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Howdy, I couldn't disagree more with the concept of saluting Officer cadets. First off, you never salute the person- you salute the commission. Second- there is no history that I know of to support saluting an Officer cadet filling a command position. The position could just as easily (and...

I left the Army before we switched to optics- all my shooting was done with iron sights- ands I didn't feel slighted, worked fine. Lots of discussions about the 5.56 optimum barrel- many think a shorter, stiffer barrel is much more accurate thatn the longer barrels- seems like the posts above...

Well, someone has to thump the old smg...guess I'll do it. I suppose that I fired it as often as many- and had few problems "walking" the rounds up into a target. It really excelled at two things: house clearing and exercises. Houseclearing due to fully automatic fire on a short barrel/body...

Yo George, ..."The language of all Air Traffic Controllers is English."... Essentially correct. Go to a German Fighter Base deep inside Germany, no Civilian traffic, and all the pilots and ATC speak ONLY English. Same (as you noted) everywhere else in the world, military and civilian airports...

The simulator that Bombardier is building in Cold Lake has nothing to do with the NFTC- it's an F-18 sim.

One flight a month? Two per week? Times have changed.....I flew pretty much every day- often several trips a day. Deployed, I'd fly 6 hours every day (max time allowed)....never logged less than 300 hours a year. My hearfelt condolences guys- this is not right.

The Griffon replaced the Kiowa, Single Huey and the Twin Huey. The CH-47 was, iirc, gone prior to the buy. The Kiowa was a scout helicopter. Typical tasks included FAC, Recce, RRB, FOO, MFCO, Liason, and Airmobile support. These taskings required low altitude flight (app 3 feet agl) as well as...

Funny, I spent a few years in Tac Hel and when we deployed, it wasn't to hotel rooms...granted, I didn;t have my beloved 'back deck" to sleep on, but I did have a nifty little tent. I laughed my butt off at the idea of being limited to only working 6 hours a day (flight safetly rules kept us to...

Edmonton or Petawawa...in all honesty you'll have a ball no matter which one you go to. You're brand new to the trade and the Forces: with any luck at all you'll be in the field more than the barracks. Keep your mouth shut and your eyes and ears open. Volunteer for as much as you can. Be...

We've contracted out the jobs the challengers and t-brids used to do to civ firms- mostly US- flying a-4's and some old brit (can't remember) aircraft. Shame, really, the T-brids were just upgraded and did a fine job....so good in fact that the US used love it when we came down. Rumours of the...

and to answer your question: yes, we're involved in comined operations often.

The contracting out of technicians will eventually bite us. Military folk do things that Civ contractors will not- war zones, forced overtime, etc. Further, the more techs you have the more flexibility the CF will have. Yes, the "schools" don't deploy- and maybe our Military techs would enjoy...

Had a lot of fun with 22 Field Sqn- trained together, hoisted a few... one of my favourites was trg days- they drove our Leopards, we got to blow stuff up- loads of fun! I was the end result of several bets between our Battle Captain and others- the 22 Fd Sqn bet included an attempt by Leo to...

The PMQ's in Cold Lake that were sold went for one dollar each. PMQ living was great. You could walk home from the Mess (big bonus), and walk/ride a bike to work. The neighbours knew the score, and the wives helped each other out when we were deployed. One big happy family- no joke...

In my Canada, we'd all be personally resposible for our actions, and discussions like this would be moot. However, we're here, and here's my two cents. I agree with licensing gun owners. I don't want mentally unstable individuals owning guns. I also agree that displaying basic competance with a...

I've done Recce from a Lynx, Kiowa, and by foot- and they all have advantages and disadvantages. I've also advanced to contact in Leopards, and imho that is the way to conduct a Recce. One big advantage to sneak and peek recce is that if we're sucessful, whatever prosecution our info brings may...

Andy!!! Good to hear from you, and very glad to hear that retirement is going well. For all concerned, the RCD Association is still going (though maybe not as strong as it could be)...lots of good folks have their e-mail address on line there. Merr Christmas to all! Cheers-Garry

Happy Birthday, The Royal Canadian Dragoons! Cheers-Garry

Good advice above. In the early 80's I was breaking the issued CF watch crystal about once every 2 weeks, and was not impressed- wasn't costing me anything, but a pita to keep replacing (tanks are hard on stuff). We were in Germany, and the canex was having a sale on Seiko Divers kinetic...

Well, actually, I'd prefer not to. There's an awful lot of good things that come from remembering your roots, from pride in the accomplishments of those who preceeded us, to lessons learned from those same guys. The Army retains it's Regimental system for the same reasons: pride in the...