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You're quite right and in that sense I suppose I'm wrong and I'll therefore STFU.  What bugs me is that there are people trying to dress this up in terms of an IO effect that was non-existent.  Tim's was not an IO objective.  It was just bumph.

I'm tracking the fact that some think this way quite well thank you.  I don't buy it however.  Your interperetation of politics and their impact on defence policy needs a bit of clarification for me: please state your case whereby the insertion of Tim Hortons directly impacted on our procurement...

This. And this. The Tim Horton's, Massage Parlour, and other niceties did nothing for the operational effectiveness of KAF and I for one don't buy the IO effect idea for one minute.  Such message, if it ever existed, was limited to the Canadian population.  Again, I am not sold on this...

KAF is hardly one of the most remote areas of the world.  KAF is a big, sprawling megabase that includes all manner of useless crap like massage parlours and Tim Horton's.  There is zero complimentary operational effect achieved by placing a donut shop in KAF.  All it does is promote an us vs...

::) You're totally missing what he's saying.  Tim Horton's is a symptom of a problem. 

Dude, seriously?  Tim Horton's is not a tool of foreign policy.  Or at least it shouldn't be.  The point that I (and I think others) are trying to make is that there is a big difference between the inside and outside the wire experiences, and that Tim's is a distraction.  Who cares if our...

Here's what an experienced General Officer had to say about the abundance of non-warfighting bumph there was on giant bases such as KAF: "this is a war zone – not an amusement park".  Link: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/mar/25/us-commander-afghanistan-bans-burger-pizza Don't be so...

To add to what Skeletor said, I lost count of the times that I went out dismounted on my last tour.  Was that my primary combat function?  No.  Did I go as often as the dudes in the rifle coys?  No.  Did it happen though?  Sure it did.  I'm surprised that you're surprised that Sigs guys go out...

Oh, you must mean like the IRIS NAU, which requires a flash as soon as you look at it and third line maint if you breathe on it wrong. I have a little pelican case for my iphone that has never failed to withstand any abuse that I've thrown at it.  The iphone + case combo is cheaper than any...

Rick I am the SSM.  On the one hand I agree with you: It's not OK that people come in to work while they're supposed to be on lve.  On the other hand, as the guy who does it to himself, sometimes there's no choice.  Maybe it's the price of leadership.

It's not just about commander-centric. I'm a WO.  I'm not a commander of anything.  I'm on lve right now, but I'm in the office.  There was no reasonable opportunity for me to take my full entitlement of annual lve.  If I weren't here today then there would be a multitude of issues pertaining...

I am the SSM of a Reserve Force sub-unit.  I deal with such requests all the time. If you were in my Sqn, when your email reached my desk I would call you in for an interview.  If you had performed well on your BMQ, if you stated your reasons for wanting to defer trg to me in a reasoned manner...

Ack, to clarify, what I should have said is that there will be nothing in the immediate future or that anyone can foresee now.  Eventually there will be another one.

What peacekeeping missions do you think there are? There are a very, very few, and typically the people they're looking for are commissioned officers and very senior NCMs.  You would be best served by assuming that there is zero opportunity after Afghanistan.

You won't be qualified to deploy immediately.  You likely won't be qualified for at least a year, maybe more. Not at any time, no.  And yes, there is an application process.  Tour x will have y positions open to reservists, and once that list filters down through the chain of command to your...

Thanks to all for the replies.  I sent my buddy a link to this page, I'm sure he'll appreciate it. Cheers.

A civilian friend of mine just asked me a question that I thought I'd throw out to this board: "I'm in a football pool that gives away a bunch of cash and the guy running it wants to give some to a charity that supports troops when they come home.  Do you know of a worthwhile charity offhand?"...

It's not often that I get to make reference to the film classic Billy Madison in order to make a point.  I suppose that this is one of those happy and rare few times.  Please see link below: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hfYJsQAhl0

I think you may be misinterpreting what I mean.  I'm aware of all the above.  I'm suggesting that once the brown boots are widely issued, it will be easy for those who are inclined to implement regressive boot policies to say "the brown boots are here, everyone will wear them, no more privately...

I agree that it's a no-brainer.  Let the troops wear whatever boots they want, so long as they are of good quality and look professional.  The horse is out of the barn on non-issued boots.  Nearly everyone I know wears them.  I can tell that you think this is an example of poor leadership, but...