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Let me shed a little light on the "torture" these guys are enduring in custody.  I work for the Windsor (Ontario) Police Service in the dention unit.  From what I am hearing, these guys are treated the same as anybody else that gets arrested.  We leave the light on and check the prisoners every...

Police arrest terrorist suspects in Toronto A police officer stands guard in Pickering, Ont. Law enforcement officers stand outside a police station where suspects were taken into custody on terrorism-related charges Friday night in Toronto. CTV.ca News Staff   Updated: Sat. Jun. 3 2006...

Maybe I can shed a little light on this, armykat21 is my daughter.  She wrote the CFAT over a year ago and qualified as a Med Aid among other trades.  She is currently in a reserve Armoured RECCE unit.  She decided to join the regular force as a medic.  Everything seemed to be going great unit...

What's the official scope on the use of ballistic eyewear?  I hear that they're only used when ammunition is being used.  Down in my squadron, we have to wear them every time that we're in the field, in vehicles or when weapons are issued, whether there is ammo or not.  Of course we'll do what...

Thanks to everyone for replying so far.  Interesting.  Now remember that I am not trying to pick a fight or knock anyone here. Hedgehog, a blackhatter with operational experience in the RECCE squadron over there thinks using reserves can be done, with work.  dapaterson says a few interesting...

Alright, I guess it's time to put a target on my back. I have heard that there is a RECCE platoon attached to the RECCE squadron for each tour in Afghanistan.  What extra skills do the infantry RECCE guys bring to the table that the reserve Armour guys couldn't bring (especially after the work...

Interesting. Head of UN peacekeepers in Haiti found dead The Brazilian general commanding UN peacekeepers in Haiti, Lt. Gen. Urano Teixeira da Matta Bacellar, died Saturday. CTV.ca News Staff   Updated: Sat. Jan. 7 2006 12:17 PM ET The Brazilian general commanding the UN peacekeeping...

Who knows?  With the pace that technology advances, it could be sooner than we think.  Who would have guessed that it would take less than a century for man to go from discovering how to fly to going to the moon and back?  I think about my Grandmother who was born in 1900.  Just think about the...

I have heard rumours of combining all RECCE tasks into one MOC.  Of course they are just rumours and everyone will fight to protect their piece of the pie while trying to grab as much of everyone else's as possible.  Sort of like a Royal Canadian Reconnaissance Corp.  Of course, this doesn't...

One way or another, I'd like to know.  If we are training to do a job that is not required of us, then it's time to go to a different unit or turn in my kit.  I'm not going to keep lying to my troops and wasting my time training for nothing.

The South Africans have a long histroy in mine protected vehicles.  I saw a number of them in Namibia when I was there in 1989.  I spoke with some SA and SWATF soldiers who had been in vehicles that hit mines.  The fact that they were still around to talk to me says something about the...

Here's a link I found. http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery;jsessionid=16w1ksxjsurw9?method=4&dsid=2222&dekey=Mamba+APC&gwp=8&curtab=2222_1&sbid=lc05a&linktext=Mamba%20APC

What's the news from the Corp Conference.

Hardline President's remarks spark fury Nuclear weapon fears   Tim Butcher The Daily Telegraph; with files from CanWest News Service October 27, 2005 CREDIT: Behrouz Mehri, AFP, Getty Images IRAN'S GOAL: TO WIPE ISRAEL 'OFF THE MAP': Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad yesterday...

Afghan bomb injures three Canadian soldiers   Private Jon Drew mans a perimeter position at an Afghanistan National Police Sub Station prior to heading out on a foot patrol on the streets of Kandahar City. (image: Canadian Forces) Canadian Press   Updated: Wed. Oct. 5 2005 6:35 AM ET...

Some pictures of the ranges can be found here - http://www.windsorregt.ca/ranges.htm

Firearms range off limits for militia Department of Defence won't allow soldiers to use ranges operated by city   Roseann Danese Windsor Star Thursday, September 22, 2005 Members of the local militia are being forced to head out of town for firearms training because they can't use their...

Truly a sad day.  I served with JJ in Bosnia in 94-95.  A good man.  He will be missed.

There were a lot of Americans helping out during the Ice Storm.  How quick we are to forget.

I think that if we dealt with issues like killing in combat BEFORE we deployed somewhere (instead of waiting until after we got home) that we might just avoid some of the PTSD cases we get.  I have read both "On Killing" and "On Combat" and have seen Grossman live.  Very interesting stuff and...