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The above pics are from my personal web-site.  Radiohead is absolutely correct.  The layout of the Canadian "Smock, Parachutist's" is fundamentally different from its British counterpart.  Moreover, although the DPM pattern is the same, the application of colours within the pattern is very...

Is anyone here familiar with a Regina SK-based armoured car company called "Cerberus Armoured Services Ltd"?  They are apparently a first nations-owned company that offers "Direct Cash" ATM servicing at gas stations, convenience stores and licensed establishments, as well as casino cash...

Sorry that I missed the BBQ and the next day's shoot.  Unfortunately, with me having been away all week my Wife had other plans for how I should spend the weekend....  :( Anyhow, it looks like everyone had a good time at both events.  Next time for sure! Cheers, 

I'm e-mailing from Pearson Int'l enroute back to Edm from HVK's funeral in Kingston/Burlington.  The "red eye" gets in at 0130 tomorrow (Saturday) morning.  I'm interested in attending tomorrow night, but can't promise as I may be "sleep screwed" from the travel.  Not to mention that 've been...

I'm up for it, assuming I'm back from HVK's funeral in Kingston/Burlington.  As others have noted, the North side of the city is preferable for most of us serving types.  St Albert (PMQ Northwest) would be even better.  The 3VP RQMS owns the Castle Rock pub on St Albert Road.  He has been known...

Hey Guys, My apologies for the late entrance into this particular discussion.  I've been away doing "Army stuff" for the past couple of months, and have been largely off-line.  Suffice it to say that notwithstanding some of the questionable comments in this thread to date, this subject is...

You rubber desk Johnny - I'll give your wife something to hang her towel on..... Woof!!  ;)

What Kat said, and then some.  I grew up on Vancouver Island, and went on to serve 7 years in BC as both a Reservist and Regular.  The difference in attitude between there an my current posting in AB is quite literally night and day.  Suffice it to say that my interactions with the general...

I share your pain.  Former member of TF 2-07, suddenly a unit without portfolio.  Suck it up and keep on living the dream.  If you don't like it, there is always the door.....  Let's just say that you wouldn't be lonely moving on out.....

Forming task-tailored FSGs for the provision of integrated Integral, Close and General (eg. 1st, 2nd and 3rd-Line) CSS support to high-readiness TFs is an ill-advised "flavour of the day" solution to the problem of sustainability within the highly stressed CSS trades.  It is intimately tied to...

3 PPCLI has a new official site here:  http://www.army.forces.gc.ca/3ppcli/default.htm

I would strongly encourage everyone who has questions or concerns regarding CTS products and production/issue timelines to send their comments directly to the project personnel here:  http://www.army.gc.ca/Chief_Land_Staff/Clothe_the_soldier/hab/8/8_e.asp Perhaps if more people write in, the...

Ahhhh, that last response from Dusty131 sheds some useful light..... Hmmmm.... the purchase was made at Harrison's military "surplus" store in Victoria.  The very same business that had several brand new, genuine-issue CADPAT Tactical Vests seized by the military police a year or so ago.  The...

I split Teddy Ruxpin’s quotes above from the “MND Report Card” thread, as I believe that the subject of attrition within the senior officer and NCO ranks is worthy of some examination and discussion.  I can only speak to my personal experience within the Reg F, as I have been out of the Res F...

Lester couldn't give a firm publishing date, as the book and companion DVD are still in the early stages.  Interviews are still ongoing, although nearing completion.  After that, Lester will have to transcribe and cross-reference literally hundreds of hours of interviews in order to build the...

"The Other Side Of The Mountain" is of course, best read in conjunction with its preceeding companion piece "The Bear Went Over The Mountain" by the same author.  A similarly excellent work concerning the Soviet experience in Afghanistan 1979-89.  Consider it a sobering and instructive primer on...

Scoutfinch, PM me with your name and phone number/address.  Rod was just promoted MWO and is currently employed as my CSM in 3 PPCLI Adm Coy.  We're currently conducting a battalion gun camp in Dundurn until 12 May, but I can pass on your contact info for him to follow up when we redeploy.

Great words, and a commendable appearance in direct support of the CF.  Too bad that the very same soldiers the PM was addressing have just had their 3 PPCLI TF 2-07 tasking cancelled due to a lack of Army sustainability.  The words ring a tad hollow in that respect..... Just say'in.

The "Managed Readiness Plan" never survived contact with reality.  It was devised by people fixated upon susstainability, and as such never reflected reality.  Really - who here can tell me that we can forecast an international requirement for generic Task Forces comprised of a LAV company and a...

Just send Wes a PM.  He's a member here.