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Check this out.  For folks still serving in the US Forces at 62....yes 62...the minimum amount of pushups in two minutes for a 62 year old is 16, followed by 26 situps.....For the 17-21 year olds its 42 and 53 respectively.  There is an additional requirement to complete a two mile run, again...

Both of these countries have extremely large and fairly well equipped armed forces, they should be able to take care of things for the most part.  The Indian Army has at least one million in the Reg force alone. The only reason I could think of offering the DART would be out of solidarity, if...

I joined up at 16....still serving at 44.....It was a hard go at first but stuck with it. In the 60's it was still possible to join up as young as 15.   Basically I echo the comments made.....it's down to the individual joining up, if your not motivated you won't last...... I should add I'm...

To be frank, you should have been written up, you failed....it's the Trg NCO's job to conduct the motivation, not another recruit. I would have told you to shift your own arse......

Some off us have to wear the smaller metal wings on CF's, the pin on type on the centered on the breast pocket.  Not all of us wear the large embroidered wings.

I thought I had said my brief piece on this but feel compelled to add a little more. Firstly I have all the H trg on offer and yes used the skills on operations on and off over many years.  Even received some high risk pay serving in EOD 24, how can that be "we only picked up souvenirs" as...

Three types of cloth wings are available: A version we wear on our dress uniform, a version we wear on our mess kit, and a version that was worn on the jump smock. The latter is what you require for your BDU's.  They can be purchased here: http://www.joedrouin.com/abe_badges.htm Note one set...

Going back to the original post, we do have the mandate and since I have been in always have... The policy both domestic and off shore was covered in CFAO 36-31, Explosive Ordnance Disposal and NDHQ Instruction DCDS 6/89, Operational Explosive Ordnance Disposal. The policy currently is...

Wes.... What would you make of this....in the wake of the London Bombings. "Trevor Phillips, chairman of the UK Commission for Racial Equality, has called for an end to multiculturalism in Britain. Separateness is over, he said last week. It is time to rediscover the nation's belief in 'core...

Geo: Following this.... Here we go again...

DG....not bad for a late night contribution. I agree with much of what you say.  I have served time on both side of the fence in my almost 28 years and know the value of the system as established. I'll end by saying in agreement that those who aspire to lead are by extension "leaders" not...

That's basically the British Forces way of doing business.  The Royal Engineer Mine Information and Training Center do conduct an All Arms-Tri Service Mine Awareness instructor course, however not all believe that it is the way to go..... CHIMO....

I don't entirely agree....yes they have their limitations but I can tell you that I managed on a few occasions to get a BV 206 to the top of Mount Kent in the Falkland Islands...They are not perfect but are certainly a very useful bit of kit and can be used within reason on some varied and...

RIP, Ex Coelis.......AIRBORNE Forever.

This kind of crap sickens me. I really doubt that the York Federation of Students (YFS) president Omari Mason or Ahmed Habib the vice-president equity for the YFS  or Dan Freeman-Maloy or any members of his renowned and forward thinking (yes I'm having a laugh) GrassRoots Anti-Imperialist...

The Jack Schitt story   ---------------------   For some time many of us have   wondered just who is Jack Schitt?  We   find ourselves at a loss when someone   says, "You don't know Jack Schitt!"   Well, thanks to someone's genealogy efforts, we can now respond in an intellectual way.   Jack...

Gully, well said.......and very true... AIRBORNE-CHIMO-UBIQUE

I would like to offer a different but supporting view of why only Sappers should deliver MAT or for that matter any mine warfare or demolitions training. In 1989 I deployed to Peshawar (eastern gateway to the Kyber Pass), to deliver Mine and EOD clearance training to the Afghans.  The mission...

Geo...can't let you get away with this: "skip the jump wings - go for the combat diver course...... You'll find that there is not much of a demand for Para engineers these days". Without stepping into the world of developing light forces doctrine, a subject currently the topic of another...

Soon (hopefully) an unclassified copy of the RE-BEW publication "Battleaxe" should be posted to the web.  APFB is MLC 35, can be built as a fixed bridge or constructed as a ferry using the new pontoons (yes similar to the LFB), it can also be reinforced using link components. So shortly, if...