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You'll have to get in line behind the Jacobite pretender (discounting that a Jacobite claim has not been made since 1807.... this is an opportunity). Time to remove extraneous glassware.

I'll own the flight deck length vs beam typo ... Curious to know how the sensitive electronics both onboard and enplane are going to be protected from the magnetic waves rolling across the flight deck but I'm not expecting any kind of a detailed answer other than "shielding".

77 meters is the flight deck length beam according to Wikipedia ...

In hopes of prempting a  sidetrack  into red ensign issues, please see this thread http://forums.army.ca/forums/threads/59000/post-545680.html#msg545680

One could argue by the same logic that he shouldn't be praising another government department and/or a policy enacted by Parliament either.

Point me to where I say that they should be doing it faster and I will gladly acknowledge being out of lane.

And the inevitable CBC report ... http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2013/08/31/bc-wickaninnish-sand-dunes-mortar.html

From cbc.ca http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2013/08/31/canada-warship-collision-hmcs-algonquin.html "Two Canadian warships are returning to port in Esquimalt, B.C. after colliding during manoeuvres while en route to Hawaii."

And even when a site is declared cleared it might not actually be ... http://forums.army.ca/forums/threads/105834/post-1141558.html#msg1141558 {complete with my nose getting out of joint} And current status http://www.pc.gc.ca/apps/scond/Cond_E.asp?oID=8869&oPark=100324

As a matter of pure pointless/pedantic/historical interest; when did Recce pick up/adopt the slash symbology? considering the slash was historically (at least until WWI {??}) used for Cavalry. I can certainly see the association with the auxiliary role of scouting associated with the Cavalry...

So I take it that this means all of the Jericho garrison is gone rather than a single building ? the last vestiges of RCAF Station Jericho Beach should be worth some $ answering my own question http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2013/08/15/bc-jericho-lands-sale.html Edit...

I'd suggest firing a PM to 54/102 CEF ... He seems to be a SME as per the Sappers.

Well, it isn't like they have anything named Camp Bedford Forrest  (anymore ... apparently there was a Camp Forrest in WWII). Considering that Regimental Colors {sic} of some regiments from the southern states carry CSA Campaign Streamers I think it will be a long time before there is any...

and the 8 honours awarded  to regiments in this list doesn't even include the Newfoundlanders  (who I see did get the honour according to the announcement of honours  list, was about to get all annoyed) or the Provincial Marine Department get nothing at all (apparently) despite contributing ~10%...

And then there is the Canadian Armoured Train .... Not so much a railway gun as guns on a railway.

Pre game warm up ? http://www.smh.com.au/world/movement-at-nkoreas-missile-sites-source-20130329-2gyqj.html

Why do I have visions of a mobile barb-e-que detachment?

Well, even if China dumps North Korea there is always Dennis Rodman http://www.cbc.ca/sports/basketball/nba/story/2013/03/01/sp-hbo-basketball-north-korea-kim-jong-un-dennis-rodman.html

Survival kit contents check. In them you'll find: one forty-five caliber automatic; two boxes of ammunition; four days' concentrated emergency rations; one drug issue containing antibiotics, morphine, vitamin pills, pep pills, sleeping pills, tranquilizer pills; one miniature combination Russian...

Never Mind http://forums.army.ca/forums/threads/109143.0.html