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I saw a, errm, rather rotund, older, Capt with Ranger tabs sewn on his SS CF shirt in Ottawa just this last week. No capbadge observed. Acorn

Tell that to our lumber industry. There are two issues: 1. Not all products are duty free, therefore Customs has to clear anything imported into Canada, and the reverse is also true. 2. We have a national sales tax (the Goods and Services Tax (GST) affectionately known as the "Gouge and Screw...

Well, what you're missing is that he wasn't "just as an immigrant from anywhere else" particularly a place like Haiti. Check out what the rules for immigration were back when he came to Canada:  hint - a British passport was better than a Haitian or Romanian one. In any case, whatever his...

Why bother with "fill in your profile?" It only makes a difference in the initial assessment of a poster's (poser's) knowledge. Frankly, I find "fill in your profile" to be a lazy way of assessing someone. The more posts one makes, the easier it is to establish, or destroy, credibility. The fact...

Frum's piece never mentioned his parentage, just that he was born in Romania. Despite the oddity of his name, that would imply he was Romanian, rather than another scion of the "Empire's Establishment" (his Scottish father was a British diplomat IIRC). Frum overstated (well, actually, it was a...

I've had the pleasure of transition from 51 (I think it was 51, not 54 - as if that matters) to 64 (a REAL POS in terms of webbing, ruck was OK though) to 82 (good webbing, fair ruck if you didn't have to hump more than 100m from your track) and now to TV (all but the latter I wore as an...

Slim, That's great if you spend all, or the vast majority, of your time in the vehicle. If you're out and about, say doing CIMIC stuff and talking often to the locals while outside the veh, your hand rests naturally at the side while standing/walking. Is there a rig that readily moves from top...

The problem with the Brownings is that they're tired. Those on pistol teams get tuned weapons, the rest of us have to pick one out of the box-o-Brownings, resulting in pretty iffy scores for basic range practice. I'm long out of practice, but the one time I shot Browning for score I shot...

The "socialist pan-Arabist" movement (Ba'athist in Syria and Iraq) certainly was greatly influenced by Marxist/Leninist thought and supported by the USSR. The Caliphate ideal of UBL and his ilk is a bit more religious than you may think. A comparison, ironically, can be made to Pope Urban II and...

I've doen a bit of dealing with US companies (car parts and other stuff from e-bay and established companies). Most are unaware of the fees charged by courier services for brokerage, and most don't pass that info on to the customer. Courier companies will charge a brokerage fee which is often...

De Chastelain an immigrant? Not because he was born in Romania. Frum always has a tendency to overstate things. Acorn

That looks alot like an older org grafted on some newer stuff. We never used M125s (81mm mortar tracks) and only the battalions in Germany (pre-'94) had 16 TOW tracks. M113's never had dedicated gunners either (and what's a CO in a rifle section - the section commander?) Finally, on...

Arabs and Persians (Iranians) and their Afghan cousins (Pashtuns especially) respect age, as Armymedic says. Facial hair in and of itself is not an object of veneration, and the wild beards of the Taliban (an affectation based on religious practice) are actually not admired much any more in...

They aren't getting their tanks back.  >:D

His bio indicates that he was CO of the comm sqn for CATGME in Doha, and he has the Gulf and Kuwait ribbon.

There's a book, the exact title escapes me, but it's something like Canadian Military Cross it has the Canada Gazette entries for ever MC awardee untill the decoration was no longer awarded to Canadians. My Gt Grandfather's award is in there, but I didn't buy a copy of the book. If I can find...

paracowboy's idea would be good, if we could get it to work (without excessive fatigue to his shoulder from recoil). I_am_John_Galt, "Islamic extremist" may suggest to you that the problem is with Islam, but are not the extremists of any religion the problem, not the religion itself? There are...

The urge to comment on Edward's "time in" is being supressed. I think Ben-Hur may have been his Transport Sgt.  ;D

Well, you stated: Which made me think you believe that VA issues all medals. That's not true - mine were not issued by VA. VA is responsible to issue medals to those who, for whatever reason, didn't get issued them while serving or they issue replacement medals only to the former service...

Barely more accurate, and I do admit to using it myself. However, given the broad meaning of "jihad" I think it may not be the best choice. As tame as "Islamic Extremist" sounds it is probably the most accurate.