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well..ummm.. i did paint them three-tone camouflage.. the gentleman concerned being a navy plug, it didn't work...

Well then, good material for Canada to draw upon... I knew of at least two individuals who did their time in the British system before coimng to Canada  - Sgt-major Sandland, Bob Bremner (1CER, 1978-80ish).  They were pretty good.  With the British, it was just a matter of convincing them to do...

While I cannot give exact numbers - the pay scale is definitely different - as is cost of living. For example, a police sargeant's wage (10 years of service) is 1200 zloties (take home) - that is roughly the equivalent of the same as a sargeant/petty officer in the Armed Forces. Teachers here by...

What and replace rum with Vodka? Actually, the Polish navy came out of the Second World War well honoured. The only problem i see with Poles joining the British Armed Forces is if they are in the forces, who would be fixing the houses, picking the fruit, waiting on the tables, driving the...

yes, among other things that summer...

hmmm, and the MP sargeant was so proud of his garden, watering it everyday, having the defaulters weed it....  ;D

Gosh i can't remember - oh yes, stealing my shoes - I went to the mess wearing slippers, got tossed out, went to the movies, got tossed out said 'f... this" walked away. Unfortunately, the drunken b.. on duty (the summer of the beer strike - the night of the one shipment from Alberta) thought i...

An internal security exercise - what 1978? Nice exercise. Al Chase was one of the rioters - broken shields, broken batons.. a genuine riot. Finally he was cornered in those training houses down near the river.. First few fellows sent in to grab him, tossed out the window..The next lot sent in...

The latest report - although i have no reference-  is that multi-wives are now permitted  in the UK and support payments for each is allowed (up to four). However, rural and country-side post offices are being shut-down. I can see where the present British government gets its support from. I...

i found this article in the Australian newspaper "The Sydney Morning Herald"  - Islamic Sleeper Cell in Scotland Yard:  http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/alqaeda-spies-in-scotland-yard/2008/03/10/1204998332103.html?sssdmh=dm16.306131 Islamist sleeper cell in Scotland Yard: report Dylan Welch...

errrr... yes.... you see he and the brigade RSM at the time had been my uncle's troop commander and section commander (RCD) way back in the 50's - he was a well-known character (Clifford Dunster)... That's why on those inspections at the time I'd be standing there for 20 minutes stone-cold...

You don't know what it is like to be outpromoted by an aardvark... it just... well, it just.... destroys your self-confidence... Eventually you start to believe that you can no longer do anything useful so you become a teacher...

Chumely... that guy out-promoted me - i never got past Corporal - although in a dirty bit of dealings i was offered a Sargeant's rank if I signed a paper saying I  would not speak of something that occurred  - which is why I turned my back on the military - I don't like being bribed..... yes...

What? A reunion - sounds like fun. i'd go but a teacher's salary in Poland doesn't go far (1000 zloties a month - errr - 400 cdn bucks...). on the otherhand, who wants to see another old, fat bald man......

sending rebuttals.. I've been doing that for some 30 years - not one being printed - not even on webthreads... that makes you think... Hell i never even got my letters printed in the 'Ask Andy' column in the Montreal Star...

yes the term was once 'yellow journalism' - but i truly scent political connection with articles such as this. I wonder what is taught in schools of journalism in Canada - ethos, research? propaganda?

Hi-ho. I'm accustomed to reading the news as much as i can through the internet as i have an interest in journalism (and no money). Unfortunately there seems to be  much of which masquerades as journalism which is not. Witness this article...

Hi - I noticed this article; http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/us-marines-buying-715m-in-flowformed-mortars-04571/ And felt it would be of interest in this debate

Actually, that helicopter manufacturer - the Polish one - is a pretty honest company - makes a decent helicopter too -  also makes parts for Bell and Boeing... (I live about 14 km from the plant and know people who work there. Interestingly, it is in a town that 'didn't exist' during the Cold...

it's ironic isn't it that the news media says so little was done in the north for decades when there were such things as this bridge build, the establishment of the DEW line sites, northern airfields,  Alert, Resolute and the entire mapping to 50000 scale - I'd say a lot was done...