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ONG, Your question got me thinking and, inevitably, researching what little I could find on tactical air support for the Canadian Army during the 60's. To begin with, it looks like the RCAF left TAS to the Auxiliary squadrons in 50's.  Specifically to 406 Squadron in Saskatoon and 418 Squadron...

Alex, Welcome to army.ca old friend.  Glad to see you aboard. Cheers, Dan.

DJ, Wow.  Fantastic photographs.  It's nice to see them provided with captions and dates etc. Dan.

I was thinking about the issue of renaming Maritime, Land Forces and Air Commands with the names previously used by the three military Services of Canada, and I've come to the conclusion that it cannot be done, at least not in the manner that it's supporters would like to see. January 31, 1968...

Trigger, I found this in the May, 1969, issue of Sentinel. Cheers, Dan.

Trigger, This is an article taken from 'Der Kanadier', the newspaper of CFE.  It shows MND Donald Macdonald inspecting a Guard from 3 Mech Cdo upon his arrival.  It was given to me by Al Ditter, the commander of the Guard. Spring 1971, CFB Lahr. I have a larger image which shows the details...

Brian R, Thanks for the info on Ernie Beno's OCP Phase 1 class.  The person who provided the picture, Alex Itenson, was in fact a serving soldier from the PPCLI and was on the course with two other Patricias.  Are you saying that EB was an OR as well? Brian B, You're right (as usual).  I used...

Brian, Since you mentioned Ernie Beno, I thought I would add this photo to the thread.  As you well know, Phase 1 OCP was a common-to-all training phase for officer cadets, so where one took phase 1 training could have had nothing to do with where one was headed for corps training in phases 2...

Al Ditter (RCR by way of The Canadian Guards and 3 Mech Cdo) has allowed me to share some of his photographs from the 4 CMBG parade held at Sennelager on June 28, 1970.  It was the same parade that saw the formation of 3 Mech Cdo.  I've taken the artillery photos and posted them separately...

A friend of mine by the name of Al Ditter recently sent me some photos he had of Fort York and 2RCR from 1970.  This shot I thought would interest all of the scale modelers who are always looking for real-life examples upon which to base their projects.  Notice the two different patterns in use...

R62, Great post.  The battles undertaken towards the end of the Second World War were among the costliest fought, but the most unreported.  Your example of the official history's version is a case in point. Thanks for making this available. Technoviking - The senior battalion in the senior...

Michael, I think your proposal has merit.  Grant a unit a 'privilege to commemorate' rather than a Battle Honour or a lineage descendency for the War of 1812.  I think you're also correct however, when you say that not everyone will welcome the proposal no matter how it is presented.  I can see...

Getting back to Colin's original questions, while I don't have any specific information on Canada's interest in the Saladin, I do know that the Fox and Scorpion (the British Army's designated replacements for the Ferret and Saladin) were trialed by the CF between August 1970 and April 1971...

I'm with Old Sweat on this one.  If an officer of the RCR re-badges to command a battalion of the PPCLI, the PPCLI does not, as a regiment, perpetuate the RCR.  Units are not granted a right of perpetuity simply by virtue of where their personnel were derived.  If that were true then 3 PPCLI...

Danjanou, Regimental?  Funny, I didn't see anyone wearing an RCR tie. Cheers, Dan.

Danjanou, I was at the RCMI lecture given by Old Sweat last night too.  Where were you sitting?  I was the good-looking guy at the back of the room. Cheers, Dan.

Dennis, The reason that you could not find The Black Watch (RHR) of Canada on the Supplementary Order of Battle is because it is not there.  Regiments are placed on the SOB, not battalions of a regiment.  Hence the inclusion of The Canadian Guards, but not the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the RHC...

Guys, I don't even know where to begin.  Yet one more exposé provided by former CSIS member Michel Juneau-Katsuya.  Tales of espionage, billions of dollars lost, assassinations, hockey player spies and, of course, inaction by the government and the Service.  sigh....... It's not that Michel...

Gentlemen, I just found this quote on the CEF Study Group site from Mike, the Regimental Rogue himself.  It's from January of 2007. So, The RCR does not have the battle honour 'Siberia 1918-19'.  I'm still checking for the other regiments mentioned. Cheers, Dan. ADDENDUM The following was...

Gentlemen, Well if the battle honour 'Siberia 1918-19' has been awarded to The RCR, no one has mentioned it to The Regiment (yes, THE Regiment).  A check of the regimental web site does not show this battle honour, nor does the latest issue of the regimental journal, PRO PATRIA. On the other...