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Imagine living in a society where almost anything you say could be offensive to one special interest group or another. Blatant hate talk is not to be classed the same as what has been expressed by most members here. However, being soldiers/sailors/airmen does restrict us from letting anyone...

Maybe the Lorne Scots have a website that includes past serving members or perhaps a link to a Lorne Scots (circa ‘40‘s) website. This may lead you to nearby vets or clubs from that Regt. Good Luck!! As I was typing this I thought to look for them. Here are a couple. I just copied and pasted...

Maybe the Lorne Scots have a website that includes past serving members or perhaps a link to a Lorne Scots (circa ‘40‘s) website. This may lead you to nearby vets or clubs from that Regt. Good Luck!! As I was typing this I thought to look for them. Here are a couple. I just copied and pasted...

I always thought Olive Oil was sexy with her long thin arms and high pitched voice. If only Popeye wouldn‘t have been around I probably could‘ve made a move on her.

Yes drugs are bad! The last thing I want is my life in the hands of a blade!

Just came across this thread. I hope you are still monitoring this Just Chris! There is a friend of mine (we had served together before he took FRP and came back as a civie once he completed an engineering degree in TO). His name is Mr O‘Brien and works in Kingston at the R and D department...

Yes it is. It cannot be publicly displayed in POMVs(on Base), PMQs, shacks or the workplace. I‘ll try to get the link to it when I get back to work next week. Pet had to go through this in the mid 90‘s. In Winnipeg the same thing happened and people were not happy but took them down. The same...

Good on you madorosh. Good points. Not to take away from the skill, professionalism and bravery shown by Candian boys in Croatia and Somalia. But these chance encounters don‘t qualify for Battle Honours. Nor do being tied up for a few days equate these other actions stated. I think that we...

Good on you madorosh. Good points. Not to take away from the skill, professionalism and bravery shown by Candian boys in Croatia and Somalia. But these chance encounters don‘t qualify for Battle Honours. Nor do being tied up for a few days equate these other actions stated. I think that we...

The army is as good a place as any to raise a family, or at least be married. Just don‘t worry about running out of time. Living on the base in the married quarters is an option. It was verry popular when it was run differently. The rents were often close to half of rents downtown. They were...

All members going overseas for tours get extra pay. Each month overseas counts as so many points. Total of points determines what level of certain overseas pay you get. If you spent 8 yrs in Germany you get equal to 16 tours overseas with regards to pay. Much of not all of this pay is tax free...

I agree with Mike. Having done Recruit School, Trades training (both 3‘s and 5‘s) and having been beasted at JLC/JNCO the most stressful part of all were the kit inspections. Hindsight 20/20 I wasted too much time on my kit. However fail too many PO‘s after having spent time mucking with your...

I think those last two courses would be more pertinent to a trade such as MP. There aren‘t too many courses offered downtown that are applicable to the infantry. Maybe if they offered courses on how to switch your mind off when your body is screaming for a bit of rest, or a course that quieted...

Give me a couple of days and I‘ll send you a bit. Some pics as well. Mind you this is from a soldier‘s point of view. It might not necessarily be what you are looking for but I‘ll put together a few things and e-mail it off in by Tues or Wed. Cheers gotta go eat my Sunday dinner.

Do you want me to e-mail you a bit?

You would be very right. I was both in Somalia and Rwanda a year later. And then a couple others since.

Iraq eh! I doubt it. Rumsfeld said that to train a troop from swearing in to a fully combat capable, equipment knowledgable, experienced soldier takes about 18 months to 24 months. Not many newbies there. I am sure that there will always be exceptions to the rule. But generally cherries will be...

Let‘s not get wrapped up around the axle over a guy saying something before thinking it through. I mean of all the things to say that accusation is pretty foolish. Free speech and all sometimes means having to hear the odd foolish remark in all the smart, well thought out comments. I have my...

Fusilier995, I know his name but will not mention it publicly on these means. I wonder how much we hear from the soldiers that were there, the ones who werent spending their working hours in a secured guarded enclosed building. How many of them had instances of AWOL, and drunkeness excused? I...

It was around April of ‘94. The year after we came back from Somalia. The Rwandan president and the Leading Opposition leader were in a plane. They were on their way to Kigali to discuss a merging or two-party leadership sort of thing. Anyways hard liners shot the plane down, blamed it on the...