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I watched it on TV, it was neat. Is anyone else tired of the saying "support the troops?" This Hour Has 22 Minutes skit on it, it just kind of verified what I was thinking.

For January, February and March I will be on my PLQ course in something called a "Shilo." What exactly is a Shilo? When I ask my peers at work it only draws bone chilling shivers and copius amounts of giggling. I am so confused. Will I need my toque and gloves?

The only reason the parents are there is to take the kids to the parade.  It isn't for them.  Can you see whats wrong in this statement?

This statement could not be any more right off the money.

An interesting thread. Stone that comment can apply to any essential service in Canada. OPP, RCMP, Firefighters, Laura Secord....... Its kind of an old and over used saying that people really dont put any weight into now. Its a cliche. When I attented the Christmas Parade in Pembroke, an HLVW...

From what I was told they have caught up the system with the requirements so the need for acting lacking is gone. Atleast for now. Just the messenger.... It could not be valid anymore....

Understood. My point was they will not be promoting people to acting lacking MCpl regardless of what the promotion reccomendation states.

Ok so I have more to say... the MCpls and Sgts need to used the PDR system and the warning system to take care of both the "dead-wood" and the keeners and the Cpls need to provide input to those Mcpls and Sgts where appropriate. Good point. I think the problem with this is very deep rooted...

Moral vs Manning.. after thinking about it some more I have something else to say..... The "influential" powers of deadwood in ref. to moral would be miniscule in the grand scheme of things. I think job fullfillment, operations and superiors are really the factors that make people want to stay...

Not sure what you mean by saying theres no substance. I can see that these are 2 different subjects but they both feedback into each other.

I found this memo from CWO Richard very informative and agreeable to. Read the part about our soldier skills. Alot of people complain when we go practice with our bang sticks. Here is the cold hard truth to prove that being a soldier is first . Memorandum 11 Sep 2006 Info TRAINING...

As of December 06 there will be no more acting lacking promotions in our trade. To back up this claim all I can say is that it was passed down to me through my Sig O. I believe it always better to be top heavy than bottom heavy when the ranks get thinned out, like they have been. Reason being...

but shrill proclamations without concrete proof are wasted on anybody who knows better. The references prove anything that needs proving. The refs also state that the equipment to spoof or jam GPSs is readily available and easy to use. EW vs GPS has been used in the Middle East and theres no...

I did not reduce to anything. I have proved that you are vulnerable and stated the worst kind of repercussions possible. You have to take that knowledge, weigh the risks you have to take to accomplish a mission, and go from there. If you need to learn from someone elses mistakes, or by your own...

So does it make sense to release medically unfit soldiers when we are having a hard time to recruit? Nobody else really answered so I will just start off. It may of been covered in another thread but oh well.... I'v met a number of men and women who are on catagory, and cannot be deployed...

If you read back, I never said specifically that a GPS was spoofed and something bad resulted. (Its not theoretically possible. It is possible, its been done - I did not mean in battle vs Taliban..) I am saying thats its possible, and civilian GPSs are vulnerable to it. To open this up a bit...

If my PLGR was a reliable piece of kit, I would not, like thousands of other CF soldiers, have purchased my own. The DAGR is significantly better, but my e-trex still tracks more quickly and accurately, even when the DAGR has y-band enabled. A PLGR is as accurate as any other GPS. We buy our...

Quite frankly, I call BS on your assertation that the Taliban will use GPS spoofing to lead us into an ambush. While on ptl, nearly all leaders of any stripe travel with a map in one hand, or a clearly defined reference point for navigation. I'd say 99% of infantry Privates could instantly tell...

I never said it made sense. The theory goes that if your singled out for good behavior then your peers get jealous. I also had doubts that privates can be advance promoted to private trained, Librarians comments, if there are refs would be accurate like George says. Its still no reason to slow...

My recommendation is do everything you can do to get advanced promoted. The reasoning quoted above is wrong, totally wrong. Getting advanced promoted doesn't limit what experience and respect you gain, it advances them. Go for goals that encourage you to be a better soldier, set the example for...