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ive gotta disagree with you on the climate preventing a guard, ive been to moscow in winter and they have guards post on theirs. then again the russians did lose almost 30 million in WW2 alone.... not that that takes away from what we did in the war, but russians are generally more knowlegable...

damn, the guy on that photo looks a lot like me when i was younger.... kinda creepy.

id say this is a huge load of BS, i would be shocked to see those standards upheld on any basic training course, especially the 40km part. unless the course is extremly long i would be curious as to how they would acheive such a standard... especially in the days where the US military is...

personally i was a big fan of living on base. i was in petawawa for 3 years, and besides the looooong winters i enjoyed it. if you are into the outdoors (as most army fellas are) petawawa is a great place, there are two rivers, tonnes of parks, trails for biking, lots of stuff. its also nice...

fair enough, that would really suck though. the problem would be that as 'elite' as the para coys like to think they are, there is some junk in those ranks. of course there are a lot of top notch soldiers as well, but to just take the whole coy would be nonsense, im sure than any para coy member...

well it wouldnt make much sense to disband 3 batallions to make one. considering they are trying to increase the size of the CF (as far as i know) it wouldnt make much sense to downsize on such a level.

or while on fire for that matter !

its not really bunched up though, there are reg force units in Alberta, Manatoba, Quebec and New Brunswick, as well as navy bases in BC and Nova Scotia. the whole purpose of these guys is to support the J, so whats the point of having them in saskachewan ? also the more bases we have the more...

i gotta say a tan beret is a pretty cool idea if you ask me, what im really curious about though is the cap badge !

im curious as to where you heard of this, ive been here 10 months and havent seen one.

this was a really interesting thread, can we stay away from the reg vs res topic before it gets trashed ?

oh man, this one is gonna get ugly.........

after 6 years in the infantry and a tour to bosnia i had to quit the army to come to iraq and get some action, thats not the way it should be. at the same time though i really have no desire to see casualty lists with canadian names on them like they have for the US troops that bite it here.

oh man, i know where you are coming from. when i was in the CF i thought the army was so bloody messed up, but after being over here and working with the stupidest people on earth i cant wait to get in. the CF may not be as challenging or adventurous as people would like, but its an  easy job...

funny, cause thats what they did the first time i joined, then they did it again when i made my componant transfer. anyways, that is besides the point, thanks everyone fort your advice...... and if i have to do my QL3 over again..or whatever they call it these days ill just say screw it and head...

yeah, pretty much what i figured on that front, they will fill my head full of promises on shit to get me to sign the paper, then once im theirs again its anyones guess where i end up. all i know is that if i end up back in 1RCR im making a run for the US border.

i figured as much, anything i can do to speed up the process ? obviously i have kept track of my various address' over here, but is there anything else i can do that might get me in faster  ? i really dont want to sit around for 6 months or more. also, what are the chances in requesting a...

take a trip to downtown baghdad and you wouldnt say that, this war is far from over........

by the time i get back to canada it will have been almost 2 years since i left them army. i have always planned on getting back in after my time here. what i am currious about is how long will it take to get back in ? will the waiting time be less than that if i hadnt served before? i know...

the one thing most of the people who say we should get rid of contractors over look is the fact that no one has enough troops to replace them. if the PSD crews alone pulled out the US would need to field another division of combat troops, and where are they gonna find those numbers in a military...