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So the junior rates get screwed again? Only the Royal Navy would publicize the fact that their sailors are truly lower class members. And they wonder why they can't recruit to strength. Cheers, Dan.

Jeez, Brian. You should write a history of the RCHA or something. Actually, a second volume covering the almost 50 years from 1970 is well overdue. I've always found that the history of the RCA is really a history of the Canadian Army, more so than any other arm or service. I, for one, would...

The Canadian infantry battalion went through many changes in the 60's, and to know which war establishment was being used you would have to pick a time period and a location. The battalions in Germany were not always organized like the battalions in Canada. Early in the decade the battalion...

Just watched the Coronation video. Great historical footage of long past Canadian personalities. A good investment of 50 minutes of my life. Just a few observations. Why did the narrator keep pronouncing the Mall as "the Mell?" It just didn't sound right. I had read somewhere that the weapons...

Thanks for posting Blackadder, great topic. I just watched the 1964 visit, and have a couple of random observations to make. Prince Philip wore his uniform as Colonel of THE RCR while in Charlottetown. The Queen's Canadian equerry was Roland Reid of the R22eR. The Vandoos paraded with chrome...

First off, great photographs. Lots of detail for a uniform geek like me, and lots of equipment that one doesn't normally see. Thanks for posting the link. Like you, I'm also curious about the operators for the 155mm howitzers. Regular regiments didn't have a medium battery until late 1958. I'm...

Ten years ago I posted a similar message on the Forces 40th Birthday. It didn't seem to generate much interest then, and it probably won't now. The dates of the formation of the RCAF and the RCN (the date of the formation of the Canadian Army is a subject of great debate) are known by all the...

Isn't that rather like the pot calling the kettle black when Saudi Arabia and Yemen break off communications with a nation they claim is supporting terrorism?  Saudi has been financing terrorist groups since the days of Yasser Arafat and the PLO.  Yemen hasn't stopped financing terrorist groups...

The Legion is in the midst of an expansion due to an increase in its authorized strength.  The move of 13e DBLE from Africa to France included its expansion from a cadre (in Africa) to a full strength infantry regiment.  Accompanying this is the addition of a fourth rifle company to each Legion...

All I can say is "Wow."  Just "Wow." Cheers, Dan. The photo below is from February, 2015.  Captain Brunelle was attending a Renos for Heroes function in Toronto.  The person on the left is Yara Saikaly.

Technoviking doesn't log into the site, the site seeks out and connects with Technoviking! PS: Thanks Mike, for the site. Cheers, Dan.

I grew up in Winnipeg and before 9-1-1 was introduced we could call 9-9-9 for emergencies, just like in England.  The Winnipeg 9-9-9 system went back at least to the 1960's. Cheers, Dan.

I wonder what the Marine Corps will come up with to replace Rifleman.  As everyone knows, one of their major tenets is that "Every Marine's a Rifleman."  It's what makes them superior to the Army, as they see it. "Every Marine's a Gender Indeterminate Person who is trained to operate a...

It doesn't seem to have done the chap any harm.  He went on to a Corps command before the war ended, was appointed the first post-war Chief of the General Staff, and was the only 4-Star General in the Canadian Army prior to Unification.  Someone must have had faith in him during the war...

I've just started reading Bishop's sequel; Ground Truth: 3 Para Return To Afghanistan (2009), about 3 Para's return tour to Helmand on Herrick 8, eighteen months after the tour in the first book. I'm on Chapter 4 and so far it's a cracking good read. Cheers, Dan.

Pardon me, but weren't kilts and hose completely replaced with trousers when in the field by this point of the war?  Or am I completely mistaken?  Again? Cheers, Dan. Copy negative PA-003265.

They made a movie out of this starring Joaquin Phoenix and Anna Paquin.  Saw it on the Movie Network.  I agree, it's not going to change your life. Cheers, Dan.

I'm old.  Not into new-fangled e-books.  Is it available hard-copy in Canada? Cheers, Dan.

Now half-way through the third volume of George Blackburn's trilogy The Guns of Victory (1996).  It doesn't seem as enthralling as the second volume (but first published) on Normandy but seems to be picking up now that the Battle of the Reichswald is set to begin. One of the things I like about...

Wolf, Thanks.  My memory goes from time to time, even when the book is sitting right in front of me! Cheers, Dan.