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True, true, I was in fact speaking from a non-RSM, non-officer, non-recruit, non-bandsmen point of view.

Real bakeries - steadily being replaced by "healthier" multi-grain/organic/stone-ground flour/flax-seed loaves at the supermarket. Fountain pens - I get strange looks when I use one. We gave up entirely on cap badges in 1917. Does that put us ahead of the curve?  ;D

It was really something - they held a summary trial at the FOB in the middle of the exercise. What happens in New Orleans, unfortunately, doesn't stay in New Orleans.

The only official word I heard WRT hunters was not to feed any abandoned dogs found in the training area...and there were a lot of them.

I was there - the training seemed pretty good: WES, simmunition, helos, convincing IEDs, and the opportunity to operate at battalion level. Too bad I didn't get to do any of it, since I was stuck making coffee in the CP.

Updated: individual charged with second degree murder. http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/01/02/soldier-charge.html

Give your head a shake. Infantry ≠ "low-level" in any sense. I'm in the infantry. I'm a NCM and a university student. We have corporals with bachelor's and master's degrees in our mess. Towards_the_gap brings up an excellent point - if there's one open position for the job you want (in the CF...

I'll say what everyone else has been telling you. FINISH HIGH SCHOOL. It's not like you'd be joining the army to run away from class - in your potential military career, there will be classroom work - even in the infantry. From lectures on stuff like the workplace hazard management information...

It takes a LOT of insulation to keep water from freezing up here at times - if you've ever used the issued thermos, then you know that given enough time, that thing will freeze solid in your tac vest. Solution? Keep your water (tightly sealed) under your parka, where it doesn't get the chance to...

I checked out the site - $7 per unit or $340 for a box of 50. ::) Yeah. This is a great idea. Instead of hauling tons of shovels and dirt around, I get to haul a whole bunch of jerry cans full of water. And it only costs me more than what I'd make over the course of the exercise!

Not every unit allows everyone to carry a Sgian Subh while in DEUs - some will restrict it to Sgts and up. Make sure that it's acceptable before you get one.

After following the debate for a while, I'll cautiously wade in. One suggestion made a while ago (before the threads were amalgamated) was that if someone wants to wear the medals to commemorate someone that served, that they be worn on the inside of the jacket. Personally, I think this is a...

There's a thread beating this topic to death - http://forums.army.ca/forums/threads/25589.0.html Also, I'm trying to figure out how someone can earn "a full chest of medals" after a year or two - assuming he or she finishes BMQ, goes on to complete trade training, gets posted to a unit, does...

Come to think of it, isn't it the Navy that remains seated for the Loyal Toast?

dapaterson, thanks for the reminder, though I was in fact referring to the two PRes Infantry Guards regiments, as my query relates to colours, not the guidon carried by the GGHG.

But the Coldstream Guards (who the GGFG are patterned after) were raised by Cromwell to fight the monarchists. How can the GGFG justify their claim of "always loyal"?

Something of an aside from the current discussion, but still fits under the general topic of battle honours and colours... Why is it that most Canadian units (which have colours) only list their battle honours on the regimental colour, while the two Guards regiments carry them on the Queen's...

Careful, he's likely to bear-blast you for that.

That is by far the smartest thing I've read all day.

What I was taught was that the double-tap was not only to "keep you in the fight" but to get the enemy's collective heads down, if even for a second, so you have time to dash for cover.