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The most important thing a course officer does is overall supervision. Your job is to ensure that a) things are not overlooked -- because let‘s face it, everyone‘s busy and juggling a lot of things and sometimes miss submitting TSRs, etc; b) that the student course files are up to scratch --...

A good ol‘ Timex Ironman is a good bet. Like them ads say, "It takes a lickin‘ and keeps on tickin‘" I have mine on one of them nylon wristbands, and the watch made it through some deep doo-doo.

Ah yes, I did see the uniforms that you mentioned. The first time I saw them I thought "Holy smokes, someone on crack decided to use Velcro to fasten our pockets", but upon much closer inspection (going up to the soldier and asking if I can examine his new uniform), I found out that it was the...

I think what you just described could be attributed to almost every other setting in life, not just the military. The bottom line is that there are people who are lazy and will take advantage of people who has a lower tolerance of the fear of not having a task done. School, civilian work...

I think the problem with the bar buddy analogy is that every 4 years our buddy may or may not experience a personality change... or lobotomy... or brain transplant... or infusion of super-brain power... I mean, for the past decade or so, the buddy is pretty stable and we hang out and stuff...

Hate to be nitpicky, but "old fashioned black and white" is just one form of fundamentalism. I hate to accuse anyone of being a fundamentalist, but let‘s do a compare and contrast here: You are with us or against us vs. Submit to Allah, the infidels (mostly aimed at Christians and Jews... but...

So by your reckoning, since grey is "bull", the US and the West should‘ve stomped out the Soviets‘ guts way back when... and since people can‘t sleep at night worrying about a knock on the door, the US and whoever its buddies of the hour are should go rumbling to the People‘s Republic of China...

Ah yes, I was going to mention Tom Clancy in my initial post... :D I think we are specifically against an Islamic theocracy which would be anti-American (and wouldn‘t care less if the US loved or hated Canada for whatever reason of the day)... As for someone in the US administration...

Well, *YOU* know and *I* know that the three religions all have the same roots... but I get looked at as if I‘m the devil‘s incarnate whenever I mention this little tidbit... Why on earth do you think they‘re at each other throats? I refer again to Tom the Dancing Bug‘s God-Man comic...

Okay, here‘s a "solution" from the "Hearts and Minds" camp. Firstly, have to resolve the Palestinian issue once and for all -- more than likely to create a homeland for them and IMPOSE it on both sides. It won‘t make anyone happy but it would take the wind out of the sails a bit, and create a...

Although rare, I think there actually *are* worse things than brutal military dictators...brutal _______ dictators on a mission from Gosh! I think it really depends on whether or not one is on the $hitlist of the regime (fundamentalist or secular)... I think it‘s a toss-up on whether or not...

Wouldn't it be ironic (or funny even if you're so inclined) if Iraq became just like Iran?   U.S. Planners Surprised by Strength of Iraqi Shiites As Iraqi Shiite demands for a dominant role in Iraq's future mount, Bush administration officials say they underestimated the Shiites'...

Well, you will find that politicians who DO keep their word are just as dangerous as those who don‘t...

Er, the reason that "they" say NOT to iron our uniforms is because of the IR capability is defeated once you iron it. (It might be an urban legend for all I know...) To get wrinkles out, all you need to do is throw‘em in the dryer... either before you wear it or right after you wash it (and...

I say we tax‘em and divert the money to the CF! :D That or maybe arrange for a time-share program for their equipment so we could use it... ;)

There was speculation by conspiracy theorists that it might be "leftover" bio experiments from Japanese occupation in WWII... seeing how Japan seems to be not very hard hit at all by the virus... Love them theories :D

For the being short bit and the ‘82 pattern rucksack, I have this to offer: No, don‘t go and get ALICE equipment -- I think it would be frowned upon. What you *could* probably get away with is to find the ‘64 pattern rucksack frame aka "jump ruck" aka "Lightweight Rucksack" from Vietnam War...

Yes, the "Unit of Issue" is indicated on the back of the card for the "Temp ID" that a lot of Reservists receive.

Greyhound Buses 10% discount with ID

Perhaps we can start a catalog of businesses (and their location i.e. city) where they do offer military discounts... I think a lot of the times even if a business does offer discounts, members don‘t know about it... I know Greyhound offers 10% discounts with military ID or Canex card