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Awsome thread, great research! Thanks for posting this.

I just wrote this. It probably doesn't deserve to be with the others but I wanted to share anyway. As I sit here in my warm house staring out the window at the falling snow and reflect upon the sacrifices made by so many I can't help but think that but for war I would not exist. I owe my life...

I was posted to Wainwright when the Leopards first came back from Germany and got to go for a ride along on a shakedown run. Awsome piece of machinery even if they are old.  It's great to see them going into battle! :tank:

I thought it was a great mini series. The training was a little too Discovery Channel for me,  but the historical info and the interviews more than made up for any dramatic licence taken by the producers.

Is there any way to go back and edit old posts? I can't seem to find the modify button on older posts.

Jungle boots are also quite a bit lighter than combat boots.

So many things that are inconcequential make the front page in the 'States. That Puritan heritage seems to have shaped many Amerrican mores. It is doubtfful that their influence will ever be removed and they will continually get all worked up about nothing.

Also check out this book: The Winged Wheel Patch http://www.worddust.ca/pages/wwp.html My Grandpa was a Despatch Rider in World War II so I have always been interested in military motorcycles.

I found this link to the Can-Am used in the British Army http://www.rememuseum.org.uk/vehicles/dom/vehcanam.htm I also found this link that gives some interesting insight into the decision to go with the Armstrong over the Can-Am. http://www.motocross.com/vintage/canam/canam20.htm...

CFR is Canadian Forces Registration. It's the registration number of the vehicle and is also the licence plate number. Usually a five digit number with the first two bieng the year and the last three being it's sequential number. 1 CDHSR = 1 Canadian Divisional Headquarters and Signals...

The were used by Despatch Riders. If it is in Ontario it is highly likely that it was used by 1 Canadian Signals Regiment. See if you can find the CFR and contact the museum in Kingston to see if you can get the history on the bike.

Other than the weight I thought that the sleeping bags were excellent as far as performance goes. I had the opportunity to sleep in an unheated Artic tent above the Arctic Circle for 12 days and found the sleeping bag and the tent to be more than satisfactory at keeping me warm and sheltered. As...

Not only does the Airborne Regiment deserve an apology but the entire Canadian Forces deserves an apology. However I believe that the apology needs to come not only from the Government of Canada but also from Gen. de Chastelain who did not have the fortitude to discipline the members of the...

Wow! I haven't been able to log on in a few months due to work but I am happy to see this thread still going after two years. Have't read all of the replies yet but so far it looks like we've got a great discussion going on. Carry on.  ;D

Linesmen referee hockey games. Linemen cllimb poles.

A little different than I was expecting too.

Those results are skewed. The question was asking which was a higher priority and did not specifically ask if the military was wanted or needed. There have been several articles written taht prove this. Polls can be made to show just about anything and this is a prime example.

or should I say action figure? :p I just stumbled across this a few minutes ago. It‘s a little bit different ;) but very well detailed. Obviously took a lot of work to make. http://www.zoo.utoronto.ca/justus/CAR.htm

I‘ve never eaten IRPs, the one I‘m talking about was an IMP breakfast Freddy Chef I believe. Basically corned beef with little tiny cubes of potato in it. I am a big fan of corned beef so that may be why I liked it so much. :)

One thing I noticed was that a mess hall with a large proportion of Navy cooks seemed to have much better food.