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ArmyVern They were practicing all day over M-5.  Everything but the fast rope.  I must say they Hover real well. 

I will say that the blame can be split evenly between all parties concerned.  The SYSTEM for not keeping up with the times.  From what I have observed, granted this is only one persons view, no one seems to listen to or read the End Course Reports that the course staff compile for standards. ...

For the course that I put through in the summer of 06 the standard we were directed to follow was full assembled, no time limit.  Full CP setup with Cam etc was 1:45, with time added if it got too hot.  This I can understand as the summer of 06 was one of the warmer ones on record.  Forcing...

With everything else that has gone on before in the Sigs world, I'm not supprised that this has been proposed and is going to be implemented.  I'm not sure if it's a good thing or a bad thing right now. Something has to be done at a more basic level for the Sig Op trade however.  We are holding...

Taking a breather from trying to get the ATCIS Courses up and running in Gagetown.  :-\

Kampfpanzer 3, Experimental vehicle.  Dual 120 Smoothbore guns .

MBT-70, US team, Prototype 3 & 4

Maybe he can take Steven Staples as a travelling companion ::).  Perhaps we could have a fundraising drive to buy Jack Layton a ticket over as well. ^-^

I've been following the discussion for a awhile.  Here are a couple of things that might help. (MODS - ALL INFO is from open source) Kirkhill Your fears/worries are very, very well founded.  GPS is not the end all be all of navigation.  It is susceptable all kinds of nafarious activities. ...

ArmyVern All very good points.  I do in fact have a STANAG MED marker attached to by Dog tags.  Ordered it through the base hospital here in Halifax before my las tour.  They also suggested I make it know to any med pers attacched to the Sqn I was tasked too.

What about those of us that can not tolerate having even O- neg.  I've been given that in a transfusion and it caused no end of problems.  As a kid I had a blood infection, as a result only my own blood type is acceptable.  It's makrked on my ID discs, but other more obvious methods might be nice.

I've been a Rad-Op/Sig-Op for 4 months shy of 26 yrs.  As an Operator you DO NOT, I SAY AGAIN, DO NOT, need a degree to be a Siganls Operator MOC 215 MOSID 00329.  You will need that majic iece of paper to DEO as a Signals (Field) Officer.

I lived on the camp for five months a year from 1977 - 1981 as a kid.  Made a small fortune (back then) collecting brass from the course that went out.  There was a scrap metal dealer that gave us 2 cents a casing.  No " I have no live Round or empty casing for a 13 yr old.

In keeping with the idea of giving it some historical context, we can look at the BIG PICTURE of WWII and Canada's involvement.  Approx 43,500 (CON) in almost exactly 6 years.  Liberation of Europe from the Nazi's and Asia from Imperial Japan (PRO). The idea of using lives lost as a means of...

Battle of Ortona - 1,374

Scored 33.92505% - Total Geek. :pushup:  I thought I'd have been higher than that really.  What a relief.  Couldn't handle being some of the higher ratings, would have scared me Grey.  Oh wait I already am.  No loss there then.

I was out freezing my tookass off in the Sarcee Training area in 0A, LdSh with no junctioning heater or generator.  :crybaby:  Way to cold and not hot coffee.

Hi Matt I picked up one of these when I was in Gagetown this summer.  I was in a couple of times when we were talking about various bits of useful kit.  I used mine constantly.  It's great for the stuff that we have to carry, but the Current TAC VEST has no room for, or that you have to ignore...

Sorry for the spelling, posting from text messaging mon a cell phone.  :-[

Quote Layton says Afghan deaths too high a cost Canadian Press July 4, 2007 at 12:25 PM EDT OTTAWA — The Prime Minister needs to engineer a scale-back of military operations in Afghanistan in the face of mounting civilian and military deaths, NDP Leader Jack Layton said Wednesday as six more...