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There are a lot of people from the Europe & the Middle-East who live in Canada, are good Canadian Citzens - and still have basic intrinsic values that reflect their ethnic group's values and morals. There are hard working Italian families who speak very little English/French, live in Italian...

firebird

... the airline pilots flying into major cities have been complaining about this for a while now. Where possible, they ID the area & airport security + local constabulary zero in on the IDIOT(s) .... I agree - prolly more a case of inadequate training - the soldier thinking that the laser will...

S'ok MM... I think we are all shaking our heads at this time.

The carrier was operating between 2001 and mid 2007. A refit followed by workup of their Air group - when mechanical problems have beached her once again... doesn't sound like she was much of a drydock queen... to date

River

As a civy, you could ask the GG about it - I guess...

You can find silk socks in the sporting goods stores.  Wearing these under the green or grey socks will do the same thing as the black nylon ones we receive. (I got mine prior to the CF issuing - they work just fine - keep your feet cool and dry

Too true T6. It might take several generation of Afghans before we start seeing positive results for all our hard work. If we look at what happened to Iran - the Shah, with US backing, went forward with many democratic principles and western way of seeing/doing things... and we all know how...

Great story about some great Canadians Thanks much for brightening up my day Bruce. CHIMO!

barrow

Curiousser & curiousser some more

dazzled

Since we arrived in Afghanistan, we have taken many steps forward. We should not be surprised if we are stuck taking many steps back.... Regardless of how far we though we had advanced, Afghanistan is still a backwards country that will need to claw it's way out of the dark ages over time.

blasé

Well... regardless of how much we spend, how much effort we expend to bring liberal thought to masses of the proletariat who, until only a couple of years ago, were living in the dark ages - following illiterate religious leaders... Rome wasn't created in a day AND there are probably as many...

Gawd.... for crying out loud.  Don't blame "gulf war syndrome" for this one. She got hit by a car while trying to recover an injured owl - and suffered a head injury! She got hospitalized & she wasn't her "normal" self... wel gee willickers, no kidding! Grrr! Leave the army outa this thing!

Hate !!!

Charles... some things take an eternity. At one point, sometime in the future, troops who have gone on operations and tangled with the ennemy will get a "combat action badge"...  The merits of which have been discussed in another thread on Army.ca Also - remember how long it took to recognise...