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A plus. He's become a larger-than-life personality, and he knows it. Like many dictatorial types, he is obsessed with his own power, hence why he won't allow the Palestinian legislature and PM any real power, and why he has a bewildering network of different militias and security services to...

This was a cheap shot. These "uninformed civilians" have as much right to say anything as we do - whether their opinion is informed or not is totally irrelevant. Protecting that "right," among others, is in fact our reason to wear the uniform in the first place. Furthermore, the "uninformed...

Back to the NGS issue, it should be pointed out that the Brits found their ship-mounted guns invaluable in the Falklands conflict. Far from being ineffective, ship-mounted guns tend to have a higher rate of fire and can be just as accurate as Arty howitzers on hard ground. Read some of the...

PUBLICATION  : Montreal Gazette  DATE  : 2004.10.25  EDITION  : Final  SECTION: News PAGE: A8 SOURCE: The Gazette; PC contributed to this report DATELINE: QUEBEC HEADLINE: Army reservist leads police on wild chase: Shots fired at father's home, police station before suspect is arrested...

Mon, October 25, 2004 Reservist nabbed after rampage By CP QUEBEC -- A Canadian Forces reservist was arrested yesterday after police were led on a 200-km car chase by an armed man wearing a mask and combat dress. Police said a man twice rammed his car into a military vehicle at CFB...

I'm with Caeser. How is it possible that this abuse - which was clearly repetitive and, at least within the confines of that particlular prison, widespread - went COMPLETELY unnoticed by any officers? Each of these soldiers would have had officers in their chain of command (I hardly have to say...

Let me try to get my head around this... The religious issue, as I understand it, goes something like this: Ultra-orthodox Jews in Israel subscribe to an interpretation of the Torah that the Jewish homeland, as ordained by God thousands of years ago, stretches from the Med to the Euphrates...

Here's some news.... PM: Military to get more money Commons accepts throne speech amendment OTTAWA (CP) - Prime Minister Paul Martin says the Defence Department will get more money even as its expenditures are examined. All government departments will undergo line-by-line review of...

:crybaby: :rage:  :'( >:( :crybaby: The hits just keep coming....

First - if you walk in the recruiting centre, full disclosure. Tell them everything and don't hide anything. Second - not to diminish the offence (what you did was wrong, and I see you admit that) but that would probably be considered a "minor" offence. When I was in recruiting, the rule was...

Fri, October 8, 2004 Grits' sad record of underfunding Liberal governments dating back to Pierre Trudeau have sold our armed forces short, says Bob MacDonald By BOB MACDONALD -- For the Toronto Sun A man appearing to be in his early thirties glanced at the front page of my Sun yesterday...

Report: British Hostage Killed in Iraq Abu Dhabi TV Reports British Hostage Kenneth Bigley Killed in Iraq, but Britain Cannot Confirm The Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates Oct. 8, 2004 â ” British hostage Kenneth Bigley has been killed by his captors in Iraq, Abu Dhabi television...

This logic has wasted billions of dollars in the past. "Economic spinoffs" do help the economy, it's true, BUT they don't make for effective defence spending. There are two primary reasons: 1. We wind up, more often than not, paying a premium to have things built in Canada. I offer the $80,000...

"Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends." John 15:13 RIP, sir.  :salute:

Wait for it......... Wait for it.................. WAIT FOR IT.................................... :boring:     ???       :crybaby:

I did a brief (three month) stint in a recruiting centre a few years ago for OJT, and from that (admittedly limited) experience, I would have to say that the problem in the recruiting system, with respect to the length of time for processing, has little to do with the CF. The part of the...

The idea behind having the UAVs under control of the guns, as opposed to int guys, is that if they spot a target that needs to be engaged quickly the "eyes" are on the same net as the firepower. All artillery batteries in a regiment monitor the Regimental net, and so B Bty could report a target...

And hopefully that's the end of that.

The CADRE project is up in the air right now - I don't even think it's funded... Any AD vessel we get is more likely to be a Halifax-class frigate that has the capability added during the mid-life refit. Besides, imagine the hue and cry when Canada decised to buy / build an Aegis-type vessel...

Missile defence may work as intended (and S_Baker is right - the system isn't intended for overwhelming first strikes by Russia)... It very well may not - there are technical problems. It is an extremely expensive program - but Canada is not being asked to pay for it. We may very well choose...