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I get the impression that it would not be a place for us to get involved. As far as A-stan is concerned, I get the feeling it is going to get nasty over there. I suppose it is best to fully support that effort instead of getting involved with Ivory Coast. Will our neighbors to the South help us...

The U.N. is under "siege" in the Ivory Coast. Is this something Canada will respond to militarily, and if so, what "Task Force" would be able to respond. Are we stretched too thin or can we handle another mission right now? I'm interested in what the military minds on this forum think about this...

Greetings, I worked on Leopards :tank: in Germany in the late eighties, where are they now and what kind of shape are they in...some of them Tanks were my babies and I cared for them lovingly...want to know if they are in good hands. Thanks

Greetings, Back in 1979 I got on the train In Sarnia for boot camp a couple of months after my 18th birthday, and never looked back. My Mother still blames my Dad for forcing me into the army, and never returning to my home town. My dad gave me three choices and three months; Full-time job -...

Greetings, I just want to say that I got out in '95 after 16 yrs. I receive a reduced pension which I started collecting right away. After a few years of Security work, I landed a great job and guess what; I beat the other candidates because of my military service. My employer was looking for...

The thought of these guys leaving for higher paying jobs is understandable to me; They get more pay and they actually get to ply their trade and get some "real experience". I'm not saying that they have no experience (obviuosly places like Afghanistan would have given them some) but Iraq is...

Ok I may need some help from current members here. In my time, when at a 1st line shop, we send second line work away to svc bn or third line for rebuild. In the field, the second line MRT's would come out and do second line work right at our location. We would have to raise the workorders...

Wow..it never ceases to amaze me how an organization such as JTF2 draws so much attention from everyone. We will soon find out a great deal more about them (I suspect) when they start to "hunt" in and around Khandahar. They will also maintain a presence with "Task Force Kbar" in the mountains...

Sorry, forgot to mention postings...Petawawa is where I spent the largest portion of my career (80-87) I enjoyed it there, lots of field time and good exposure to a large variety of Weaponry. I was in 2 SVC BN, and 8CH (PL) after that Leopards in Germany (87-91) which was by far the best 4 years...

If I may, my last course (as a civilian working for CBO - Meaford) was the 25mm Bushmaster. I really enjoyed this OSQ and was able to apply my new skills briefly before moving on to a civvy type job. If you want to go overseas, any Combat arms unit will suffice, but the Coyotes will be in high...

MMM, Just some UFI, but when I was with the zipperheads, they would ask us Gunplummers to go with them sometimes on patrols and such, and also we (our APC) were often asked to take the fuel carriers to the tanks at night, sort of like a follow the leader type of move...really sucks if you can't...

Thanks! I know a few instructors there right now...not sure if mentioning their names is appropriate But say hi to "Jack" for me if you see him, He'll remember me from Petawawa. We worked for "Reggie" in '87. Bob (Van Hoorn)

Greetings, Just wanted to know if anyone has been at the school in Borden this summer and what has changed if anything...also is there any interesting new courses or postings? Also interested in hearing from some old salts that were in Germany in the late eightees. Cheers, Arte et marte Bob

I live in Addison, which is in between Brockville and Smith Falls on the 29 highway...decent prices and lots of room. An easy commute to Ottawa or Kingston.

lol I remember Sexy Sue from the Coriano club..man a Long time ago. The last time I saw her she had a neck brace on..apparently she got hit by a car...this was in 1987...scary story about her...she came up to me one night three sheets to the wind and says "mmm your eyes look so nice". I grabbed...

Geez I didn't think it was still like that! I remember we used to travel to Ottawa from Pet to go to the bars. The girls there didn't seem to mind...It must just be the close proximity to a base?...funny, but I hear a lot of females say"I love a man in uniform"...so what is the problem?..

LOL I have to chuckle a bit, cause when I joined the civvie work force after the military, I ran into that a bunch of times. Thruth is most civvies are totally clueless about the military. I was getting the old "you collect an army pension at your age? so that's where all our tax money is being...

Hey, I remember him,(mr. nitray) A nice guy, very knowledgable, a bit arrogant lol. I remember seeing him in the school, he must be retired by now, I will have to go to the unofficial weapons tech site to confirm this. It was a hard course to get I remember. They only ran one or two a year I...

Phew..a lot of reading there, Interesting for sure, my concerns about the EU revolve around the present situation in Holland. Once a very Liberal Country, the recent killing of a film maker over a controversial Islamic shortfilm, has driven a wedge between the Islamic population and the more...

Hey there, Let's not forget Security Containers..I never took the course, but it is a good one to take with you to Civvie street after the Military. I know some ex gunplumbers who got into Locksmithing when they retired, and it wouldn't surprise me some serving gunplummers are doing it as a...