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Well, they do still have Canada Post...until they all strike.

My heart sank when I saw the post...

I just heard a nasty rumour that BEARDFORGEN has been reversed because the air force didn't buy in. This came to me through two sources commenting on a mutual friend's Facebook post. Does anyone know if there is any truth to this? Apparently the news just came down today.

I've never done one - the closest I came was the wire obstacle course on Infantry Qualification in 2007. I did CITY courses for BMQ/SQ so we instead did creative things like carrying logs from the beach back to the armoury for future log PT sessions, or running in half-frozen sand or through the...

As long as all the big names (Salomon, Hanwag, Lowa, Danner, Miendl, etc.) end up on there everyone who is entitled should be happy. I'd like to see them specifically exclude SWAT as I've seen too many SWATs fall apart too quickly.

So I'm reading through the NP's article on the arrival of troops in Mali, and the soldier in the first photo really stands out... http://nationalpost.com/news/canada/a-dozen-canadian-peacekeepers-arrive-in-mali-as-yearlong-mission-begins He appears to be wearing an arid version of the issue...

We had a guy who at one point lived in what I can only describe as an SRO above the Cambie pub in Gastown bordering on the downtown eastside of Vancouver. Later, after deployment, he "released" (or attempted to), went home to the US, then came back to the regiment. He asked me if I could take...

It is, yes. And my point is that since something like duty for a Class A member falls within their expected training time, it isn't too much to ask and disciplinary measure up to and including AWOL are not to be unexpected. Somewhere along the line though it seemed to me that people were...

I'm not sure how duty NCO has become such a big deal or so construed that we're talking about it being an additional duty above and beyond or instead of regular training. When acting as duty NCO in my unit you are duty for "two weeks." All this means that on two Wednesdays you wear the duty NCO...

Or when the GPS was loaded with the wrong data...

Yep, I apparently got one today as well. Funny, I remember getting two or three issues just after receiving my award, but then it stopped for a few years.

At the end of this month I should just show them all the Tuesday and Friday text messages and emails going back to September and ask for a half day (or two since for a good part of that time I was course storesman) for each month...get a little extra money on my last pay of this training year! ;D

I'm not leadership, but I am currently work with my unit's RQ and essentially am the primary contact as our RQ and all day staff are away until next week. Regardless, even when my supervisor is here there are at least a few texts and almost certainly one or two emails from the CSM regarding...

We had some Scottish cadets visit us last year and they were allowed to wear their qualification badges on their Velcro...and some of these kids had so many that they couldn't actually fit the whole badge on their pocket. Half of it was just up against the fabric. It looked pretty bad.

I believe the idea is that eventually all personnel will wear their div patch on their combats but at this time (at least out here in 3 Div) only flag officers wear the patch. Not sure of the reason why when we all wear it on our DEUs. Incidentally, I have heard there is a move to start wearing...

I'm surprised this hasn't come up yet, but Pioneer is on the way back in. We have currently filled numerous slots over three or four Basic Pioneer courses (runs approx. 6 weeks) running out of Gagetown. I believe the courses will all be wrapped up by mid-July and at stand-to those trained will...

We've only got one or two in our brigade as well (one is in my regiment), so it looks like they're trying to expand that. We've already loaded one person on the November serial, but I don't think anyone on the April serial (timing is too tight for me). I'm waiting to see if a) I can get the time...

Awesome, thanks for the info. Sounds like it may be worth doing. Out of curiosity, where is it usually run out of?

Does anyone have the details on the CBRN Def NCO course - i.e., what topics are covered, what the job entails (other than running gas hut/IBTS)? My unit has two opportunities coming up and I'm curious about it. I wanted a few more details before approaching my CoC and deciding to commit a...

Here's a good one...Stardust Ranch. https://alienranch.weebly.com/ The owner claims to have had numerous encounters with aliens; he's posted photos of wounds received while fighting them; he alleges they tried to abduct his wife but best of all he states that he's killed dozens with a samurai...