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So, the crusades were back in the 11th - 13th centuries? Where the English, wearing St George's Cross, oppressed Muslims? Therefore, St George's Cross is a symbol of oppression? Ok. So, other than historians, who else is aware of this? Of modern day Muslims, how many are aware of this? How many...

Sounds like this girl was coming back to Basic Training for a second chance. Doesn't look like her second chance was going well. Second chance...really not going well. Team work is about a maximum contribution from everyone on the team. Other than her injury, it did not sound like this...

The cardboard is just another layer of protection, such that the main meal/dessert foil pouch doesn't get punctured, and it keeps the shape of the IMP so that it can be packed in a crate easier. The active chemical in the MRE heater is toxic? Re: the salmon rations....can't get any more...

Agree with the point that some young university students, 17-25 years old, do not have any real life experience, do not know any better, and feel the need to prove themselves by taking up an antagonizing cause. [The War in Iraq, why the university administration called in the police during their...

At home: - Remove main pack from frame. - Scrub brush in a tub of dish soap and water (Palmolive Anti-Bacterial). - Rinse with garden hose, or in the shower. - Hang dry before reattaching to frame. On course: - Scrub brush enitre ruck under the shower. - Hang dry.

Going over-seas without sufficient personal weapons for your troops? ["One man, one kit"?]

CF Griffons in New York City? Static helicopter show/display in New York's harbor front? [I see two Griffons, a black civie helicopter and the blue tail of another.] Air show/display is my guess. Would the CF buy the Vertical/Short Take Off and Landing variant of the Joint Strike Fighter? Or...

Thanks Kevin. The one fits properly is the more expensive model. It figures.

Will the Peltor Sound-Trap fit under the CF helmet? http://www.peltor.com/peltor.com/comm_detail.cfm?prod_family=Tactical%206/Sound%20Tra&ind_prod_num=MT15H67FB001

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Thanks for the input. My above PT scenario was just an idea, after seeing one of the section commanders in my unit using the respirator during his personal PT. Really works over the breathing for cardio. If I'd stayed in the CF, wouldn't mind using this PT idea while instructing on course...

As PT: NBC respirator (no suit, no rubber protective gloves, and no rubber protective boots), fighting order, and weapon. Easy-march, a couple laps around the base. Abuse or not?

Yep, the "re-match duel", payback for Luke, was Return of the Jedi, Emperor present. Luke "lost his hand in the first duel", Empire Strikes Back. The "re-match duel", payback for Anakin, was Revenege of the Sith, Emperor present. Anakin "lost his hand in the first duel", Attack of the Clones.

Lucas knows how to recycle: The re-match duel between Dookoo and Skywalker, where Skywalker lost his hand in the first duel, with Palpatine shackled to the throne [really, Lord Sidious wanting the best Sith apprentice from the winner of the match]. The re-match duel between Vader and Luke...

Hey Joe, Was this the CF-5A that you saw? http://www.torontoaerospacemuseum.com/home.html [Click onto â Å“Our Collectionâ ?, second pic, top left corner.] Yep, the Toronto Aerospace Museum, at the former CFB Downsview. As you can see from the Museum's web site, same location they are...

Onomatopoeia: using a word that describes action it represents (in this case, using a name that describes character it represents) Sidious ~ Insidious Vader ~ Invader Maul ~ â Å“Mauled by pit-bull terrierâ ? Count Doo Koo ~ Count Dracula (Christopher Lee did vampire movies in the past)...

The point about the CF-105's internal weapons' bay? It is a concept that has been recycled, with aircraft like the F/A-22 and the F/A-35 JSF, to suit the modern requirement of low radar observe-ability, weapons inclusive. Revolutionary of the CF-105? Not really. The Convair F-102 and F-106 were...

Even though CGI enhances the light-sabre duel scenes, I still think using a computer for special effects is sh**. [First Matrix movie, the only exception.] Good story. The only good things about this pre-qual trilogy were that loose ends were tied up, the mystery was unraveled, and questions...

Optical sights were just for the LCF, Lucas does that well. The larger weapons? MG-42's by the looks of them. (Going by the original trilogy, that is.)

(More of a course legend. Accuracy pending, heard in the mess after a few pints.) On course, Monday morning inspection in the shacks, weapon field stripped on bunk, Section Commander in a p*ssed off mood. Picks up and inspects bayonet. Sgt: â Å“Bloggins, bayonet latches dirty with sand and...