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Just saw on CBC Newsworld Business Report that some financial think-tank out of New York is now estimating that fuel could likely rise to $105 (US) a barrel!!  That's twice the cost as now!!  Can you imagine fuel at $1.78 a litre (in Alberta)??  Holy CR*P!!!  Time to think about a new economy...

This quote came off of Militaryphotos and is attributed to a US Lesson's Learned.  Of course I am alway sceptical of what I read,however if it really made a Lessons Learned paper, there may be something to it. Should have put the 2nd para in quotation marks, sorry. FDL  :cdn:

Am putting together various "threat" items to have ready to brief next week. Came across this on Militaryphotos.net.  Since I am not a SME on thermal I pose this question to you, does this sound legit?? Any insulator will help lower your thermal signature. Some are better than others. In an...

20 plus years, 16 in Int, four in Infantry.  Can still hump it with the best of them (which really surprises the h*ll out of me ;D) Maybe its that Never say die atitude I picked up while ground pounding!! :warstory: Cheers FDL  :cdn:

Although not a big horror flick fan, I was just a kid when "Jaws" WAS THE MOVIE to see.  Only flick ever to give me nightmares.  As for the scariest scene I've watched (definitely not the scariest movie!!), the final scene of "Friday the 13th" where the surviving character is in the canoe, no...

Although not a how to get rid of blisters idea, I got this idea out of a backpacking magazine seven years ago and have no blisters since (just hotspots).  I coat my feet with roll-on anti-perspirent before the march, etc. Has worked like a charm for me.  Also I use the black liner socks with...

One of the troops that works for me just got back from Kabul in Feb (no names, no pack-drill ;D).  He only saw one camel spider (in his bed space of all places!).  However there is a comical side-note.  One evening, while he was playing something on his laptop in his bed-space, unknown to him...

Intelligere:  If I misinterpreted your meaning I apologize. However I have been on an Interrogation exercise or two in the UK (they are quite good believe me), and all/most RTI trg is conducted by trained interrogators.  As ACORN stated, it is easier for an interogator to "flex" himself into a...

"A critical criterion is that they be able to draw the line between role-play in training and actual violence." So what are you saying by this statement???  Those of us that are trained (when we were allowed to be trained) do not know our boundaries???  Who better to conduct an interrogation...

Teddy:  Tried to enhance CNN photo, Britney found other photos. Britney:  ;D Of course, it is what I do after all!!  Besides just researching everything before I go! ;D Cheers  :cdn:

Thanks for the photos ;D cheers  :cdn:

Tried to enhance photo using Photoshop, no luck.  Anyway, I'm pretty sure they're Cdn.  The weapon appears to be a C7, not a SA-80, and the uniforms look to be CADPAT AR (the jpeg is too small to blow up).  Also watched some footage on CTV this morning, definitely Cdns at the scene, although...

I've met a number of celebrities over the years: Henri Richard, Dan Akroyd, Bryan Adams, Rex Murphy, Ted Nolan (remember him, successful coach of Buffalo Sabres, fired after their winningest season ever), Brett Hart, but the most memorable was Wayne Gretzky, not for who he is, but the...

GAF factor (Give a f**k factor) Usually pretty low just before a posting, or rotating home (F**k it, its a Roto 13 problem now...) health break = smoke break cheers  :cdn:

I totally agree with putting loud-mouth individuals in their place, whether civie or military.  Just to throw some fuel on the fire I'll relate an incident that happened to a friend of mine's wife.  About 6 years ago my friends wife ran a convenience store about 6 blocks from an armoury.  One...

Well I spent a good part of the afternoon/evening surfing the web looking for a CADPAT "tent/shelter". Couldn't even find one in MARPAT!!!  Considering the CADPAT/MARPAT "craze", I'm really surprised no enterprising tactical supply company has jumped all over this yet (or they may have, just...

Is anyone aware of a company that manufactures CADPAT 1 or 2 man shelters???   I know the material exists (I have a few coated nylon stuff sacks in CADPAT made by Brookwood USA!!) and I think a tent along the lines of what's available from US Cavalry (see link) would be a good seller/investment...

Allan Luomala wrote: "I'm currently trying to track down the original Sun (UK) account...." Here it is: "A SQUADDIE who saved the lives of 30 soldiers during a terrifying firefight in Iraq should be given the Victoria Cross, his comrades said last night. Troop carrier driver Private Johnston...

My hat's off to the Pte.  We can only hope that we'd all do the same thing in that sitation. Cheers

Ref Oakley: Don't you just love it when a Subject Matter Experts gives us all a lesson??? ::) Cheers  :cdn: