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And again I state no one knows what form this will take. It could very well be in the form of an increased child benefit, where the means test already in place. The program can take many forms, and all we are doing here is speculating without any hard facts. As stating there is no requirement...

Just a correction, in the US the President is the Head of State and the Speaker of the House is the Head of Government (Legislative Branch). The President can not initiate legislation, only suggest it.   As the US system being more swayed by special interests groups or more corrupt then ours...

. That is not always true, as gov't spending in times of depression can spur the economy ie Roosevelt's TVA  program during the 30's (sort of priming the pump so to speak). Although this isn't the case now as the economy is good, there are times when gov't spending is a +.  Without knowing...

Revisionist history to spread the guilt. IIRC this came upon a number of news cast during the  60th Anniversary of Auschwitz's liberation.

And again this looks to be a generational thing. The younger set "seems" to think that if it doesn't have relevance to them personally, then why have it. There are no sacred cows unless it involves them directly (and yes I know this is a generalization). Sometimes tradition is good for...

Thanks ROJ, knew I was missing something, but for the sake of me couldn't remember.

Has gone on so long with so little, is now capable of doing anything with nothing.

It means that all voters can take all politician's "promises" with a grain of salt. It just means they have delve deeper and figure out the issues themselves to see what is doable and what isn't, then make an informed decision.

The Area is going to concentre on Res Indiv Trg this summer. But it will only work if the indiv Bde pool their resources instead of going it on their own. It hasn't worked in the past and won't in the future. We have to get our house in order and get our soldiers trg before become self...

My guess is, by the way the specs are written, is they want to make use of the current systems we already have, ie 105mm C3 or LG1. Looks like the MOBAT to me. Have to wait and see.

In case it hasn't been posted yet: MGen Caron (ACLS) promted to LGen -next CLS BGen Lessard (LFCA) - next ACLS.

First, I agree that there is more to the TSM's duties and responsibilities then just drill and parallelism.  The uniformity of layout only works within a Battery, moving to a different NBty or Regt, mens a different layout. For the layout to be truly standardized don't you thing it wouldn't have...

Bruce< I getting thick in my old age, but I missing the point of the quote below: "   And the RSM coming around with a ruler just proves my point further. I am not advocating a free for all for a layout. Webbing and weapons must be laid out neatly, salvage behind the ammo hutch, ready rds...

  As I said it was just rumour. All I know there was a change from dropping a match on the charge bags (with them not piled and your veh a distance upwind)  to the 6 ft of cord attached to a railroad flare stuck in the charge bags. And I know some ammo techs are quite anal about counting how...

The "residual cordite burn" was called flashback and hence the 10 sec wait to open the breech (which really cuts into the 6 rds a minute. As well. its harder to stand the casing up if you can't open the breech at the end of the cradle. (Yes it can be done).  I remember one batch where every...

See generalizations don't fly. Being left of centre myself, you have to able hold your own as opposed to jumping on someone else's bandwagon, and then being unable to articulate your own position. Comes down to one man, one kit. State your opinion, and be prepared to defend it.

Intolerance (whether about politics, religion etc) breeds extremism which brings out the underside of mankind. Those that try and induce intolerance just propergate it and are no better.

Strike two.

As with all parts of the Army, we need to find or niche role.  My feeling this runs in the areas of Fire Support Control and Target Acquisition. The days of Div Arty and such are gone. However, our role as the third leg of the Combat Arms Team must remain. Suppression of the enemy. Therefore...

Since he is moving into the military (as an officer, although I'm not sure if its Sandhurst), his instructors should knock the immaturity off. By the time he is finished, you should see a different young man.