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Redeye's got it right - however the only thing you might be confusing MP with MPO is that there might some MPOs (officers) who are assigned to the air force or navy who would not undergo CAP because they are in different elements.

Keep hand guns - ban the Liberals mdh

Just so. There is a lack of what I call "patriotic employers" in the private sector here who are going to bend over backwards to provide a reservist with gobs of time off (paid or unpaid). Dare I say that it's a cultural nuance between the US and Canada? (There is a reason why there tends to be...

I think Michael Dorosh has put his finger on an issue that also needs consideration: how can anyone with a fully developed civilian career attend 1.5 month training exercises on a regular basis? I know that some employers are tolerant and believe in the cause, but you can only go to the well so...

If you're interested in the definitive anti-Mother Teresa diatribe, try Christopher Hitchens' take down called The Missionary Position: Mother Teresa in Theory and Practice....at this link http://users.rcn.com/peterk.enteract/Books.html cheers, mdh

I play the game and I'm getting creamed - I assume some of the other high scorerers are using the above technology??? I figure some of the high scoring types must be using a technological edge - I use my key board.... cheers, mdh

For the record Kincanucks is one of the few real experts on this board with regard to recruiting so you may want to withdraw this  before the mods take you apart. mdh

Thanks Begbie - think it's time to pursue other fabulous mysteries - like finding the lost City of Atlantis or proving that men from outer space actually built the pyramids. ps Trainspotting was a great flick  ;) cheers, mdh

Thanks Begbie This must be something new - again - last time I checked there wasn't an additional 4 weeks for BOTC II but what do I know... :P cheers, mdh

Hi Redeye I was under the impression BOTC II was only one full week if you have limited availability and it could be done in the reserve CBG area - not just Gagetown - or is that under the old training system? cheers, mdh

Hey whatever happened to opsec?????  :D cheers, mdh

Tree Hugger You might find that being an officer in the reserves affords you the kind of flexibility and fun that you didn't have in the regular force - a few former regular officers in our unit have noted that they enjoyed serving in a reserve unit precisely because they could focus on doing...

Would any of you know how this will impact the army reserve BMQ training? Right now the course is supposed to run 20 days - either on weekends or for a month in the summer - I assume they will try to lengthen it - or will they just keep SQ for the reserve world? cheers, mdh

Adrock, CAP runs in serials and it's currently seven weeks for reservists with limited availability (this is latest information I have altho' this seems to change with alarming frequency and reports vary from unit to unit and even participant to participant with some claiming its 10 weeks and...

Thanks Kincanucks! (I think  ???) cheers, mdh

I'm trying to give the show a chance but last week they had a segment where someone blows himself up with a toilet seat shaped out of C4 - it was dangerously close to being an SNL skit - porta-potti jihadi.  :o cheers, mdh

Kincanucks, Would you have any idea how many DEO PAO positions they are filling this FY? cheers, mdh

Not that i'm an expert but I imagine without air there would be a kind of preservation - if it's inside some sort of capsule the cold and the vacuum effect of space would probably work.

Kincanucks Wonder if you had any sense in what's behind the restoration of this program? Has there been a shortage of University grads going DEO - or is this just a way to open up the talent pool? cheers, mdh

I won't comment on Scott's contention that CP was deliberately manipulated by Defence - but I do wonder about the policy of keeping JTF2 operations under near cabalistic secrecy - I just finished reading the excellent piece on US Special Forces in Afghanistan in the Atlantic Monthly Magazine...