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Well put.  First I've heard of the UAE investment, and that's a great solution...moderate Islamic nations getting involved.  Charity is one of the central tenets of Islam, and it's nice to see in action.

I agree that something needs to be done, but I'm also aware of several instances in which clinics were destroyed, physicians and nurses kidnapped and killed for accepting NATO assistance during the Village Medical Outreach programs. Arms reach assistance through NGOs seems to be the best way to...

To bump this up a bit, Roto 5 TFA Roll 1 medics got their SO Tech Jump bags today, see my post well above for a link to the website. They seem alright, all I've done is watch the troops kit theirs out and snapped a few pics with my phone, more to follow.

I hadn't heard recruiting was the obstacle, I was under the impression that it was the number of OMLT teams, but that's second-hand info, at best.  There are (so I've heard) Kandaks with no OMLTs running around. If that's the case, then more NATO nations ponying up OMLTs and tng resources, the...

Geo, is this not very similar to our accelerated tng/expanded OMLT role we're talking about in here with regards to a 2009 pullout date?

You can't place the threats out of the terrorism context...threatening IS terrorism!  Force or threats of force to compel an action by individuals or by governments, paraphrasing several UN Conventions against Terrorism (http://www.unodc.org/unodc/terrorism_conventions.html) These offences are...

You mean they're NOT scratch and sniff  :o?  No wonder I feel so lightheaded.

Thanks for the info, I'm learning more from this thread about Armour then I did in all the times I chased after them in Wx  ;D

Was that not the rationale for the offer of the L2's for the 1st Gulf War (or 2nd, if you count Iran-Iraq)? I was at UBC shortly thereafter, and it was accepted (and taught) by some of the "better" profs in the department that the L2 was offered to Canada, if we'd chosen to deploy armour, so...

If it's a federal jurisdiction matter, it's probably under the jurisdiction of the Privacy Act, or PIPEDA (as it's a private sector contractor versus a federal agency). Privacylawyer.ca

Interesting, the SNO at CFTTC(W) said the other day that they are no longer accepting applications for this...the line is full from now until 2009, and most who have gone over are willing to go back a second time. PMT

Usual disclaimer Dead soldier's mom outraged Wonders why city permits Flames stickers on vehicles but bans troop-support decals By TARINA WHITE -- Sun Media The Calgary Sun The mother of a fallen Calgary soldier is outraged city garbage trucks are emblazoned with stickers supporting a...

http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/row/cl-327.htm lists it as an improvement on the original "peanut", but we're still talking 1996 technology.  Am I out to lunch, or is there, perhaps, something better in use?  There don't seem to be too many V/STOL UAV out there, but I'm pretty sure I saw...

Ouch.  Can you say FASCAM?

Well, when you put it THAT way... ;D

So, for my general education, what are the Germans using for mine clearance and obs breaching? Strikes me as odd that they'd up-armour to defeat most mines, but not have a means to plow a lane.

Because you can't have career ADD and be a Doctor  >:D

I met Mark once, at a fairwell before he went to FRY.  I recall his mothers name being held in very high regard by the Sappers of 1CER, and I recall a visit in Bosnia to a school that he had been affiliated with.  I remember dropping off EUFor Christmas packs to the kids there on New Years eve...

I would think that if you corrolated the impact with the pressure waves, you could eliminate almost all the casual "tossed my helmet in my locker" impacts, and I think the internally mounted one wouldn't interfere with NVG or the other helmet accessories; the CF will benefit from the data...

TacMed, thanks for the reply, and the work you're doing. I didn't mean to imply it was a bad video; it does the job. PMT