented either without context or with a malice induced spin. Little or no attempt is made to turn factoid diarrhea into a lucid or meaningful story. Is there a breakdown of domestic/deployed incidents, on duty/off duty incidents, what the...

746.ca is down right now. IMG hacks on us the hardest for some reason. Normal Army units seem to get away with having websites, but not us  ??? We've tried to both abide by DND rules and simultaneously declare it an alumni website so as to distance ourselves from said rules. Now that we are...

3 Resolutions: 1. Get in shape (again) 2. Quit smoking (again) 3. Deploy (again)

There will be some rhyme and reason to the program (hope it works). It won't just be a sack of guns and ammo tossed out to folks "toys for tots" style.

specifically to people who are seeking this info and haven't even been enrolled: Individual results may vary. Your experience may differ. Data provided for reference only. The TF orbat of 2011 could be significantly different from the TF Orbat of 3-09. I know 1-08 was different from what...

Fresh quota with the new fiscal year. I'm not a recruiter anymore so I'm not privy to what those numbers might be.  Visit the recruiting website, call or visit your local CFRC and be sure to do your homework.

They might have achieved the annual quota for recruiting into those trades. Just because the current mission in Afghanistan ends in 2011, does not mean that the CF will stop recruiting combat arms. The CF obviously recruited the majority of the "older" members on this site during "peace time". I...

From my perspective, Maple Guardian is a justification for the installation and implementation of WES, which was somewhat buggy, and that helmet umbilical cord is damn irritating. I found the value of Maple Guardian(1-08) for the level of Tp/Pl and below was dubious. Hopefully the BG and TF...

My resolution for 2008 was to not post on the Globe and Mail article threads. The one time I did post was to say that Christie Blatchford was the only redeeming feature of the G&M, another fine article! Her "comrades" should ask her how to write a news article without needlessly infusing it with...

I was the Tp Sig for the Engineers that had Hughes the donkey, the whole thing didn't really pan out at all. We got no useful service out of that thing.