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I got this in an e-mail this evening from a former colleague. I thought it worth reprinting here... ******************************************************** The Day You Dread - by Christine Russell (Sgt. Ryan Russell's wife) You never think this day would happen. Sometimes I thought about it...

Fair enough, thanks. That (really neat) photo pretty much shot down my theory.

CA, How do they prevent engine damage from crap getting sucked in on rough fields ? (not arguing, just genuinely curious)

I am admittedly out of my lane here but I thought pure jet (turbofan) engines were a definite no-no on something that was going to be bouncing in and out of gravel/dirt/clay/whatever airfields. I know there are commercial  jet airliners specially fitted to operate off gravel strips, but would...

An oft-heard phrase on the 9-1-1 line: Well it's an emergency to me! (as a side note, on calls to police: after a few years on the job, no amount of yelling, screaming, banging, crying or any other jungle noises would make me go from bored to 'red alert' faster than hearing an elderly voice...

For ages now, I've made a point of carrying blankets in my vehicle. At least 4. I also carry a kit with lots of shiny stuff and try (not always sucessfully) to discipline myself into reviewing the FA manuals on a regular basis but I wouldn't go anywhere without the blankets. I've been at a...

"If you can keep your head while all those around you are losing theirs ...you'll soon be the tallest guy in the room." Archie Campbell 

What sort of additional first-aid training would LEOs require to be using things like QuikClot ?

Thanks. (rats = shiver)

OK, I gotta ask: in this day and age, are there still rats* to be found on HMC ships ? And if so, do they cause much of a problem ? * (I refer to the creepy, long-tailed, four-legged, bewhiskered rodent -NOT the shipmate you're currently annoyed with)

Good Lord! What the hell is that ...that... thing ?? I realize I've been out of the loop for quite a while but is that monstrosity supposed to be a improvement on a good old-fashioned deuce-and-a-half*... ? *(like I said -it's been a while)  

This sudden focusing on loners is starting to become disconcerting (since I lean that way myself). Michael Ignatieff, the other day, talking about the need for strict gun control stated: "There are a lot of loners in this society. There are a lot of lonely people and sometimes those people may...

The shooter is apparently a 22 year old white male named Jared Loughner. Still not sure of the motive, although that is certainly not stopping the peanut galleries on both the CBC and FOX (to name but two) from using this tragedy to stoke their various fires.

Here in Thompson MB, pretty well all of the contrails I see are heading (more or less) north/south.

I just caught a bit of this on the radio. From QMI agency: A U.S. congresswoman was shot in the head at a Arizona grocery store during a public event Saturday morning, reports say. Gabrielle Giffords and at least 10 other people, including staff members of hers, were hurt after a shooting...

Thanks Brihard, that's good to know -(both things!). I can put one of those to good use...in a few months.

Are there any heat issues with carrying one of these things on your person ?  I was under the impression they weren't recommended for that.

Funny how this parallels a truly targeted (no pun intended) group -gun owners. Instead of locking the offending arsehole up for 20 years in some really unpleasant place, the prevailaing wisdom would be to make things miserable for the law abiding. The Canadian way, I guess...

Went artillery in September of 1983 (instead of holding out for a Navy trade which is what I really wanted). To answer the question above, I was sent directly to the RCA Battleschool in Shilo for basic/GMT and then trades training. All of us B Troop guys wound up posted to 3RCHA in Shilo. The A...

Wow. What a major goat screw that must be. Fifty minutes to get through on 9-1-1 ? Bill Shatner never mentioned that kind of thing on his long departed (thank God!) Rescue 9-1-1 show. Mike, you're in T.O. How were things EMS-wise during that famous "call out the army!" snowstorm a few years...