Search results

I agree Tomahawk6, true embedded media was rare over there. Most would 'embed' for a couple of days to try and force a story. Lisa Laflemme ( CTV ) and Scott kestereson ( independant ) were 2 that took an approach of getting to know the soldiers and not 'getting to know the story '. There may...

Excellent poem, send it to TB Jack in the form of a Haiku, then he'd get it.

Sangin is a rough place, the Brits there are a breed apart. Good read thanks for sharing it.

While in Calgary I gamed with Table Top Armies of Calgary every week, every era, every scale. Sold my Civil war armies and took up ancients DBA 6mm scale ( still game them ) Just finished a complete Rorke's Drift in 25mm scale, buildings, terrain, soldiers. Painted 500 Zulu's and use the...

As always Teddy, well stated, I can now carry on watching 'tank week' on history channel without waiting to check for your retort during commercials.  ;) Im sure folks with a higher pay grade then mine ( mostly everyone ) will determine this outcome, either way the different points of view here...

Then ask 'why any badge?', why bother with any singular mode of recognition? An arguement for and against every method of recognition could be made. I imagine at the introduction of every medal/award there was upheavel, debate raging about why or why not this particular medal was needed. I'll...

Excellent reads BBJ, thanks.

What is abundantly clear is that too many folks assume the level of combat being fought almost daily over there is not quite up to 'medal worthy'.  Which to steal a line is Bovine Scatology. Is it the numbers? Not enough deaths? Not a high enough casualty count? Or body count ? Not enough...

I can assure you, as can several other people, that the level of fightin' and dyin' that's being happening over there, is anything but a rarity. That level of combat is the routine occurrence and one that Canadians are excelling at. In this thread there are actually several argument'scentered...

Great book, as are the rest of his. Took my sig from the poem written by one of the characters.

Outstanding article. Thanks for sharing it.

At the ground level, working beside the engineers daily, they tended to need to have the most flexibility of any of us. Their tasks within a 1 hour period ranged from fighting beside us then conducting clearing of sensitive area's/items. This after building roads, camps, fighting, IED/EOD tasks...

Agreed, it might do better to have ads specifically geared towards trades/arms. Instead of trying to broad brush the entire CF in 30s

The camera man is a photo journalist, not one of us. Lots of folks thought it was someone in our Pl shooting the video in the middle of a fight.  I assure you we were all to busy to be filming.  ;) His stuff is vetted/checked out, before he puts it on his website. You are very correct though...

rmacqueen, if these video's are not the right direction, what is? To me these video's certainly have room for improvement, but , I dont mind at all it's targeting the people out there who actually have an interest in getting dirty and seeing combat. I agree most people outside the CF know...

Uber- Bump to Ronin

Agreed Blackshirt, if isnt Churchill, it's atleast a very old school way of 'speechifying'. One I find I like alot more then the other styles out there.

http://www.beloblog.com/KGW_Blogs/afghanistan/2006/07/ The above link will take you to Scott Kestersons work hosted by KGW.com, a Dallas news agency. He's the photo journalist we had with our Pl for several fights and he's been in Afghanistan for the better part of a year. Last I heard from him...

Well I never really minded them ( RCAF ) poking fun at us ( the military ) when it was over the usual stuff like kit, or pay or whatever. We all flame each other about it jokingly, and have generally an understanding sense of humour about our military. BUT, My sense of 'ha ha' goes away when...

Perhaps that's what I've done wrong all these years....