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Veterans Affairs doesn't issue the medals. Springroll, you exibited a monumental lack of judgement in that other thread. Hopefully your recent experience has improved that judgement before you go on training.

If u r going to use computers and stuff, like, u need to use English, cuz the army duznt want u guys to speek MSN and s**t.

I have to dissagree as strongly as I can. Adding a "nazi" or fascist" suffix puts the islamists in a box, however one thinks the terms might apply due to the perception of their conduct. Islamonazi would be no more or less accurate than Islamofacist or "IslamoSocialCredit" for that matter. It...

Pappy, Keep posting. We all know some colourful characters (well, for you, colorful) who wear the uniform - the Corps probably has more than its fair share. However, what some say for the benefit of their soldiers or Marines, and what the very smart folks who get to wear stars on their shouders...

Control of non-serialed wpn parts was shakey "in the day." I know a guy that basically "Canadianized" his Aussie FAL in the early '80s - body cover, BB carrier, handgurds and - erm - C2 change lever and trigger parts. A 7.62 NATO rifle on full auto is hard to control (I think  ;D) Of course he...

I've found that the beret forms to the head better as the beret-wearer ages. Mine has lost the backing to the badge, has only a tiny crease behind the badge, and folds down to the tip of the right ear, not the earlobe. Of course that took me 25 years of forming my head to that beret. And I've...

Cooks work hard and for long hours. They don't have time to be dinking around the internet. That's why you haven't heard anything. :salute: to Eagle Beak (EB) and Bernie (3 PPCLI C Coy c1982): on ex up at 0430 and finished work at 2030 (or later if the troops were out on a night ex). Always...

Iran's support has been pretty focussed. The current support of both Iran and Syria for the Iraq insurgency is clear self interest. If the US succeeds in Iraq, where will the US's next target be? Keep them tied down in Iraq until the US public gets tired of it (a la Vietnam) and Syria and Iran...

Arabic is already taught at CFLS, long before 9/11.

It's not in dress regs, take my word for it (and dress regs haven't substantially changed in about 10 years, BTW). It may be in unit Standing Orders though a "no jeans" reg is very rare these days and usually confined to mess or school regulations. Back in the day (ca. 25 years ago) we were not...

Was that supposed to be a question?

Nice Orwell quote Infanteer. Stapling "facism" on to the type if Islamist extremism we're dealing with is a classic case of "mirror imaging." We don't understand Islamism, so we create a compound word that make it fit into our little universe. Forget that "fascism" is not, by definition...

Pardon? Not as many years, and no South Africa, perhaps, but the Patricias have a boatload of battle honours and history in the relatively few years they've existed, compared to other Regiments. May not be 100 years of square-bashing in Ontario and Quebec, but there's a fighting history there...

I'm not sure there would necessarily be much in the way of cost. I doubt that it will be treated like a foreign posting, so no overseas allowances. In all likelyhood it will be a question of pay and trg allowances. I'd be interested in knowing who will bear the cost under the MOU. I suspect that...

I think it might be surprising how many could benefit from this. Consider the reservist spouse who accompanies a servicemember on exchange or a training billet. Or the reservist who's spouse is employed in the UK. Or the student who has a study opportunity in the UK (a Rhodes Scholar?) Acorn

What people seem to be missing here is the political ramifications of her selection. The fact is that her Francophone and immigrant status is an important factor in her selection. Not because of some wet multi-cultural ideal, but because of the voting demographics in Quebec. The Liberals are...

I should say "I've never heard of that one first hand." I've been around the block a few times, and heard the stories that are passed on as truth. I've heard guys in since coffee break claim to have "been there" when some such legend occurred - never mind that I'd heard the same story 20 years...

You really expect us to believe that a storeman, in this day and age, actually said that? I've been in over 25 years, and have a few rag picker stories, but I've never heard that one (other than "a friend of a friend was in stores and they said...") Acorn

Mover, Your points about the system are well taken. It's not the Pte or Cpl behind the counter, or even the NCO i/c, it's the system that has been put in place. From what I know they are trying to use an "on demand" type system much like Wal Mart uses. Another cost saving measure that makes...

NCO would have done the trick. Hint: Non-Commissioned Member (NCM) replaces "other ranks" (ORs) in the CF jargon. It does not replace NCO, JrNCO, Sr NCO or WO. Acorn