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So, what are we learning from this? 1.)We should not take prisoners but take afghan troops to take prisoners for us(if at all)? 2.)Bombs are not necessary for insurgents to attack canadian troops, they can do it from their canadian university? 3.)Amir Attaran is the pashtun word for "add me to...

You need to read "Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus" Women dont want you to fix their problems...they want you to listen...that makes them feel understood. If she wanted your help she would have sent HIM over to talk to you.

When the CDS visits(which is surprisingly often actually) he always says "If you want to go over, say the word". Its just bravado I know but even if he wanted it to happen, there are too many obstacles to deploying without actually remustering to the infantry. Its sure frustrating to be willing...

Well a position came down for volunteers and this time the excuse is "You dont have the required training". It is the same position that came down 4 months ago but the acronyms for the quals have all changed.   Oh well, not my problem. Having discussed this with co-workers from across the...

Not sure about going south but I know a few MWO's in several trades that retired early partly due to a proposed minimum language profile for CWO. In addition...since we can now cruise the internal PSAC offerings...you will be hard pressed to find unilingual(french or english) jobs in the public...

Learning French is probably not the divisive angle, discrimination against non-billingual people is. Require public servants in Quebec to be fluent in Latin or Gaelic and it will have the same result. Some will immediately have an advantage at the expense of others and will rise to positions of...

Just a simple question about the rank...if the guy in charge of CFSCE is in the Air Force and is an MWO he is called Sgt Major(hell I'll call him whatever he wants). This guy is a CWO, a Sig Op but is in a project office(it appears from the signature) and he is also Sgt Major. What then is a...

This guy is very accurate and I am pleasantly surprised. BUT(here we go) Definition: C&E Branch: a charity formed by sig ops for sig ops, powerless to stand up for anything and relevant to no one outside Kingston. As a Chief this guy should already know that any funding that comes down the pipe...

We could always train with the older six wheeled series vehicles in the meantime...oh...I forgot, we gave them away to the AU :P Did we have so many LAVIII's that we didn't need them??? Seriously, why did we do that??? I personally would love to drive any SMP vehicle...sadly I'm Air Force and...

...and as luck would have it, every force has its own training system. This means no quick fix for them as they have to train them all over again in Regina. I saw what happened when they absorbed the Townies in Nova Scotia. It took many years before they weeded out enough "good ol' boys" to...

A good point except if we apply that theory to the 2010 Olympics(NGO to steal an acronym), why not just contract out to Erinys or Halliburton? The answer remains at money. The Federal contribution to the Olympics will invariably be in the form of security and they get better bang for their buck...

It wont affect Afghanistan, thats just tabloid style headlines. We will be there for one simple reason...MONEY. We are slave labour to keep costs down. The last olympics, the G-8 summit, the ice storm, Manitoba floods(the stuff we are proud of). Every one was manned by CF personnel working side...

As a former AVS tech I have seen both sides of that argument and I totally believe you. There are units however(that must go un-named) that run 24/7 on a 7-3 7-4 shift just to launch one plane a day. They do not have enough personnel as well but its because such a schedule requires five times as...

Maybe you missed the rest of the thread. The general idea is that the "Canadian Forces" is short of pesonnel because of Afghanistan. Last time I checked 90% of our deployed force is hard ARMY. The posts here seem to suggest that only an infantry platoon can accomplish security for the olympics...

Glad I joined the Air Force and dont have to do anything dangerous. I have to get my car detailed this afternoon. Sure is hard being so short on personnel, we have a curling day tomorrow. Too bad about the manning issues in the Army...damn I spilled my coffee on my keyboard. I'm going home for...

From what I have seen there are always ten times more volunteers than positions. This is amongst 226 and 227 techs(since we are talking purple trades). The last tour that we were offered was Kabul, they turned down 12 people to submit one name...and he was told he wasn't needed. If there is a...