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And they certainly would. Been speaking with a friend of mine at the new met center here. It's not just Air and Sea that use them as they now fall under the Intelligence Branch and are starting to end up in a number of interesting places (like Alert  ::)) and working with a greater variety of...

As some of you know, I have been waiting for my VRAB review for my PTSD award some time now. Had it last Thursday. I have to say, I was very pleasantly surprised. My lawyer was a shark, very impressed (I'll be even more impressed if I get what she says I should get  ;D). What left the largest...

An air pillow is just that, a big inflatable pillow. They can work well, but in limited circumstances. I do not think that with the debris we are talking about in a structure like this, that an air pillow would work. They are tough, but with the amount of twisted steel, conduit and rebar in...

As a general guess, liability and the complexity of the cave-in. I'm an ex-miner (as is my Dad) so I know a few things. A cave-in underground can do lots of crazy things, but if the geology around it is fairly stable, the rescue teams have a couple of options. I am no urban rescue guru, but...

Another factor in some of the smaller mainly military communities were the fairly large number of people coming out of Edmonton ('07-09 especially) that had buckets of cash from their houses going through the roof since the late 90's. I bought in St Albert in '97 for $113K, sold in '05 for...

Honestly I do not know. It would have to start with the recruit center as I know they were "ROTP" but I am not aware of the decision process that led them over to Otter Sqn. Contacting the Registrar wouldn't hurt.

There are former PRes members that have CT'd and Commissioned at the same time that have attended RMC. While they were technically under the ROTP program, they were administered through the UTPNCM sqn at RMC. I do not know if any such pers went to civi u. Even the Cadet Wing knew it would be a...

Nope, this one was real ugly. Involved skull and eye sockets. I seem to remember there were ... 7 or 8 injuries that year alone due to the faulty locking mechanism on that arm.

This is interesting. I find the quote from the one US soldier very.....intriguing. One of the biggest problems with PTSD is that there are no physical signs (that we knew of). I know myself, I have often wondered if I was just plain crazy or just an asshole instead of actually suffering from an...

Vern's sarcasm is bang on lol A good example of how crappily put together these things are: There is a metal static strap that grounds out the starter. It was almost 18 inches long. A mod crew came through and changed it to a strap about 14 inches long after it was discovered that said strap...

Seen, never thought of it that way.

And it's not considered income, so honestly I don't know why anyone would take the monthly payout. You could put the award into investments (which VAC pays up to $500 for the financial planning professional) and gain much more over time than you ever would getting it monthly for the next 7 years...

I've been CSS my entire career and I have always hated the "client" or "customer" labels. I am a soldier, doing my job to ensure that my fellow soldiers can do their job. While I am a firm believer in using best practices from the civilian business world, we must be able to differentiate...

Given that it's an LS, it could be any number of ignition sources. The turbo line has happened before, as have a few different electrical sources under the hood (and elsewhere). I've been looking at these fires since they first started going up (which was the first winter lol). Terribly...

With the amendments done to the NVC we now have a few options for the awards: 1) Lump Sum; 2) Partial Lump Sum and monthly amount (ability to cash out at any time); and 3) Monthly amount (ability to cash out at any time).

Sidebar: Keith "Jack" Idema was an interesting character, that's for sure. Funny where he keeps popping up over the years. I met Keith back in....'94(? or so) through his paintball company, Idema Combat Systems. Made awesome gear. He also got into a fistfight in the dealer's area of that...

Two reasons come to mind really: 1) If true (and since this is American politics we are talking about, I have my concerns. After all, these are the same people that declared pizza a vegtable  ::)) there is little we can really do about it. We do not have the infrastructure or PY's to even...

Exactly. There are so many programs now. Accommodation is being used a fair bit, RTW is another that sometimes works (depending). The IPSC/JPSU's have helped streamline some of it, but only for those people that are posted there really. I'm still able to work in my trade, so I am one of the...

Dawson was Peacock? That's awesome! ;D

Answered here as well. Lots of info when you use the search function a little deeper. http://forums.army.ca/forums/threads/99328/post-1017697.html#msg1017697