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I love how well we poke fun at ourselves. We've got nothing to prove, and little collective ego cloudy our sense of fun. I'll echo the comments about distinct seasons too: Though we were skiing on Vancouver Island this Canada Day. Weird.

I'm on a Social Distortion kick right now. Their latest album (Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes) is a big departure from their past work. More R&B/ hard rock than their older punk stuff. Still rocks though! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otZ1SfwbE64 And good to see them having fun with video too...

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Not exactly sure what you wish a bunch of sailors on a mission, but here's to calm seas and a safe return for the crew of the Vancouver. :salute:

Figured as much. Seems no one knows anything for certain about any aspect of this job until it's actually happening, and then it's still often a crapshoot. Now that I know how it works, the moments of disappointment seem to be fewer and farther between.

Thanks for the replies. I should have clarified that I have completed BMQ, BMQ-L and Driver Wheeled already, and am slated for a weekend EME Common starting in the fall. Hoping to see some trades training next summer then? It's been 2 years already, and my naked slip on is a little embarrassing.

TT, if you want more appropriate advice from this forum, may I suggest you divulge more of the info you hint at in your posts? What strengths of yours did the officer suggest were irrelevant? What are the past actions that you refer to which are rubbing the local military community the wrong...

What should be getting more press is the thousands of good Samaritans who got up early this morning to go out and clean up the mess left by the disturbing large percentage of fucknuckles who ruined a strong run by the local team. Here are the people who really make Vancouver one of the best...

Which form is it?

Your recruiter, or unit contact person is the one who can best answer this for you, as they will know which forms you are speaking about.

Hi all, Just curious if anyone knows about a backlog at CFSEME for VEH TECHs. We were told at our unit by an ARCC rep last year that we could be looking at a 3 year wait for QL3, or the redesigned DP1 course. From what I remember, it will be a QL3 this year, and then switching to the new...

This is a start for you on the slang: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Canadian_English_military_slang To be fair though, it is lacking some of the more official TLAs (Three Letter Acronyms)

http://terminallance.com/2011/05/03/terminal-lance-geronimo-e-kia/

All that's missing from Kyle93's gun is a bleepin' Sherpa to carry it around for you!

My BMQ was on weekends in Victoria from January to April. 3 weekends on, and one off. On the off course weekends, my unit was running exercises, so I generally did those too. Was a long stretch, as I was working 5 days a week too, but was well worth it, as I couldn't afford time away from work...

Yeah, that was the plate I was referring to, haha. And that makes a lot more sense. When he said it was part of the sight, I thought, okay, the Navy uses some sort of weird assed siting system to compensate for firing from an elevated position or something. From reading about the C16, I gather...

Thanks for the info, TV and GAP.

Noob Q: Is that vertical plate on the .50 supposed to be armour? What will it stop? It looks like it's only thick enough for fragmentation, no? I'm no expert, just hoping to learn. Noob Q #2: In regards to the C-16, how effective would it be from a pitching deck against (potentially) moving...

For anyone travelling to Waikiki, and have an interest in this type of quick sketch art, and combat art in general, the Fort Derussy Army Museum has a great collection in it's halls. It was a real treat to see. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U._S._Army_Museum_of_Hawaii We have a MCpl in our unit...

We've had the mounts all along, we're just waiting for Red Green to put the final wraps on it.