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those are two of the stupidest lines ive ever seen. we couldnt put together a platoon of 'AIR CAV' let alone a real unit, the government cant afford up keep on the choppers we have, do you think they are going to outfit a whole unit with them ? yes, and the canadian army needs more visible...

  i didnt notice this post before, or else i would have said something, but seeing as ive just come back from the funeral at skylink i will put my 2 bits in. the 2 fijians on board were my friends, i am at skylink almost everyday and enjoy talking with all the guys there, some of the most...

yeah, there are a lot of names for airport road, i work on the tail end of it. almost every day there are car bombs, mortars and gun fights going on. the road itself is about 13km and goes from the CPA to the airport/camp victory. in regards to the guy who doesnt think too highly of mercs, im...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7572161/  skylink is one of our closest partners over here, a lot of really good people work there, its sad to see the loss. in regards to the car bomb on airport road this morning, i was at that gate for that. i didnt think it was that big at the time, but its the...

there arent many canadians over here, ive only met 2 since ive been here.  regardless of what nation anyone serves under the coalition it is sad to see something like this happen.

agreed, 100%, as a former mo' man turned regular i know what it is like to be in both, and i gotta say, the mo is a cake walk. i didnt know what the army was until i joined the regulars, because the army is not something that can be understood one night a week and one weekend a month. all this...

that is a good question, and it still hasnt been answered................

weird, i was on the same vacation...err tour  and i used my blue one, i guess it depends a bit on what unit you are in at the time.

ive been to russia, and will be there again in about 2 weeks (thank god for R&R), i can tell you this, no one in their right mind would take steps to join the russian army unless they had to.  the army is underpaid, underfunded and there are a lot of internal problems, such things as physical...

i think this is a pretty interesting post, especially to someone like myself.  i toyed with the idea of joining the australian, NZ and american armies, as well as the royal marines and the FFL before finally ending up here in iraq with a private organization..... and no, i didnt come here to...

would you sgn up with a company that didnt have strict guidlines ?  ive seen a lot of rag tag PSD teams over here, and no amount of money would make me sign with them. just imagine driving around in an armoured vehicle full of guys who spent a year or two in the reserves and figured they were...

the weapons i have were bought in Baghdad, paid for by my company of course, although some guys have bought a few toys for themselves.  in regards to couriers services, yes, the coalition really doesnt have much choice. there are so many troops over here, and so much stuff needs to get to them...

hahaha, i thought thats what you meant...... either that or you are crazy !

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so you would come to the most dangerous city (yes, its actually a fact, although i hear fallujah is nice this time of year) in the world unarmed  ?

alrighty, time for my opinionated opinion..... to the guy in the CscotR, i used to be in that unit a long time ago before i went reg, if i believed everything some of those guys told me about their qualifications and such.... well i wouldnt be bragging about it. to the guy who said security...

i drive around baghdad and surrounding areas making deliveries, i am my own security, so its kind of a cross between security and cargo.  and damn right im armed, its baghdad, would you be here if you didnt get at least a couple guns ?

im not sure if there are regulations about posting links to blogs, but here is one ive made about my time so far in Iraq, not the most action packed, but if you wanna check it out : http://www.livejournal.com/users/johnofarc24/

i guess this is a bit of a late reply, but im not on here too often, so thats my excuse.   Abu Ghraib is about a 10 minute drive from where i am currently located, we heard the whole thing, it was quite busy. the attacks came in waves, and was very well organized. the Insurgents have learned a...

i cant believe how much emphasis is put on kit, and not the individual soldier. when i was in the RCR there was one guy in particular who was always buying anything he could get his hands on out of all the US kit mags, but he just happened to be one of the worst 'soldiers' in the coy. focus more...