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I remember a certain Ottawa based reserve Regiment being oh-so impressed with the then plain old Mr Black in some honourary capacity back in the late 90's. He was simply a thieving scumbag then, I suspect he got the toss when he renounced his Canadian citizenship?? Mind you we still persist with...

Not a great loss. Believe it was called "Muddy York" in those days.

I still remember being a guard commander of a group of service battalion tradespeople who were sent to the Legion in Pet 11 Nov 84. The Guard WO was a POS whiny Air Force electronics  whiz kid. Forecast was +2c andlight snow flurries so I told the troops to wear their long undies as we likely...

What years?

Few familiar names there VAdm Bruce Donaldson was on a number of MARS courses with me-good guy for a swabbie; MGen Daniel Benjamin was my roommate way back when we were rooks at RMC; MGen Mark McQuillan was also a classmate and we did a number of Logistics courses together at the School...

As  an ex QM of the Guards, those greatcoats are heavy and presumeably warm. However have you ever heard a band, especially brass , play in cold weather? Not pleasant. Having stood outside on the Parade Square at RMC a number of mornings when it was well into the -20Cs still air temp ( and the...

He doesn't miss much, Also from 1983, at some point shortly after the London festivities there was a freedom of the city or something similar that was outside Ottawa City Hall and I attended with ML in full CFs etc etc. Afterwards there was a reception hosted by the GG at Rideau Hall and we...

To Bob (hoists can of beer) and all the others who died that day.

Be very specific before you sign on the dotted line-I ended up as a MARS officer for four plus lousy years, as I was told to change it once I was in. I would think there will be positions with the RCR at some point in the future so if that is what you really want.....you could also end up in...

Ditto Steve. And thanks USvetAK89, I have thought about this over time as well, poor Bob should have stayed in CMED counting stock, but it was not what he wanted to do in the Army.  It was a hellish kickoff to an otherwise great year! MM Ft McMurray, Alberta

Though not a gunner, I also remember Cpl Bob Allen, a Sup Tech who had worked for me in the Airborne QM 1986-87. He was part of the advance party that had deployed to Fort Wainwright. I always have felt a bit responsible for his death as he came to see me one day in 1986 as a keen and eager 911...

Red neck or met variety?? Ft McMurray here. Not quite sure what is home as born in Montreal, lived in Edmonton twice, TO, Ottawa twice, Kingston, Victoria, Pet and Gagetown.

Prolly because people flying around in airplanes and floating in a tin can don't  and can't hold ground-boots on a specific grid square do, regardless of trade.

Remember "Ask us about you" and "There's no life like it". Horrible campaigns enough to make one puke. Remember the one where the guy in CF greens got off a business jet carrying a briefcase, like most people in the CF went to work that way. The current ones at least do portray in most cases...

If it is high why not take some meds to get it under control, ie back into the normal range. I was admitted to the hospital last month for an unrelated problem, but my BP was 174/135 and had been in the 145/100 range for about two months. Until last year it had been basically 120/80 my whole...

Evidently the Air Force did not forget him. From the forces.ca site.... Canada's Air Force www.forces.gc.ca Articles Captain Tristan deKoninck honoured at 3 Wing Bagotville Aug. 4, 2008 From left to right: Sgt Beaulieu, Col Pierre Ruel, 3 Wing Commander, Lgen Angus Watt, Chief of Air...

Read today on the GM site that they sold 154,000 vehicles last month down 41% year to year. On top of that they are holding an inventory of 855,000 vehicles, more than five months worth. Stop bulding cars that are not selling !

Long overdue-the Army course was "tired" to put it mildly when I taught on it as an augmentee instructor in the mid 90s. In fact little had changed from the mid 80s. Part of the problem is that the School was never staffed or equiped to run true "Army" courses. Sending all Army Log Officers to...