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My understanding of the term "Herbie " was that it meant any scruffy , inept, and gnereally sloppy soldier, who clould be depended on to muck up the Lords Prayer, or drop his rifle on the drill hall floor during the same prayer.  Every platoon had at least one of them, to the never ending shame...

Just for a bit of levity............My two favourite officers were " General Disaster and Major Screwup" Both of whom were in on the planning of every exercise . Jim B

It would make sense to me that if they are "ministry of Transport" officials they have the power to do "enforcement " on any cars that has provincial plates on it. Jim B Toronto.

Trying to keep to the thread topic............. .Anybody see the difference in attitude/actions  betwwen the Dallas Swat guys and the Toronto ETF members?  Seems to me that the Texas cops don't have much regard for property when they rip a house apart using tow straps and their armoured trucks...

Imagine mounting that on the front of your car for the idiots that want to cut in on the off ramp, sure would make a nice statement. One question who makes 17 caliber rounds ? I can't remember every hearing of such a bullet size. Jim B. Toronto.

Mysterious Mind...................I just have to ask...........Do you use BOTH hands when you type? Just wondering? How about when you swing a baseball bat, or shoot a hockey puck ?  You use Both arms, correct. ? My point is that people can adapt, if they make an effort. By the way, for all...

Donkeys and mules have a long history with Canadian troops, especially the 1st CanInfDiv in Italy during WW2. In that back water part of the war, the "D-Day Dodgers " used them enmass to carry everything that they needed to fight with, up and down the spines of the Italian hills. So much for...

Inspir: Thanks for that quick reply. I thought that i had it right, but it was good to be able to see that facts, so to speak. Jim B Toronto.

The toughest audience is the "old guys " of the Regiment I used to belong to. Marching past them you have to  " suck it up " and do it right, if only for the "Tradition " factor. The idea of the " Regimental Family " is still strong here in Canada, thank god. As for after the parade, nothing...

Wondering about this subject............ Are CF medics arrmed while in Afghanistan, and if so with what weapons? If not armed are they teamed with a protection "buddy " to cover them while tending to injured, wounded members ? Does this practice come under the " Geneva Conventions " rules for...

Haggis : Sorry but you are wrong lad. The new war memorial here in Toronto at Queen's Park has all ready been defaced and it was only dedicated this past fall, in 2006. Don't you think that the NATIONAL memorial should be protected ? I sure do . And it seems to me that it should be a CF...

I know that this has been said before here, but it bears repeating. Canadians don't start wars, but we do stay around  long enough to  FINISH them, and we have buried a lot  ( over 100 thousand ) of our guys  in foreign places, over the years.  If allowed to fight without political "hand cuffs...

Here it is Tuesday, and I  still can't find any media coveraqe of the above mentioned awards,  but the papers here in Toronto were filled over the weekend with stories and pages of photos of the anto war rallies. I also have to ask about the 37 cities that were supposed to have held such parades...

The part that irkes me is that this " War Resisiter " is being treated as if he is being truthful. I guess it would be too hard for the media to actually "check facts " before running with his blather. I wonder how it can be countered ? Should the  CDS speak out  about his "career " and the...

I had thought that " The Black Bear " should be the  quick march that was played after the grave- side ceremony was over, on the way out of the cemetary? To me it is a " victory " march, and a celebration of the highlanders spirt and bravery , hence the "cheer " at the last part of the chorus...

My intention was to stimulate debate about this subject and to guage the forum's point of view on those in Canada who openly support a terrorist group like Hezbolah. Should citizens who support terror groups be subject to investigation by CSIS and or other Canadian Police forces?  I say YES for...

So my question would be this...............If Hezbolah is on the Canadian Government's list of Terrorist groups, what should local Police do about people at a demo that are wearing T shirts with that name on ob it, or carrying the Hezbolah flag? Would that be "supporting a terror group"? What...

Just a minor point.........Why was the Francophone summit held in Romania? I didn't think that Romania was a french speaking nation ? JimB.

Did anyone else notice that Taliban Jack did a CTV interview, in front of the Parliament buildings , AFTER the crowd had left? What a loser. Too cowardly to attend the CF support demo, but still wants to be thought of as relevant. Jim B.

Perhaps this is a good time to point out a few things. This was in the USA, in a state not known for good cops, and the group was training for a country sherrif department. The entry standards for police in the USA are certainly lower than in Canada, and the applicants , in my opinion,  are...