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There are better experts that probably that will correct me. V4 is a very bad vison rating. In the past you could not even get in unless it was surgically corected. Even for the Infantry the V Cat the minial is V3, Friend a few years back in the Engineers had his V Cat changed from 3 to 4 and...

I can‘t remember if that particular individual is a radio operator, but that is just one of the sig trades that we have in Sigs Platoon.

What I tell people that are trying to join the army, or anything a police force etc, is to carry on with your life as if you didn‘t even apply. The military is a very finicky organization. It does its own thing at its own pace. It can take 2 weeks or 2 years. When I joined it took 1 year and a...

Once you are done your BMQ you will carry on with the SQ (Soldier Qualification). There is a number of military post which are running it but the most common for the west is Wainwright. At the moment Wainwright is backlogged courses (Thank You Liberals and NDHQ for recruiuting 10,000 pers last...

While there are a number of jump positions within the Batallion there are actually very few other trades within a Jump Company. In our Jump Company (3VP) there is the Company Signallar (Sigs) and when qualified the Coy Clerk (ADMIN). In the picture, it was actually Combat Support Company, which...

There a number of sports which alot of serious injuries occur. The main reason, I think with boxing, their concern is the main area that the head is hit over, over and over.

There is no organized league in the CF. We tried to organize something in our unit and it was shot down by higher. Boxing is deemed sport with to many injuries (Head/Neck), this would have a negative effect in regards to loss of personnel , pension concerns, etc. People do participate in public...

From my understanding the goverment is not decrimalizing. It is still will be illegal to possess "the weed" but instead of jail time and criminal record, it will be a fine instead (another cash cow me thinks). I think a lot of people think we are going to do the way of the Danes. As for the...

3 PPCLI is a Light Infantry Bn. 1 PPCLI and 2 PPCLI are Mechanzied (LAV 3). For regimental affiliation there are usually a number of factors which determine where you are sent, of course they do ask your preferance. One of the factors is the current regiment manning numbers. Far as I know at...

We used the Americans Mk19‘s and .50‘s. They where usually mounted on the Hummvees. We used both in the ground mount for the defensive roles. Carrying the wpn in the offensive would have been too cumbersome and very, very heavy.

I didn‘t see any of the American units (101st AB/82nd AB/10 Mountain Div)with the M14. We didn‘t have the FN either. The only 7.62 we had was the C6 and the snipers had the C3. We had 2 C6‘s per Platoon and three in the COY Wpn Det. In regards to the take down power. Most of the tgts were in...

Can‘t remember (It has been almost 2 years since we trialed them) all the names and designations or even know exactly what type the CF is going to. The different varients included e-dot, holographic,and other low light opticals. Like with most items bought by the CF it takes years for them to...

I prefer the C7 over the C7A1 anyday. The C7 is more rugged.The C79 scope quickly fogs during the damp conditions and especially during the winter. During the deployment in Afganistan, the sand and the dust cover the optics so quickly that keeping it clear was a career for some guys. During...

3 PPCLI has the unique situation where we hold a Batallions worth of each (C7, C7A1, and C8‘s.) (this is **** during ATI) This gives us opportunity to tailor our wpn sytems to the mission. Typically, the Cbt Sp trades (ie medics, veh tech etc) are issued the C8. Within the rifle companys, the...

Most messes provide a variety of meal items so that you can choose ie salad bar, 2 or 3 types of entrees etc. For field rations the CF has Veg/Kosher rations. When you arrive on your course identify during your initial interviews (Sect Comd/Pl Comd) that you require these meals and they should...

I have eaten almost every type of rations the CF has come out with in the last 18 years and come to the conclusion. "eat for function not taste". The calories are the most important thing. If it fuels your body to reach the next objective or complete your mission it has done it‘s job. Plus...

The "new cadpat" is the army/aiforce (Gen 3) variant. My unit trialed this uniform in 2001. The reason is the airforce was to start issuing the cadpat and they needed certain mods done. The idea is that they should have one standard that all the services could use without resorting to multiple...