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Jungle Tracks - that's it, with the Cent on the cover.  Now to search for a copy...

Hale, I'm out of ideas and have a general sense of what happened but can't remember the details.  What is the name of that book, written by a retired Sgt, I think?  An Aussie mate of mine from 2 CAV lent it to me when we served in the Middle East and I found it fascinating but never got a copy...

Hale, if I remember correctly, it's one of your Vietnam tracks whose crew did some fantastic and heroic work over there in the sixties - I remember reading that excellent book about the RAAC's Vietnam experience from both the Cav track and Centurion tanker perspective, but damned if I can...

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I was a tactics instructor at the Armour School, out in the Lawfield Corridor.

If he was in 3RCR in 1998 and went to Bosnia with the Bn, then I know him.  If not, then not.

Contact the Ontario Regiment's "Oshawa Military and Industrial Museum" - http://www.ontrmuseum.org/.  They may have a line on Sherman bits and pieces as they have at least one full runner in their collection.  Land Force Central Area Training Centre Meaford may have a couple in the training...

Doom, That is a pretty good time - maintaining a pace of under 5min per km for 12km is impressive.  You will find there are a great deal of Canadian Forces members out there who cannot even run 12km, never mind keeping up a strong pace like that.  However, don't rest on your laurels, there will...

Aircraft vs Submarine: Flight Lieutenant David Ernest Hornell, VC (posthumous) Shetland Islands, UK, 24 June 1944  http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/remembers/sub.cfm?source=history/secondwar/citations/hornell Citation "Flight-Lieutenant Hornell was captain and first pilot of a twin-engined amphibian...

MCG, what did they do with the old CFOCS lines, the dining hall and OCdts mess in Chilliwack?  Are they all torn down?

Funny, I thought that was Prince Charles... Also, looks like there is a Canadian at the far left side of the line up - looks like a CF wedge with an Air Force badge on it...

As usual, my AFV SME hat goes off to ironduke57.  Good pick!

USMC M1A1 with the experimental "add on armour" panels welded to the front of the turret (can't remember the designation).  Time-wise, this was after they removed the retaining ring from the drive sprocket (an experiment to attempt to reduce thrown tracks), but before the rear side skirt was cut...

A selection of info: http://www.brianmac.co.uk/circuit.htm http://www.sport-fitness-advisor.com/circuittraining.html http://www.cmcrossroads.com/bradapp/docs/rec/stretching/ http://www.building-muscle101.com/weight-lifting-routines.html http://www.crossfit.com/...

If you can, I'd suggest swimming.  Almost zero stress on knees and legs, keeps your hip flexors limber, your back strong and shoulders and arms used to resistance.  Also helps your cardio and to discipline your breathing.  When I first discovered, the hard and stupid way, that I had ITBFS in...

I thought it was obvious from my post that I ran... Normal training runs between 6 and 10k, long training runs up to 15k.  Training for the Petawawa Ironman 15-25k.  I've never run a marathon and am not a marathoner, but I do run long distances and carry heavy things...

007, here are some answers that may help: Iliotibial band friction syndrome (ITBFS as some journals call it) is usually a chronic condition exacerbated by the body's normal physiology, usually which causes an alignment problem that causes the band to become irritated and painful as it rubs back...

Understand about their standard rifle, but if these guys are some sort of SF/Commando unit, they may (like the UK SAS and other SF) have the liberty to use weapons other than those that are standard issue to normal line units.  Why Macedonian?  In Afganistan the Macedonians wore a camouflage...

Maybe not Airborne, but look at the beret on the fellow in the background in the "Instrucao de Tropas Comandos" pic (halfway down on right) picture.  Very similar.  Maybe they are some sort of "uber-Commando" group...

Their tacvests and DPM are similar to what I've seen Portugese soldiers wearing.  Not sure what they use for small arms, though.