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I read a post on an internet forum (non military) that I am a member of:  The son of one of our forum members who is a medic in The Netherlands /Dutch Army is going to be posted to The Cdn. Field Hospital in Kandahar. He will be coming to Canada this summer for training prior to his posting...

Loadies take care of lots of things; coffee, tea, cooking, cleaning and entertainment.  I used to fly with one who provided inflight palm reading services for passengers. :o Now, that's a talent you don't find too often.

I wouldn't think of the incident regarding a watch to be an example of complacency. In 30 + years around aircraft 25 of which were as aircrew I saw a lot of mistakes made and made a few myself but I don't recall any incidents or accidents that were caused by complacency. No doubt some have...

I recall something about a blanket coverage or permanent waiver for dangerous cargo on SAR ops.  Obviously something has changed.  What about all of the smokes, flares and other fireworks that are carried on all SAR aircraft?

Mover1. I knew all of that and I knew that if I mentioned empire you would respond as you did.  >:D However, no doubt many people who have read your post will benefit from your explanation of how the system works.

Yep. Steel wool burns. Those neat little hand warmer packets that you can put in your mitts contain steel filings and something to accelerate oxidation of them--some form of salt? I've heard lots of stories about steel wool being inflamable in the right conditions. At any rate the CFP regarding...

It's been a few years since I was involved but there used to be a CFP regarding cargo in the library on board the Hercules . "CFP---Manual of Dangerous Cargo" or something similar that covered all of the things which were special in nature and had to be classified. The movers  such as Mover1 had...

There's nothing baffling about the incidents. Any time that an aviation unit changes it's operational environment new incidents occur. In this case it looks like operating at sea in conditions just around the freezing point was something that was new for these particular detachments and they...

A few years back we flew two armoured limos from Ottawa to Vancouver in a C-130. The loadmaster put a couple of passengers in one of them after takeoff so as to make their trip more comfortable. Somewhere over the prairies I went back and sat in the other one for a while and I checked out the...

Am I "over quoting" or are you just trying to be "smart"?  ":salute:"

The posted news article certainly has raised a number of interesting questions and observations. The article is typical in that someone in a newsroom was given a few facts and they had to weave them together to make a story. Here's my take on the story: "Crew of 15". That is quite possible as...

It just seems rather odd to change the name to reflect some very specific role when navs have been used in a number of roles since forever. What applies in ASW does not in transport or other functions. Lots of occupational "tags" don't have a whole lot to do with the specific role of the person...

Is there some particular requirement that calls for the name of the occupation to change?

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/03/20040329-4.html The U.S. welcomes these seven new members to NATO although all seven of them together would have a problem mustering enough equipment and troops and transporting them to Afghanistan to provide a latrine detail for a brigade.

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If you take a look at some of the newer NATO members that were fast tracked into the alliance under the "sponsorship" of the U.S. and look at the military forces and equipment that they have there's no way that anyone would want them as part of a fighting force. Most of them are basket cases...

I recall being at Wright Patterson AFB many years ago and seeing either a C-130 that was undergoing conversion to AC-130 or an AC-130 having some modifications done and it was unbelievable. There were wires and wire bundles everywhere to tie all of the systems together. The whole port side was...

Definitely a C-130 Hercules. I used to fly on them. It's by no means unusual for the aircraft to be performing such a maneuver which was probably related to search and rescue (SAR) or training for SAR. Crews often go out on training flights to hone their skills or to train new crewmembers on...

I had a tan flight suit in 66. It wasn't interim. :)

You can only do so much within the time that's allotted. OJT doesn't mean learning all about everything.