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At the rate we are rolling the LUVW, the armour school may not have any left soon.

The Armour School has been appointed as CofE for Convoy Escort Operations.  I was happy to see that the doctrine that we have produced this past month for the large part reflect some of the opinions listed in this topic. In general we have adopted two methods of conducting convoy operations -...

LUVW C&R.

The Gagetown indoor pool schedule can be found on the CTC - PSP website, if you have access to the DIN it can be found at the following link. http://www.pspgagetown.nb.ca/AQUPoolSchedule.html http://www.pspgagetown.nb.ca/AQUPoolSchedule.html If you're not military there is a fee to use the...

Remember non-contiguous - there is no good and bad side of a screen anymore, the threat is all around.  Which seems to make it common sense for a Troop Leader to have a wingman. In addition given that there is a possibility that a Tactical UAV may be downloaded onto a Troop's responsability, it...

I think others have it wrong with respect to reserve MOC codes.  In the old Reserve Recce/Armour Sqn days the respective MOCs were R013 for Reserve Recce and R011 for Reserve Armour. Now that the reserves have or are in the process of, transforming to all Recce they should all be MOC R013 not...

Cpl Bloggins With respect to blister problems - not knowing if you have recently increased your distance or some other unknown variable, sometimes just changing the types of sock you wear can help the problem.  I find that spending a little extra on athletic socks not made of cotton helps. The...

2Bravo - Airspace coordination will possible be a large concern depending upon the altitude which the UAV operates.  Obviously the nature of UAV that will be delegated down to a recce patrol is very much in debate however the US Marines have tried various systems in Iraq to mixed degrees of...

Depending on if we get the number of vehicles that we ask for, which is never certain, you should be taking your course on the LUVW C&R variant.  But have hope that the request won't be filled and maybe if you are lucky you can take a Jeep Wrangler out in the trg area as the CTC Comd has...

Thanks PBI, you have generated some very good points.  The points you have made with respect to First aid trg are very true and it would seem to be a common-sense requirement to train our soldiers to a higher level.  I wonder with the mentality of today if the units would be able to recieve the...

PBI - What does IMHO stand for?  :-[ 2 Cdo - I hope you were not referring to me as "Those who deplore anything American". I thought I was fairly up to date with the American trg system having spent 6 months in Fort Knox a little over a year ago however I recognise that the US Army does react...

I've just now had the chance to review the various responses and am surprised at the excellent points brought up. For 2B, I graduated with the ACCC 2004 class and from the sounds of it little has changed with respect to US Armour officer trg then and now.  Although I was impressed as they did...

Gents, I throw this one out for discussion as I have noticed a disturbing trend of our Army to look southward in the evolution of our individual trg.  Has anyone else noted this trend which I believe is generated only by the US involvement in Iraq and the continued lessons learned.  I will...

Try looking on google for more liquid armour stuff. I'm still looking for specific references to Strength enhancening applications. Army scientists, engineers develop liquid body armor By Tonya Johnson Kevlar fabric with shear thickening fluid, after impact by a fragment simulating projectile...

Yes the Master Chief does rule although I preferred Halo 1 to Halo 2. The powered armour concept is being developed by the US. Right now they are experimenting with a substance that remains a liquid until charged with an electric charge at which time it becomes rigid.  The US is putting this in...

George - Man you're a pessimist!  Remember the great circle of life, we will eventually return to the tank. To the Rhyno - I'm not sure what you've been told but if you join the Armoured Corps you will not have much say on what unit you get posted to. Although generally les Anglos go either to...

Hate being lured in like this. Tip for the marching with backpack/rucksack use two litre bottle filled with water. I can't remember the exact conversion but when traing for the Mountain man competition, our team used water. I think it is 2 litres is 5 pounds. Once you figure out the conversion...

Bojangles This column was a very interesting read and I especially enjoyed the debate over muscle failure training.  I think a lot of the comments that have been written are deserving of merit.  I am interested in the quandry that must be faced for a boxer to meet the weight (which I assume...

:skull:  Maybe it might be neccessary to sleep inside the tank in a NBC environment (because of the over-pressure system?) but I don't imagine that normal SOP would leave a Sqn operating in that environment for a lengthy period of time.  I think that the idea of the slitty, is to provide a form...

Trying to answer some questions: 1)  LUVW is a four day course for those already qualified iltis, 9 day course if not.  Right now the weapon system is up in the air. If armed with CASW.ALAWS and C-6 it will be about a ten day package which should be deilvered at the Area Trg Centres.  We...