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GirlFiredUp, Nothing that you said was wrong. I agree with you that they should help themselves. What I have today and what my family has today is because I worked for it. However, we (the military), serve the government and it‘s people. That means Mom, Dad, Betty-Sue and the stinky man asking...

" I refuse to be a false teacher saying that promiscuity is acceptable, perversion is normal, and immorality is simply ‘cultural diversity‘ of which we should be proud." This quote/belief is something I can support and agree with. But I would rather generalize it more and include it to mean...

I read recently that there are only 7-8 WWI vet left here in Canada. I may be off by 1 or 2. My neighbour just died a year ago. He was my good friend‘s ex-father law. He fought with 1 Div in Italy. I always felt that those vets deserved to live forever. It helps to know that they are probably...

A society will be judged on the quality of mercy it gives to its most destitute and desperate citizens. As soldiers you‘d better get a grip on yourselves. You joined the army to protect and provide aid to those who can‘t do so for themselves. Shame on all of you.

He‘s in Stephensville NL. He‘s there with Bin Workin and Bin Drinkin.

I would‘ve liked Chretien to sit next to Jamie‘s folks during the burial knowing that his championing of the suicide bomber‘s father may have led to the death of their son. This whole family (Khadr) is nothing but a bunch of low life despicable savages. If Canada is good enough for them to live...

Contact your local SISIP rep (through your unit OR) SISP has a few different types of plans you can use to help offset the cost of education. It may not be 100% of the cost but closer to 75% or so. It is not upfront money as far as I know. I received this from a SISP rep here in KTown 1. You...

Kurggan, I included Diefenbaker as during his years the Canadian Bill of Rights was put through. Just about every PM was guilty of slashing military spending. What about Rita MacNeil? lol Or the singing coal miners "The men from the deep" S_Baker, You might be onto something. I keep getting...

Russian serfs of the 18th and 19th centry would bash their front teeth out with hammers. This would impede them from bitting the catridge in order to load the muzzle loaders. Others draftees would cut their index and ring fingers off till authorities began laying charges against those found...

I never did understand the attitude behind these folks who have the gall to dismiss as unimportant the very fellow citizens who feel honoured to serve their country. It‘s one thing to disagree with someone but entirely a different matter to ignore that the very person like Glenn is the reason...

Digging a trench to chest depth will be much easier.

You‘ll have a better chance of avoiding Honour/Quarter guards as they like mostly average to tall guys for uniformity.

Guilty or not it I‘m stunned that troops would be friggin around with dope when getting ready to go on a real time ops overseas. Soft drugs while in garrison are still a bad thing but a pot head in Afghanistan is a whole different matter. A place like that has proven that we need all our wits...

Thanks Mike D. for that post of yours. I wasn‘t sure exactly how Fritz did the transition from the ranks to officer. I knew that there was some training involved but that was the extent of my knowledge. I‘ve always been curious on this subject WRT Offr/OR relations. Slainte,

True but give him the benefit of doubt. Afterall it‘s not every day that Canadian soldiers are beset by cunning pitchfork wielding enemies. I thought our budget cuts were bad but to be issued pitchforks takes the cake.

But what I don‘t get is how someone gets pitchforked to death.

OloSolo, Where did you get the info about Cdn soldiers not firing if fired upon? And as for your morons post I quote from your post "if their being attacked" "Is everyone on these forums complete morons" With grammar like this you may not want to throw stones. Just how many soldiers who died do...

Didn‘t the German army of WWII implement something along those lines? I mean did they start recruiting from combat experienced Sgts (or similar ranks) to turn them into offrs? Taking the top 25-20% of applicants and put them through offr training and accept only the best of those graduates?

It‘s only as recent as WW1 that many offr from the Brittish army were almost totally from the middle and upper class. Those few that were CFR were almost always put in positions where their previous skills would be most useful, and more importantly, deemed not proper work for offr. An example of...

I think we are looking at this with the views and attitude of modern 21st century soldiers. Now that officers can often be the guy you hung out with as a kid, or the tenant in the apartment next to yours we see each other in a more socially equal setting. This is even more so if CFR‘d. It maybe...