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Am surprised that anyone would be talking about the Embraer C-390 / KC-390 While the Brazilian gov't has poured a bundle into the project, there are no prototypes flying (from what I can googlefu) making the C-390 no more of a sure thing than the A400M. I would surmise that countries would be...

two phase format 1.  Blow the pirates out of the water when they are "caught in the act". 2.  Deny them the benefit of enjoying their illgotten wealth.  They continue to live in Somali coastal towns, building mega homes & showing off so much "bling" that it should not be all that difficult to...

http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/DefenceNews/MilitaryOperations/19LightBrigadeTakeCommandInHelmand.htm  dated 11 April 2009 : 19 Light Brigade is made up of the following main units: 19 Light Brigade Headquarters and Signal Squadron (209) The Light Dragoons, based in Swanton Morley, Norfolk...

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Densy.... you didn't read the 1st 11 pages of this thread before jumping in - did you ?

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On this matter, I am more on the side of the French in how they have dealt / handled the hostage situation on that sailing yaght.  It's unfortunate that the master of the ship did lose his life in an exchange of fire between French commandos & the Somali pirates - but that is a price that has to...

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... which ties in to my post no 7.... In spite of that has been said and done, the Reserve budget has not been increased in any great way.  The only way to make money available is to rob Peter to pay Paul....  Units that consistently fail to meet it's personnel quotas will see their budget...

The left and the right have stolen from each other's platform in order to cater to .... everyone. What is a republican, what is a democrat What is a conservative, what is a liberal

It would be a way for those people who are completing their 20 or 25 years to stick around - at 85% of salary...

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For the most part, we don,t run marathons.... unless we want to do that - on our own time. BUT we sometimes do make a marathon out of out total hours worked - it'll be long and hard. The tubes in your eardrums should not interfere with your hearing test... so it really should not matter -...

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The only problem I see is that, without the additionals equipment to go along with the increased "capacity".... we could be diluting what we presently have.

Heh... yeah Bit like the FES that is crawling out of the ooze in Winnipeg - A troop with the Ft Gary Horse

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I thought there was talk afoot to establish a Field Sqn on the mainland & raise a CER for the Bde