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I have found that I really only use one (the right) knee pad so I leave the other at home or in my ruck/truck. Most of the time it resides around my right ankle where I hardly notice it while walking or driving.   

I love it when people throw up their hands and say "Whats wrong with teens today?". Short answer, nothing. The military has never really held that glow of potential that the rest of Canada offers. "Poor pay, poor equipment, poor morale, lots of time away from home" wow can we put that on a...

I love the new WWB all it needs is a softer sole compound, which I hear the new ones are getting. Best of all they fit my orthotics. I remember the staff in Wainwright trying to make me wear MK3s ah the Army will loath the day they taught my how to write a memo. Of course I live on the Wet coast...

One big reason was that if the US had signed the land mine treaties they would have been forced to remove all of their antipersonnel landmines from the DMZ separating north and south Korea.

I was wondering what the ADATS missile tubes and radar are heavily armoured? Because if you plan on driving a slow top heavy vehicle with a huge IR signature and a radar on it to the top of a hill so as to exploit the systems huge range advatage over tanks you had better be expecting a whole lot...

Having a TV in the mess is fine. Having the TV on in the mess after a parade night is a bad idea because it distracts the troops from the important tasks of b****ing about the army and drinking (aka bonding).

Good thing people don't steal manuals now. They just download them off the AEL.

A great number of those "Irish malcontents" were actually Scots who were shipped to the Emerald Isle to deny them a land bridge to England then when they became a problem in Ireland they were sent off to the new world. We then went back to raising hell and killing just like Scots have done since...

I am sure that when the Iltises were new they were a decent vehicle. 18 years later they ours are worn out and deep into POS territory. If Canada was to buy some of the thousands of ex German Iltises to replace our overused ones it might be a cost effective stop gap to buy us some time to figure...

"might want to check the laws of war / Geneva Convention.  It covers only those in uniform.  it does not cover guerrilla forces that do not wear military unitforms.   Armed fighters in civilian clothing are fair game." Hey pappy you might want to dig a little deeper because you are wrong...

To play devils advocate, if Seakings were maint intensive and overly expensive why are they used by so many private companies? To quote an owner of a large AMO counseling a pilot who was upset over his maintenance bill "If you can't afford the maintenance you can't afford the aircraft"...

I love my flannel shirt. Its fire resistance is far better than the new fleece sweater. WP anyone?

Time is money. In the Civi world Techs bill out for between $75 and $100 and hour plus parts and materials. Good maint costs good money. 

Info was passed down to my unit from Brigade that the tuition reimbursement had been increased to $3000 a year to a max of $12 000.

My father says that after the group he was with in Vietnam returned to Canada they caught a great deal of flack from other members of their units. The junior ranks were not a problem it was their peers, senior NCOs and Officers. Could it be that in a peace time military those with "trigger time"...

Good question, but I have an answer. High alloy stainless is non magnetic as there is so much chromium and nickle in it.

I will say again that I have never seen an aluminum canteen cup. There could be aluminum ones out there but I have never seen one. Due to graining many metals can be easily mistaken for another.  I just pulled out the issued cup that fits over my 1L canteen and it is made of .030" stainless and...

I would have to say the aluminum canteen cup is a myth. Every canteen cup I have ever seen has been made of stainless steel, trust me I know the difference. The old mess tin were made of an aluminum alloy and you may be confusing the items. Everheard the term "Mess tin syndrome"? Is there a...

What you just posted is part of the cold war doctrine. Alas the cold war is over and we are short soldiers that are needed now. I think a balanced system would make more sense as everyone could take one or two steps up the ladder and not be lost. Thinking that you can fill vast units with...

Members of the canadian military were more concerned with beating the Nazis and less concerned with empire building. I wonder how many civilians work at NDHQ? I wonder how many officers work at NDHQ? I wonder how many NCMs work at NDHQ? I wonder how much money we spend on NDHQ? I would also...