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Officer Merit boarding is fairly standard, but not always necessary in the reserve system.  Most units will conduct a board to select officers if they have more candidated than positions, but are don't really have to if there are more positions than candidates... The unit does, however, have to...

Besides the obvious insulting nature of the comments, I believe they also demonstrate the common ignorance the general public has about the mission; we're not fighting the people of Afghanistan, we're trying to help them... And the people we engage with in battle come from both within and...

I seem to recall a large group of MPs, MPPs and families of wounded soldiers bringing forward the idea of the "crimson maple leaf"...  I was even asked to participate in their efforts to push the idea forward (this was shortly after I came home, 2006)...  I declined. So if this medal is solely...

Heh... I get asked, all the time, if it is some kind of "time in" badge... like a 5 year stripe or something. As for the ongoing debate here; I have to agree with BM on this...  The criteria has been set based on the Wound Stripe with the addition of posthumus award... If everyone was handed...

Has the large Hadron collier destroyed the World yet? (click link to find out) What a lunch-bag let-down...

I was just thinking the same thing.  But, we're in rotation season, so I'd expect some new info in the next month or so from the guys coming back. There should be plenty of new info from the front, especially since the nature of operations is geared more to dismounted patrols and such now. So...

Heh... well.. Like I said, I don't remember much of Germany.  I remember the US ambassadors wife and a 4 star general dropping by to give us coins... and I remember interesting German TV (softcore midday adult soap operas).  And I kinda remember some very attractive US army nurses loading me...

I didn't really want to revive this old thread and pour more crap on the heap, but I've been thinking about this all week and I just wanted to get it all down... and after reading BulletMagnets write up yesterday, I couldn't think of much else. Two years and one day ago, the soldiers of Charles...

BM, I know how you feel, Brother.  I thought about Pashmul and Op Medusa all day yesterday... Couldn't stop thinking about the guys we lost that day either, which made it hard to get through college lectures. But, Like I said; I know how you feel...  I can still hear the sounds and see it all...

As much as I'm not keen on the concept of a Purple Heart like medal, and don't believe we should stray away from the Tradition of the wound stripe, we have to realize even the wound stripe has changed over the years... and for a while, it wasn't even issued in most cases. Hell, when I got mine...

Bell is no better. The Wife and I both have Bell Cell phones, our home phone is with Bell, we have Sympatico Highspeed and we have Bell Satellite... All of which have been a nightmare. When we moved into our place, we were told that Phone, Internet and Satellite were going to be connected on...

I had a pair of those Frankenstein boots for all of 1 ruck march (pre-deployment).  The heal ripped away from the sole... but not before they ripped the heal away from my feet. They were brand new out of the box... which was part of the problem (not broken in), but I doubt the heal should rip...

I kinda figured the laws of the land (NDA/CSD) would still apply... That shouldn't be a problem though. As for ED&T; yeah... kinda thought that would be the case as well.  It would be the same as if I was going abroad to work or study... which leads me to my next question; what about the CF...

This may seem like a dumb question, but; can a serving member (PRes) apply for a civilian job in KAF, going through civilian channels, and deploy as a civilian? or is this a conflict of interests?

As much as that is true, the actual point of the statement is; there will be no gain by NATO/UN/Coalition forces/Nations by a victory in Afghanistan.  The gain will be for the people of Afghanistan and their victory will be when they are able to maintain security without international...

That's a pretty open ended question; Is the mission in Afghanistan winnable?  Jeez. Exactly...  Seems a little too black and white. The former CO of my unit, upon returning from tour, made this point while addressing a Legion assembly; "Victory in Afghanistan wont be won by NATO, the UN...

I used it through workup and deployment (although short, still involved a lot of shooting). I still use it for trg. There were quite a few others from my platoon, on tour (who actually completed tour), who used the Mamba; no complaints came back from them either.  In fact, one very good point...

Same here.  I've used my Mamba on ex and operation and have had no issues what so ever.  I've had no reason to switch up. I've used the Vickers and I actually prefer the Mamba... But, like load bearing gear, I believe slings are a personal thing and each person has their own preferences. ...

Just from personal experience, I found single point slings useless on anything longer than a C8HB.  I found the C7A2, on a single point, just dangled around and got in the way when not in use (when using both hands for other stuff).  Which is why I switched to the Mamba.  You can pull the...

I'm a big fan of the Mamba Sling... but that's just a personal preference.