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You did a fine job. My only suggestion is that the security soldiers who answer questions should be much more informed. The day I visited, a Spanish-speaking visitor asked (in somehwat fractured English) the security person when the Changing of the Guard occurred. His response was "Every hour on...

A Canadian doctor and writer has written an account of his recent tour of the hospital in Kandahar. The publication of his story, http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2007/07/talk_to_me_like_my_father.html has caused some distress and consternation because it describes, in graphic detail...

I was at the Tomb last week and likewise, was quite impressed. The Change of the Guard is quite an impressive ceremony, in an entirely different way than the Changing of the Guard on the Hill. The piper is a great touch. I agree that four stanchions and a velvet (not the regular airport style...

Thank you.

Post clarification. Are aircraft allowed? I have some photos from my personal collection...  ;D

Guy Lizard Armoured Command Vehicle. I thought it was an AEC, but it's not...

This makes some remarkable reading. Though heavily edited, the devestation unleashed and the professionalism of the response is evident. The co-operation of the Americans is also noteworthy, especially after Tarnak Farms. My ongoing sympathies to Pte. Graham's family and all those affected.

I'm sure, however, that you do a pretty mean asperges with the Holy Water.  ;)

I'm reading the book. If you can get past the repeated masturbation (every hour?), it has some funny moments. It's a parallel to Catch 22 but more in line, I think, with MASH (the book, not the TV series).

Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Long_Tan

For Cold Warriors, the 1955 Jimmy Stewart movie, "Strategic Air Command" is a classic. The in-flight B-36 sequences are awesome.

A-CG-001-000/JD-000  S 3-1 http://www.forces.gc.ca/Chapgen/docs/pdf/Branch_manual.pdf I think this answers the question succinctly.

You are quite right that a chaplain wears a helmet and body armour, but they are forbidden to carry a weapon of any kind. In that way, you are quite right. They are a liability in a operational setting. However, chaplains are prepared to take the risks and the soldiers they serve are prepared to...

Lasik is worth the risk, but be aware it will delay your enrollment by six months. A colleague enlisted in the Reserves as a chaplain and Lasik delayed his process for six months. DND Recruiting is being especially clear in insisting that chaplains meet the common medical standard. I know of...

Six Canadian soldiers killed in roadside blast Updated Wed. Jul. 4 2007 12:46 PM ET CTV.ca News Staff A roadside bomb has killed six Canadian soldiers in the volatile Panjwaii district of Afghanistan, as well as an Afghan interpreter. Brig.-Gen. Tim Grant, commander of Task Force Afghanistan...

And another set of awards to SOF personnel, again no names or citations mentioned. http://www.gg.ca/media/doc.asp?lang=e&DocID=5081 Governor General Announces Awards of 19 Mentions in Dispatches May 30, 2007 OTTAWA – Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General and...

From http://www.gg.ca/media/doc.asp?lang=e&DocID=5126 Governor General presents two Military Valour Decorations and nine Meritorious Service Decorations (Military Division) June 28, 2007 OTTAWA – Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of...

Too bad the EF-111 Spark 'Vark is no longer in service.

Fascinating. One wonders if any of those men shown captured were among those shot at Abbaye d'Ardenne. http://198.103.134.2/remembers/sub.cfm?source=memorials/ww2mem/ardenne

This is helpful. Though I have not been involved in a military funeral, I have been officiating at civilian funerals for 28 years. I've buried political and entertainment luminaries, as well as the town drunk. In the end, we're all the same. Eath to earth and all that. The question of a...