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Had the pleasure last Thursday, all true Armyvern.  :) And if he shakes your hand you will remember that for a long time and aviod it a second time, what a grip.

The Usual Disclaimer: I know it is MSM from China but and mods feel free to move: Indonesian Air Force seeks to modernize fleets www.chinaview.cn  2007-11-05 19:37:31 http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-11/05/content_7016451.htm JAKARTA, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) -- The Indonesian Air Force is...

Well tess when did it start ? Getting ready to do a school Remembrance Day talk that has to be "politically correct, does not glorify war, is not controversial, does not reference violence, are a few of the "new" parameters these days I came across this: "on his return to Toronto he settled...

Agreeing with the radar station bunch as to one of the key factors for the successful conclusion of the Battle of Britian I will however disagree with geo vis via the ME 110 and the Beaufighter. "Beaufighters were used in many theaters of war and for varied duties, performing particularly well...

Dan, are you thinking of the two reserve units. Westies and QORC ?

The Usual Disclaimer: http://myuminfo.umanitoba.ca/index.asp?sec=40&too=100&dat=11/3/2007&sta=3&wee=1&eve=8&npa=14142 Education in the midst of conflict Thursday, November 1, 2007 2:58 PM On Oct. 18 I received an e-mail from Kabul, Afghanistan. It was sent by Col. Michael Latouche...

For what it is worth: http://lphs76.ca/forums/viewtopic.php?p=765&sid=5999985017bffd05b6023e47cdedc0f2

As Bern states 'drop a line'. I know where a few of the 3PPCLI guys are on the island. As for Calgary( 1PPCLI) there are a bunch here.

Here we go again: The Usual Disclaimer: http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,514352,00.html Foreign Fighters of Harsher Bent Bolster Taliban By David Rohde in Gardez, Afghanistan October 30, 2007 The growing numbers of foreign fighters in Afghanistan are more violent and extreme than...

The Usual Disclaimer: http://uk.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUKL0135503620071001?sp=true Mon Oct 1, 2007 12:45pm BST Russian army asks Mothers to help with draft By Chris Baldwin MOSCOW, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Russia's military said on Monday it would ask members of the Committee of...

a long shot but- Lassie Edit to add: Sorry Danjanou  :-[

My thoughts too Graymatter. Easier to keep track of. Oh Mod, oh mod................. :)

Prior thread: The Russian Bears Are Back? http://forums.army.ca/forums/threads/64519.0.html

"The M50 mounted six recoilless rifles, 3 per side, on a small turret atop its pyramid-like hull. The rifles were actually 105mm in diameter, but were dubbed 106mm rifles to prevent confusion with earlier 105mm rifles. The .50cal spotting rifles were mounted on top of the upper 106mm weapons...

Gee Thanks Army Vern, Here I thought he was back east with all the rest of you "doctorate's" and now he is using a Calgary AB location.

No, Dan you is on a roll. ;D  Fire away.

"along with a Battery of 2 RCHA" UNFICYP - United Nations Forces in Cyprus 1964 http://www.army.dnd.ca/RCD/rcd/history/unficyp_e.htm or W Bty (Med) was attached to 4 RCHA for training and went to Cyprus for Peace Keeping duties under command of 2 Cdn Guards from Sep. 65 to Apr. 66...

pbi, thanks for joining in. It would be interesting to see what Flawed Design came up with as a result of his opening this thread. As to the issues at hand another perspective is found with Pariahs, Partners, Predators: German-Soviet Relations, 1922-1941 by Aleksandr M. Nekrich [ a review of...

"Bernard Freeman Trotter was killed in action in France on May 7th, 1917. By his early death he was only twenty-six Canada lost a brave soldier and one of the most promising of her younger poets. Those who knew him best may be pardoned if they link him in their thought with Rupert Brooke and...

Your welcome Gronk. As for the Navy issue: Michelle Daveluy, PhD, Associate Professor, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada: Anthropology of the Military "The NCSM Ville de Québec is a Canadian patrol frigate designated by the Canadian Forces as a French unit. As such, 80% of the...