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Ladies and Gentlemen, re the gentleman‘s cooments that the material which states the metal the VCs are made from is just a pile of slag. Well!! Having been to Hancock‘s the company which manufactures the VC (amongst many other items) in 1999 in Britain. Shown the safe in which the metal is...

A fine military history Canada‘s Army argues that history has shown that professional soldiers perform better than a citizen‘s army of amateurs, but there‘s also much evidence to the contrary YVES TREMBLAY Freelance Saturday, October 05, 2002 Canada‘s Army: Waging War and Keeping the Peace...

Military warned soldiers at risk of friendly fire Report said Canadians ill-equipped Linda Slobodian Calgary Herald Saturday, October 05, 2002 Four months before Canadian troops deployed to Afghanistan, a senior Edmonton soldier fired off a chilling report warning that soldiers lacked...

Sir, There is no such medal as what you have described. May I suggest that what you mean is a Distinguished Conduct Medal awarded to a member of the Princes Patricia‘s Canadian Light Infantry. If so this is a round silver medal with an ornate scroll clasp on top, the front of the medal has a...

Ladies and Gentlemen, as an addit to message above see: http://www.westminster-abbey.org/library/burial/warrior.htm A interesting and informative little dit on the Unknown Warrior. Yours, Jock in Sydney

Ladies and Gentlemen, The belief that the Unknown Warrior was awarded the Victoria Cross is a fallacy. It stems from the fact that when the coffin was placed in it‘s crypt in Westminster Cathederal, the passageway into it was lined with 100 men who had been awarded the VC. The VC was...

Ladies and Gentlemen, I have down loaded from the Museum of the Royal Ulster Rifles a copy of the book "The Royal Ulster Rifles in Korea", this covers the battalion‘s tour OCt 1950 to Oct 1951. I have brought it into readable form from the scanned text, checked it with a hard copy and...

Ladies and Gentlemen, I deliberately did not send copies of the article out to people until this morning (thursday) to see if anyone else was interested in the article. I sent it out to a total of three people, which I find quite fascinating in view of the number of people registered on this...

Ladies and Gentlemen, I had discussion with Mr Bobbit about the following "Have received my latest issue of the French language magazine RAIDS (June 2002) it has a excellent eight page photo article on the bn gp." (this being the 3PPCLI Bn Gp in Afghanistan). I was intending to send the...

Strykers boost infantry tactics at NTC by Sgt. Kim Dooley and Pvt. Sara Wood FORT IRWIN, Calif.(Army News Service, Aug. 6, 2002) - The Stryker Infantry Carrier Vehicle is proving to be a battlefield enabler, according to the infantrymen engaged in battle during the Army Transformation...

Mr Bobbitt, I have attempted to seperate the photos from the articles text, but, my skills with the software are limited and all I end up with is half pictures. Should I post to you the complete article - text and all? Yours, Jock in Sydney

Mr Bobbit, Have received my latest issue of the French language magazine RAIDS (June 2002) it has a excellent eight page photo article on the bn gp. Would it be OK to post it, and if so how would I do it. I do not have time to translate the article - but - are not all Canadian‘s bilingual by...

Ladies and Gentlemen, see the posting: "Cdn Inf comes out on top in restructure " I made in this section on 9 July 2002

Tuesday » July 9 » 2002 End regiments? Nonsense! Times Colonist (Victoria) Monday, July 08, 2002 There‘s something disquieting about the news that the Canadian military has commissioned a cultural anthropologist, of all things, to study our regimental system. This news came the...

Ladies and Gentlemen, I copied this whilst I was in Canberra this week. Yours, Jock in Sydney CANADIAN INFANTRY COMES OUT ON TOP IN RESTRUCTURE Sharon Hobson, Ottawa Janes Defence Weekly 22 May 2002 The infantry is the winner in the Canadian Army‘s new 10-year restructuring plan as the...

Ladies and Gentlemen, The lady heading this review Donna Winslow wrote the following, which received much justified criticism. Yours, Jock in Sydney "Rites of Passage and Group Bonding in the Canadian Airborne." Armed Forces & Society, Spring99, Vol. 25 Issue 3, p429, 29p Winslow, Donna...

Regimental system going under review Cover-ups a concern: Retired officers say age-old tradition fosters loyalty Tom Blackwell, with files from Michael Friscolanti National Post Tuesday, July 02, 2002 Military officials are launching a major review of the army‘s age-old regimental...

ladies and Gentlemen, Why reserves do not work when called up in peacetime, from the BBC. Yours, Jock in Sydney Tuesday, 25 June, 2002, 16:42 GMT 17:42 UK US reservists feel the strain Thousands of US reservists have been mobilised By Nick Childs BBC Pentagon correspondent One of the...

Ladies and Gentlemen, 17 April 2002 Jane‘s Defence Weekly INFANTRY EQUIPMENT Canada Retains light infantry Sharon Hobson JDW Correspondent Ottawa. The Canadian Army has abandoned plans to reduce its regular force strength from 19,350 to 18,400 and to convert two of its three light infantry...

Thanks for that, but, what is in Pegasus is just an overview. This article is some eight pages long. Again Thanks, Yours, Jock in Sydney