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its interesting to note that the City of Calgary has one of the best, and well-funded, emergency preparedness programs of any municipality in Canada. They have excellent staff, an new, modern Emergency Operations Centre and cutting-edge emergency management software tools. I don't know what the...

From my perspective we have two issues here: First, the wearing of obsolete, historical uniforms in such a manner that there is no chance for confusion that the wearer is still a serving member. A good example is the oft-shown picture of the ex-RCN rating in his square rig. Nobody would confuse...

I work in the Regimental Museum of the Canadian Scottish Regiment. At some point an Indian kukri was donated to the museum. This kukri was apparently presented to a Major Bertram Ells, RCA, in Kashmir in 1958 or 1959 and in turn his relatives donated it to our museum. We are trying to put...

Ah, yes, cheese in a tin. Winter exercise, driver (or maybe me  :))puts the tin on the top of the lantern to thaw it out. Can expands to the size of a baseball, somebody opens it with P38 and sprays molten cheese all over the tent liner. We didn't waste it, just scraped it off with crackers and...

On behalf of my wife and I, Merry Christmas to all our servicemen and women, serving and retired. Your contributions and sacrifices really are appreciated. :salute:

I attended the service in Sidney, BC, with my son and his girlfriend. I was pleasantly surprised with the number of people who took the time to stand in the rain with us and remember. I have no complaints or negative comments to make about the day, lots of people, of all age groups, simply...

I thought it was supposed to be a red blanket? So the colour of the money stood out while it was being counted out. Maybe an old paymaster or pay clerk can confirm.

Hank Snow, "I'm Moving On". Remember listening to it sitting on my Father's lap as a child. Yes, I'm that old :)

The Vet's Vette (my '95). I thought this was unique until I rolled up my to a meeting of our local Corvette Club and there was an '09 with similar plates. Some vets get it!

My first Squadron Sergeant Major and a good man. I learned a lot from him as a young Troop Leader.  :salute:

Just two questions from an old tanker (literally). I notice on the Strathcona's Leo 2 information sheet (dated 21 Feb 11) that they will have three distinct variants (Leo 2A4 (9), 2A4M (11) and 2A6M (20)). I was wondering if it is likely the variants will be grouped by squadron or troop or...

Sam was a true officer and gentlemen. I worked with him at Pacific Region Cadets and for a time my wife and I were neighbours of Sam and Marj in Esquimalt. Throughout he was a good friend, mentor and confidante. I will miss him. :salute:

Being a volunteer in a local military museum, and actively searching for artifacts for our Afghanistan display, I can't say I ever considered the OPSEC issues of any donated photos (probably since we haven't received any yet). Perhaps I am being naive, but I would have expected that anything...

Sh-Boom Sh Boom - the Crew Cuts http://youtu.be/Q9G0-4TWwew Yeah, I'm that old . . . (but all things considered, somehow appropriate)

"The Civil War" by Shelby Foote (three volumes). Just ordered a Civil War atlas off EBay to complement it and make following the battles a bit easier.

We will often take items like this from our museum (Canadian Scottish Regiment) to the Command Post in Victoria (1306 Government Street (250) 383-4421). They seem to be able to give pretty good valuation on historical military items. Its not Vancouver, but its close.

I didn't feel anything on the Saanich Peninsula.

Being a basic "cold warrior" (served 1970 - 2002) I have a question that I have never really been able to sort out - how would a land battle in Europe between the Warsaw Pact and NATO have played out? I've read the fictional accounts, but what I'm really looking for is some technical analysis...

When I arrived in the Strathcona's in 1975 they were gone. I seem to remember hearing there were batmen earlier in the decade, not one per officer, but one to "bat" for a number of the living in officers. But that's a hazy memory.

Congratulations.