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When they held the last vote to separate they had a slush fund of billions of dollars and the next day the funds did not materialize as they lost the vote and they put the money back where it was suppose to be. Or the money was never really there. If they were to have another vote, this would...

Iran's president is not alone in wiping Israel off the map. A group of academics and journalists are eradicating Israel - not with nuclear weapons but with ink and paper. On bookshelves in the West, you can see quite a number of books which wipe Israel off the map, and it is almost impossible to...

lots of crates like that were outside around 1CFSD . I always wondered if they were full or empty, some of them were for aircraft we no long had, CF18 were only aircraft and some were much older crates

Old guy here and this will date me. Base Defence Exercise. Tasked to guard the 1 Canadian Force Supply Depot at CFB Toronto around 1992/1993 We were not allowed inside, the building was massive and too much of value inside to risk. So we would have to do rotating patrols around the compound...

but who corrects the dress of a Field Marshall? Not me. But would be fun to say it out loud. then pay off in push ups for my comment

and who corrects him? One of them is the badge that goes with the beret, this is the badge of the Royal Tank Regiment and it was on the beret when he was presented it informally by the men of the regiment. The second badge is his beret badge which is worn by all General Officers which he had...

Till you are the one in the cell, and the world as you know has changed, and then you find out just how many rights and benefits you have coming. You have more rights once you are charged or convicted of a crime then you did before you were charged or convicted. rob a bank spend time in jail...

R&Q I paid the going rate at Toronto when on Class B, and it was a deal all I could eat food and roof over my head. I looked at apartment costs and I was not going to get away with the same rates. as for a family of 3, I have 3 kids 11,11 and soon to be 13. I have them 1 day a week, 2...

Most likely the clearance can be transferred, just get a copy of the clearance number and when you fill out the new application include your number on the form, if the clearance is still valid it might speed up the process, but the military might require a new investigation anyways. You do not...

Biggest problem once people get some rank on the shoulder and move up the chain or the ladder of command, they start to feel like they are untouchable. Who is going to complain to my boss, because I have only 3 bosses above me? Using an Army system of rank. You have a LCOL who is in charge on...

this comes down to bible stories, and no one can agree who is the chosen people and what land is the land of milk and honey. Everyone claims to be the chosen people and everyone wants the land of milk and honey. Religion is not the problem, it is the leadership of the groups involved who do...

There will never be Peace in that area of the world.

Word has come down that Chris Lam a former Governor General's Horse Guard and recently retired from the Toronto Scottish Regiment as a Warrant Officer, in the Pay Clerk trade has passed. Not many details have been released yet. But Memorial Service is being held in Toronto 27 October 2023.

I would like to see B52 drop live ammo.....do they sell bleacher seats?

Show up in clothes you will be proud to be seen in for your retirement dinner. This picture might pop up at a display table someday in your future and you want to show you put some thought in to joining the service. 25 years from now when you are retiring out of the CAF and your picture of you...

Costly yes. As I have said before I am a train guy, I have watched the British ship their equipment across Canada to Montreal or Halifax to reloaded on ships and sent back tot he UK after training. ( Have seen it at least 6 times in 10 years ) That is the costly mistake. ( One group even...

Hard to make larger bases if you do not have the land mass to get them from Air space for training in some countries means for straight flights, more than 2 to 3 minutes you are turning so not to over fly your neighbors The UK came to Canada to train so they could practice bigger operations...

On the serious side of my so called thought. Some NATO countries being small geographical could actually use the space a Canadian base offers to do training so they could practice various drills without the worry of running out of range safety requirements. Example Poland biggest joint traing...

I cannot agree with that step, but a NATO trained tank force, that at least gets modern equipment and we get some training

Just putting on my tin foil and flame retarding suit here before I get set on fire for my thoughts. LEO 2, was born in the 1970s, service life was 1979 to present day. With upgrades and mods etc, it is fairly new on the tank market and very new to the used Tank market. 44 old year tank...