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I've read the Marquess of Anglesey's books, and David Kenyon's excellent work Horsemen in No Man's Land. But I'm wondering if there are good books specific to the history and operations of the Canadian Cavalry Brigade, and its subordinate regiments. Any recommendations?

For the past several years, I've been studying the British Expeditionary Force in-depth. (My wife might well replace that word with 'obsessively.') I began the journey with a fuzzy idea of reading about the BEF's early days in 1914, and also deployment of cavalry on the Western Front. My...

Plus the climate in Maryland is absolutely terrible in regards to preserving the AFVs on display at Aberdeen.

Oh well, that's why we all have opinions  :blotto: Below is my vote for the silliest quote from these two: "“I came from Washington, D.C., and I didn’t make colonel by being disloyal to people,” he said."

It's another first for America's school system! This is No Child Left Behind in action my friends!

The 5-DVD set of The Color of War from the History Channel. Amazing stuff!

That's the thing about goobers like these two. They'll screw up again and get picked up. Their names get entered in NCIC and the Marine Corps will let THEM do the work!

From the Army Times. Who would believe these knucklehead's were colonels, AND going to the Army War College? http://www.militarytimes.com/news/2008/10/army_paternity_case_102508w/ Colonels could face jail time in paternity case Army War College O-6s linked in DNA test switch By Brendan...

From the Army Times: http://www.militarytimes.com/news/2008/10/marine_uamarines_102408w/ Oh, Jarhead, where art thou? UA for two months, a pair of deserters come home By Bryan Mitchell - Staff writer Posted : Monday Oct 27, 2008 8:50:40 EDT Knocking on doors is what Sgt. Jordan McMahon does...

It's hard to read this story and not write something sarcastic....  :warstory:

I saw the segment and it reminded me that even though we at home might not think of it every day, there are Soldiers out there risking their lives for us.

I just caught on to this thread and it's very topical. It brought to mind Jimmy Roosevelt, who was President Roosevelt's oldest son. As the XO of Carlson's Raider(2nd Raider Bn), Jimmy fought on Guadalcanal, and the Makin raid (where he earned the Navy Cross). He was assigned as a liaison...

This guy wasn't retired at all. He basically finished his enlistment and was discharged. What a moron.

This is probably the third or fourth time in the place 20-some years that the Army has had a year of the NCO.

Oh yeah. I forgot about single shot for zeroing.

Hey Gap, do you guys have the same rates of fire on your version of the M242? On the Bradley, you can set the gun to single shot, low rate (100 rpm) or high rate (200 rpms). On the Bradley, we typically shoot eight rounds per engagement on the range. You shoot a sensing round, a three-round...

Great job and again, welcome home, to you and all your mates. keep chargin', Mark

Did you guys see the rate of fire on this new .50 cal? It's 230 rounds a minute.

Hmmm, what happened the last time we replaced a weapon invented by John M. Browning? We ended up with the 9mm Beretta. Need I say more?

My answer to this question may be a bit convoluted, but here goes: The vast majority of people have no conception of what it means to serve. Most of them are focused on taking, not giving. These people aren't doing anything really wrong, but they don't know the meaning of words like sacrifice...