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I'm in the market to buy a civilian pattern GPS unit.  I'm willing to pay up to $300 or so for it.  My concern is that I'm a bit ignorant on the topic of these devices, and I don't want to buy a piece of garbage.  I was hoping that someone around here could give me some pointers on what models I...

While I probably think that HF is more important than anyone else does on this whole board, Radop, I think you'll have to admit that current op experience dictates that despite doctrine, HF is NOT used as meaningful backup for NCCIS dets.  This is proved by the current status of NCCIS dets...

"From reading this thread, (just spitballing here) it appears you are interested in medals. Or is it weapons? From experience, I can assure you that medlas and weapons don't mix well with Sigs. If you are looking for medals, then go infantry" WTF are you talking about?  Signals units and...

Comm Reserve units on the coasts have a good bit of involvement with the navy, and are tasked to support the TTCC's (navy field deployable HQ/comcen unit).  There are also occasional opportunities for our guys to work on the MCDV's for a month or two at a time, but these are quite rare.  There's...

The PRC 521 isn't a great radio.  It is however a lot better than most people think.  Here are some common reasons why people fail to get adequate comms when using the 521: 1.  Squelch Setting or Tx Tone Set incorrectly:  I don't know why people want to constantly fiddle with these settings...

Actually, I'm starting to kind of dislike the whole website ordering system because it's screwing up the way the established supply system works.  Putting the load for issue of DEU onto a cicvilian company is reducing our ability to easily draw stores from QM.  I went into clothing stores the...

The adjustment screw on the forward left side of the sight adjusts left/right.  Turn clockwise to adjust right, counter-clockwise to adjust left.  1 click = 1 inch at 100M, 2 inches at 200, etc. To adjust up/down, click the steel tab that represents the "200M" range setting up with your gerber...

Just a Sig Op, Gryphon: While I appreciate your loyalty to the C & E branch, I think you could find better ways to express it than by causing this tempest in a teapot.   I am a communication reservist myself.  I therefore fall under DISO, and not FMC (or whatever it's called these days)...

Awesome.  Exactly what I was looking for, Foxhound, thank you very much.

Well, I was already aware of the pams you guys mentioned, and yes, my unit does have them.  I've been perusing them already.  I guess I was just hoping for a little bit more personalized instruction than the books give.  I suppose that my original question might have been a bit off too: what I...

Guys, come on.  I can't believe that no one is able to help me on this. There are tons of experienced guys who regularly post in this forum!  I really need a bit of advice here boys: I would like to prevent having the younger guys in my unit learn bad lessons as a result of this thing.  Any...

Listen dudes, I need some help: It may be necessary for my unit to engage in a coy attack as a part of our next exercise.   I realize that this may be a dumb thing for non-infantry type guys to attempt without significant workup trg, but I'm not really making the call here.   The fact is that...

N.B. university insists guide dog learn English CTV.ca News Staff A Quebec man is filing a human rights complaint against the University of New Brunswick, after being told that his guide dog would have to learn English. Yvon Tessier is in Fredericton this summer to attend a five-week English...

If your MOC requires a minimum security clearance level which you are not able to meet, then you will face either compulsory remuster or release.

Uh... I doubt that you'll draw too many "crusty" boots from supply, nor many with holes in them.  Boots are considered "next to skin", and as such, when Cpl Bloggins turns a used pair in, they don't get issued out again to another person.  They get sold off as surplus.  If you were, by chance...

That's probably the case, but as was mentioned earlier, requests for clearance are actioned on the basis of priority.  Mine took a long time, but I'm a reservist.  Other people probably got bumped ahead of me, and rightly so. As I understand it, interviews are not normally done on level I and...

As a serving soldier myself, obviously I'm not someone who has a problem with the military.  But that said, I don't think I'd like to live in a society where everyone was expected to be a soldier.  We all piss and moan about the problems we have in Canada, but overall it's one of the best places...

I'm not a legal expert, and I may be wrong on this, but I think that people in both Canada and   the US have pretty near complete freedom of assembly, meaning that they can belong to any kind of club, organization, militia, or whatever they want.   Unless I've missed my guess, it's the activity...

Well, I guess I'd better call Mensa and tell them their place as the hangout for the gifted has been taken by the CF. ::) There are tons of stupid people in the military!  Thousands of them!  We have our share of geniuses too, but to claim that the army is the world's last bastion of brilliance...

Lad, I seriously doubt that Earl intended to give The Militia, otherwise known as the Army Reserve "a bad name".  I think you'll find that the word "militia" has a very different connotation south of the border, where it is used to refer to paramilitary fringe groups composed primarily of gun...