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  1. Highland Lad

    All Things Red Poppy Merged Thread (sales, copyright, usage, bans/restrictions, etc.)

    Here‘s the National Post‘s story from today‘s issue -- National Post - Veterans Fight Back Over Poppy Backlash It includes a link to Pier 1‘s web site and feedback telephone #. I recently delivered a speech that asked people to use their poppies to help them to remember - try this on for...
  2. Highland Lad

    What were the proudest moments in your CF career?

    Proudest Monent? Many, but one that sticks is a friend getting his Jack, and thanking me in front of the mess for not screwing up his chances (I was his sec 2i/c for recruit training, a few yrs before). I have 50 guys and girls who I helped to become soldiers, and am proud of all of them...
  3. Highland Lad

    PM on the defensive

    Quick answer here: Any reserve troopy can volunteer for most deployments - just about every CF deployment has at least a handful of "part-timers" going along. Combat arms have just as many reservists volunteering as those "other trades" (see events of the Medak Pocket for some fun info about...
  4. Highland Lad

    Two Canadian peacekeepers reported dead in Kabul

    First off: The Iltis is not quite the piece of crap that some people think. Nor could it realistically be considered a combat vehicle. It is what the CJ was: a "battlefield taxi" that carries troops around in an environment where no direct, immediate threat is seen, or where speed and...
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