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In Chilliwack, you had to take notice - a bloody wacking big flag raising ceremony at 8 Am - the time the regiment people were attempting to get back to the barracks after morning pt - and get back for 8:30 inspection.. penalty for corporals caught sneaking around  (especially if they are...

"Field of Death" - Passchendaele:  http://www.sundaymirror.co.uk/news/sunday/2007/11/04/field-of-death-98487-20058527/ Note the air photograph

Hi! Yes, more the Union Jack - specifically on the days mandated. Until reading that article, i was completely unaware of those issues. I imagine the errr... 'navy' would be more up on these traditions than the 'army' or 'air force', but even when posted to the "puzzle palace" circa 1982-85, i...

For those interested, I discovered this site about flags of the world - in this case, the Canadian flag, and customs and traditions of displaying the flag, and the "Royal Union Flag" in Canada. I found it astounding that while posted to Chilliwack and indeed most other places I'd ended up at...

I found this in the LA Times - i thought it would be of interest: http://www.latimes.com/news/la-na-rover13sep13,0,476900.story?coll=la-tot-topstories&track=ntottext

I found this website while blundering about the www. It is about the origins of the United Nation's force in Cyprus. it seems uncannily similiar to what I have read both on this website and elsewhere had happened later in Bosnia.... http://www.britains-smallwars.com/cyprus/UNFICYP.html

Hi! Ralph was a great man - had the odd problem with winter turnips - if you know what i mean - but a guy you looked after and listened to as he knew his stuff - and was.. was  Ralph. You know looking back at it all it seems the various postings for that crowd were fishing,  hiking, rain -...

Hi! Yes i remember MIke Goody too - Knew his stuff. Kenny Austin was a golden gloves champion early on - he used to sort things out if necessary in the gym or somewhere. I remember this guy - (remember - 'cept the name of course) - and Kenny saying to me "I beat 'em - but he broke two of my...

Hi! txs Kat. I'm sure it was Kenny - a blue-noser - sargeant in the 70's-80's  much involved in blowing things up. Quite the character too. Lots of characters back in the 70's - 80's... Hope that tradition continues

lada? Hell, people drive Mercedes and Audis here - i think the money comes from cigarette smuggling... No-one honest truly gets ahead... Earl... rather important lad that.  From my time with him in Cyprus, it was evident he was going to go all the way up..I'll say no more about that - although...

that 'stache is famous - not a good sight though on a winter exercise.....

By the way, when any of you saw Mark Blencowe last - did he still have the 'stache? Could any of you tell me what happened to Earl Butt? Knew them when i was young and foolish ('77-'82). Actually, after seven years as a college instructor here in Poland, I discovered that my monthly salary has...

unfortunately it is... words have cultural baggage. "execute" implies a legal status - a judgement from an authority - the use of the word 'execute' gives legal status to individuals who murdered. Knowingly or not, a news media's use of such a word gives legitimacy to a murderous bunch of thugs...

By the way this is being discussed on another website - an interesting map is shown  http://cominganarchy.com/2007/07/21/russias-arctic-claim/ It seems the biggest territorial loss from Canada - Denmark  and UN's proposal as compared to Russia - Norway's proposal is to the benefit - not of...

Populating a remote area like this would be a great problem - unless there are incentives and unless the law is changed - it's been a long time, but i remember an article published in the Western Producer in the early nineties about  land ownership in the Northwest Territories being only...

Have any of you noticed the wording in regard to the Northwest Passage? In the internet article; http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2007/08/08/arctic-setup.html - " The international strait remains free to all navigation, although Canada claims ownership over the  waterway and shipping route."...

Well, airport screening.. i can remember going off on some exercise from the Vancouver airport (in the 70's) - some 40 of us bound for the wilds of Shilo Manitoba, each one of us carrying our personal weapons and kit.. each one of us going through the metal detector, each one of us setting it...

The biggest problem with the Russian claim is that were they to  tap into any resources in the Arctic ocean area, the environmental damage will be intense. Already much of the pollution in the Arctic waters are due to Russia - it would be a bleak outlook for a delicate environment should...

I found this - British parachute training film - 1954  http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=4929569090447919775 - the way it was.......

The bit about "only 1200 Quebecers joined up to fight overseas" rankles me - a lie that can be refuted by the number of names on the cenotaphs scattered throughout Quebec. How many battalions were raised in Montreal alone? i guess a topic for the History forum...