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Congrats!!

I should have asked in my first post, how long have you been living here? And do you meet all the other conditions to apply for citizenship?

From my understanding, you have to have lived in Canada for at least 3 years before one can apply for citizenship. Other criteria must be met: •Age •Permanent resident status •Time lived in Canada (see above) •Language abilities •Criminal history •Knowledge of Canada Check here...

I came across this video playlist of American Military personnel having some fun and I thought some of these were pretty entertaining (some more than others). You may have seen some of these clips before but I thought I'd share them anyway...

Bruce, I was just about to post this same article (but from a different source) when I found the super thread.. From 680News Toronto:  http://www.680news.com/news/national/article/52765--jersey-boys-troops-to-honour-don-cherry-others-with-custom-camo-sweaters

RIP. :yellow:

oops, I meant :) not ::).... musta hit colon twice I wrote "already" just because, from my understanding, trades opened at the begining of April and it seemed to close rather quickly.  Either way, the wait begins.

How would one find that out? I was told the same thing about all Med Tech openings being full already, and was told by the RC that they won't know when it will reopen..  Or are you just saying it's just a waiting game until they say its reopen and then to apply then? Just a sidebar as well; I...

Just finished Contact Charlie this morning, very good book and will be added to my reccommendation list.. Side note:  Fifteen Days, Outside the Wire and Contact Charlie all detail the Battle of Panjwai (the assult on the White School house especially) and it is good to see the different...

seems like a good way to keep "morale" up.  ;D

yet another reason why dogs are 'mans best friend'.

Good info OWDU.. I remember in one of my high school history classes we watched a Mel Gibson movie called 'Gallipoli' about this same campaign, very entertaining (although I'm not sure how historically accurate).. but the film did a good job showing the brutalities of the battle..

From 680News Toronto: http://www.680news.com/news/national/article/48206--honour-house-for-soldiers-police-firefighters-the-first-of-its-kind NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - When Tony Spiess came back from Canada's peacekeeping mission in Croatia in 1993, he came back with a lot of baggage. He'd...

I thought both Generation Kill the book and series were excellent & very entertaining.. and for anyone wanting to read the original article that inspired them both, here is a link to check out: http://www.davidabrahamson.com/WWW/IALJS/Wright_KillerElite_Rolling%20Stone_26June2003.pdf

I would have thought Ottawa to be the next largest outside of Qc.

well said.  RIP. :yellow:

Quite litterally 'soldiering on'.. Good on him, very inspiring! :yellow:

I heard this story on the news earlier (680 News Radio Toronto), and they were reporting this same story but added that Buckingham officials are denying these rumors and that they are false.. so who knows? ::)

Congrats!  Will you be changing your name to 'Armoured Soldier Bound' now? ;D

I'm gonna go down to the library to check this one out tomorrow.. I have read a few others books about the Canadians and the war in Afghanistan, and I'd recommend these for anyone interested: - Fifteen Days, by Christine Blatchford - Outside the Wire: The War in Afghanistan in the Words of Its...