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Ombudsman...  Never had to deal with him so I don't really care.  Maybe that is because I never had anything to complain about, except: equipment (or lack thereof), late pay raise, lack of funding, lack of flying hours, being away 7 months out of the year... Best of luck with your future...

Canada increases tsunami aid to $40 million CTV.ca News Staff Canada is increasing the amount of money it is sending to the victims of the tsunami disaster in south Asia, and deploying a team to determine whether the military's crack response team will follow."Today we are announcing an...

For some reasons, I still believe the DART's $20M would still be more beneficiary than if given to NGOs for relief use.  Not to downplay the NGOs work, (far from my intent), but I believe that we, as a military organisation, would be able to get things going much faster.  In this case, time is...

With the current situation in Asia, I can see a great use of our DART team in the devastated areas.   Anyone in the loop as to why we are not on our way there?   Maybe this is also a good opportunity to explain what is DART???   I thought we have dropped the ball by not going to Haiti after...

Huggy, From what I understand, you only have one semester left to graduate?  If this is the case, do yourself a favour and finish it!!!  This is probably what every recruiter will tell you.  And during that lousy last semester, at least you will have something to look for.  Also, this will look...

I'll go back to my statement as an aircrew...  The pistol is a must in that if we need to get out in a hurry (ie burning chopper in a smoking hole), at least that gun is strapped to you.  However, if we have to hump it back home, or go hide somewhere awaiting CSAR, I'd rather have something with...

a_majoor, The question there is why the guy at the gate had his gun slinged?  I know in VK the gate guards always had their weapons at the "ready".

a_majoor, Interesting you talk about velocity of 9mm going through vehicles and Banja Luka in the same text...  Have you heard about the negligent discharge in Banja Luka???  Seems like the 9mm round can easily go through a vehicle (from the inside anyway...) and through CORIMEC walls... ;D

Kevin, Thanks for the info.  My choices were based on the following: - FiveSeven: 20 rounds in the mag.  5.7 bullets capable of AP.  (the military will never get into anything else than "ball" ammo, so 9mm ball is not quite good against much Kevlar) - G36: compact and uses .223.  All that...

I really don't care for all the "Airforce" thing.  The blue epaulets and nametapes on the Cadpat look goofy enough.  I would hate to be a Flying Lieutenant on an army base...  As far as I am concerned, we are all part of the same team, and for all those people worried about losing their identity...

I really don't mind the BHP.  I've carried it on 2 tours and it worked well for me.  When (if) we will replace them, I hope they will put some type of "combat" sights on them.  Maybe Trijicon or something you can see at night.  So far, I have been putting "liquid-paper" dots on the sight, but...