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Most US civilians think Canadian soldiers are buffoons, mostly because we are hardly ever mentioned in major entertainment streams, therefore we must be insignificant.  Most US soldiers think Canadians are less capable, mostly because many of them have never worked with Canadians before. ...

If you can find it, the 1966 book of the same title "The Devil's Brigade" by Colonel George Walton is a good read and based on actual events and soldier interviews, not a dramatization of the movie. G

The underlined part was my addition, not part of the original post...

It should also be considered that some people out there are too liberal with slapping the title of 'genius' on people; as an example three people I recall in the past as being called 'geniuses' were Bill Clinton, Boris Yeltsin, and Belinda Stronach.  Does any body regard any of these three as...

It's a good article repeating an oft repeated theme, and very true for the US.  However, former CF members should be clear as to who is doing the interview, and which experiences to use as stories.  In most cases, especially when talking to interviewers who know nothing about the military except...

When it comes to organizational culture, its never surprising that people who should 'know better' are in some ways no better than any other person, or think that because they are 'elite' they have the right to act in an unacceptable manner.  It is seen in many companies, industries and...

Isnt this a bit of the pot calling the kettle black?  Seems to me we used to have a lot of DND/CF employees and soldiers who 'retired' and then turned arround to become reserve force or civilian employees with similar jobs.  Or is it believed that the two activities not comparable?

Great photos of the event - so many times there is nothing to record events like these..

Quote from: Strike on Yesterday at 09:04:14 If you think positively and NEVER GIVE UP then you will succeed at any goal that is reasonably possible. I hate to be the realist here, but being overly-optimistic is just as bad as being pessimistic; this is how people like Tony Roberts make their...

Great product, something new for the vehicle emergency kit...  and some chalk of course...

Just jumping in to point out that there are a lot of trade qualifications out in the CF that are not recognized as equivalent to civilian trades, not just Naval trades; some are not recognized for valid reasons, some for insignificant reasons, but either way you have to adapt to the system, not...

...uh, shouldn't that be 'because there is no cure for stupid(ity)'...?

There are two kinds of results on a polygraph test: a) you failed cause you are guilty b) you passed because you know how to fool the polygraph, but we know you are guilty Either way you lose.

Please post when you have this one done, i'd be interested in reading it...

19/19 - Morocco as part of the Middle East?  Well, it is the Monitor after all...

Why would the person making athreat use vague naval terminology?  Most threats use coarse language and name actions involving specific body parts.  Very unusual...

Going back to the late 1980's here, I served with several soldiers from whom you never heard any comments in regard to other soldiers in the battalion who were 'visible minorities'.  But travel down to the States on exercise and let these same soldiers get a skinful inside of them at the local...

When you consider it percentage-wise, as in number of wars the country was involved in versus the amount of time available for teaching about each conflict, its seems logical that Candaian would spend more time on it than the USA.  Especially since it had a great influence on the future of the...

A question for the experts: I had a physical injury where I had my first TCAT in Aug 2002, my PCAT sent in by Nov 2002, and my walking papers handed to me in Feb 2003.  Given the differences between treating a solely physical injury, where you can determine if the injury is recoverable or not...

I would disagree - there are a lot of spots in the world that nobody cares about if you light it on fire, as long as the rest of the world can carry on with business as usual.  I.e. Egypt, Syria, Ivory Coast, Congo, Yemen, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, etc...