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Fr. today's Halifax Herald http://www.herald.ns.ca/ -- Will sail on U.S request for aid By MICHAEL LIGHTSTONE / Staff Reporter Canadian warships from Halifax and a Dartmouth-based coast guard vessel are being prepared to leave on a relief mission to the hurricane-stricken Gulf of Mexico...

This is a list of wars compiled by Wikipedia. Don't know how complete this is, as Wikipedia is created by people who use it. Helpful in that it's devided by period of time, countries, etc. Has external links + images. Very interesting. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars Also- slightly...

There's an interesting profile of some reservists on training excercises in today's Toronto Star. All together, a very positive depiction...

CF-18 fighter jet crashes in northern Quebec CTV.ca News Staff A CF-18 fighter plane has crashed in the Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean region of Quebec. The pilot ejected safely. A search was underway to find the pilot from CFB Bagotville in the region about 250 kilometres north of Quebec City. A...

Interesting article posted today at CBC webpage- a soldier's first-hand account Afghanistan. Have also noticed that the Globe has been covering the mission to Khandahar pretty much every day. -- http://www.cbc.ca/news/viewpoint/vp_storring/20050809.html -- RUSSELL D STORRING: A surprise...

Some personal faves: "the Short Timers" by Gustav Hasford- this is the book the movie "Full Metal Jacket" is based on. Also: "Fight Club" by Chuck Palahniuck. For some truly depraved science fiction-"I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream"- a collection of short stories by Harlan Ellison. Last...

Hey Torlyn- Good to hear from somebody that's been through it lately. I got the impression from the officer who interviewed me that it was more of a character assessment than anything else- with job shadowing... none too worried about this. If the exam part isn't much more intense than the CFAT...

-Many apologies if this has already been talked to death.  I'm going to be in Esquimault this October + am curious what to expect. I understand there's an exam at the end- is there any studying I can do before-hand to be ready? Is it math/geometry heavy? Any imput would be appreciated.

I would have to say "The Wire" on HBO is one of the best cop shows ever- "the Shield"is really good too. Also just checked out "Arrested Development" on DVD- frickin hilarious.

Found this v. interesting- a rundown through CTV News about CF involvement in Afghanistan. http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1123179692508_118588892

The book is brilliant. Way more hard-core (violent) than the movie. Interestingly, the woman who directed the film was Canadian.

Speaking of Gen. Hillier, there is a no less than two full pages devoted to his background + career in today's Globe and Mail, including the cover of the "Focus" section. I'd post the link, but it requires a subscription. Very interesting indeed. Perhaps part of a larger campaign to raise the...

At CFRC Fredericton, the cost to re-do the test is 25-bucks. I hadn't done any PT since high-school (i.e. since '95)- did everything, but my pushups were miserable- failed. Went back in after three months of excercise, nailed the thing and switched my application to DEO from NCM. It's good I had...

Kind of an info capsule on the Forces. CF for civillians, perhaps? Also lots of interesting links. Seems to further perpetuate the myth of "Canada as peace-keeper"- although being a mouthpiece for the gov't, I suppose this is to be expected. -- http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/cdnmilitary/

I'd like to see Frank McKenna square off against the Tories headed by Bernard Lord- two (former) premiers of NB- it would be a no-lose situation. Also NB is the only official bi-lingual province within Confederation.

"Hitler's Scientists: Science, War and the Devil's Pact" (John Cornwell) "Selected Poems" (Alden Nowlan)

Recruiting Centre: Fredericton,NB Trade Choice 1: IMAGE Tech Trade Choice 2 : NETech (C) Trade Choice 3: Comm Rsch Application Date: Jan 24, 2005 First Contacted:   Jan 24, 2005 CFAT Completed: Jan 30,2005 PT Test: Jan 30, 2005 * FAILED* Due to utterly incompetent pushups! 18 weeks and + 1/2 a...

-"Saw" is one of the best horror movies to come out in the past five years. Really well written. -John Carpenter's "The Thing" from 1981. It's set in the Arctic and involves a space creature that can turn itself into any living thing. Carpenter creates a real sense of creeping menace. -The...

Don't know whether this belongs in Foreign Militaries or Current Affairs. Very interesting story in today's NY Times. -- Marines From Iraq Sound Off About Want of Armor and Men By MICHAEL MOSS Published: April 25, 2005 -- n May 29, 2004, a station wagon that Iraqi insurgents had packed...

My wife is from S. Korea and she loved this movie. Also very interesting to see a war film from a "Non-North American" perpective. Brutal violent scenes, but very good story and acting.