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110. You look outside at the rain and say longingly to your closest loved one, "Good patrolling weather." (****! I should think of these all at once!)

109. You‘ve got a good war story involving a moose.

108. I have to make sure I‘m not being insulted in an offhanded way if someone mentions the word "chicken" in my presence. How‘s that for specific, Sig Op? :D

99. War movies aren‘t any good anymore because they‘re "too Hollywood." i.e.: explosions don‘t look like that, guns don‘t sound like that, and helicopters can‘t DO that.

92? You refuse to let your "significant other" iron ANYTHING of yours.

90. You think you might be starting to like pipe music.

No! Not going to tell this story. Too embarrassing. Must ... stop ... typing! Can't ... control ... fingers ... Tpr. Orange, one caveat that I haven't seen here: if there is going to be text with your tattoo, make sure your tattoo artist can spell. We had one young 'un in the C. of D. who...

Hmmmm. Wondered when THAT was going to creep in. That, "It's almost legal now, so why not let a grunt have a toke now and then?â ? question. Paras, if you've read the other thread in this forum, "CFB Valcartier soldiers tested for drug useâ ?, you'll know that I'm uniquely qualified to hold...

If any moderators think this belongs in the equipment forum, I appologize and please move accordingly. With all the debate now raging in the news concerning the vehicles used for patrols, I was wondering what the troops thought. F'rinstance, my first impression of the Iltis in '85 was, â...

A highland regiment, somewhere in Scotland. The lads are formed up for CSM's inspection. As he's passing down the front rank, he spots that one of the lads' sporrans is standing away from his kilt at an odd angle. He marches over to halt in front of the hapless squaddie and stares downwards...

Just thought of one: "PRIVATE! If brains were C-4, you wouldn‘t have enough to blow your nose!"

This one was told to me by my father. Dad was an R.C.A.F. Photo Tech. in the early fifties where he met Mom, also a Photo Tech. and between them they could tell some tales, so here goes. During his recruit trg., I believe at the time it was at St. Hubert, he had an especially crusty and...

wilfong, at one point that day, I remember clearly as my sect. was marching back to Beaver Hall where our pl. (C. of D.) was situated, we saw that Cpls. N. and M. were being marched out, hatless, over to their qtrs. It blew us away that two guys from our pl. were picked up in the sweep, but...

Spr.Earl, I don‘t know if there‘s anything called a collctor‘s licence. I began owning handguns in 1988 and the stated reason for wanting to own my first, a Ruger GP-100 .357 mag. was "collection." I later studied to be and worked as a gunsmith for four years. Could it be that what you are...

Yeah, I was there. I forget exactly which month, as it didn‘t affect me personally. I lived off base.

Roger that, portcullisguy. I figured as much. I seem to remember an instructor in Cornwallis saying something about it, but I was kinda sleep-deprived at the time so probably wasn‘t paying as much attention as I should have been. Col. Cooper does make a certain amount of sense. Although I...

Several years ago during Gulf War 1.0 in Guns and Ammo magazine, Col. Jeff Cooper wrote something like: We (he always used the royal â Å“weâ ?) note with some concern that our soldiers have been told to bring shoe polish and boot brushes with them to the Gulf, but NOT their personal sidearms...

Don‘t know about height restrictions, we had some pretty short fellas in the bn. Now width restrictions though, SHOULD be put into place.

Sorry, OloSolo. I think you are asking about Rules of Engagement or ROE‘s. There are different ROE‘s for different roles that a given unit may be tasked to perform. For instance, the ROE‘s are very dramatically different between Aid to Civil Power operations such as riot control or providing...

Well, ShOrtbUs there are some pretty good answers here, but I think what you want is some sort of day-to-day routine idea. I was 1 RCR from 1978 to 1986 so some of what I am about to tell you may be dated, but probably won't be too far off. As portcullisguy mentioned, the mission or job of the...