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The US M109 Palladin and UK AS90 where used in the Gulf. In Ref about the comment "as we seen during the war, all the US used was tanks" it may what you saw played on TV, there were lots of other AFV‘s, APC‘s, Hummvee in the fight. In the North of Iraq there was very little Armour, mostly light...

Just because you do not have your SQ should not prevent you from "going to the field or on exercise". It sounds like somebody higher on the food chain is making up there own rules or is not thinking about the trg opportunities being presented. Since you have and passed BMQ you should be able to...

Funny enough, a improvised explosive took out a M1A1 and crew a little while ago in Iraq and others where injured. Other soldiers were killed or injured when they rolled their steel beasts over in other incidents. As well, I think that a MBT would probaly sink a little quicker than a LAV if it...

The cover pockets are the new standard. The ideas has come from the Airforce side which worries about FOD. The CDS or VCDS has now directed the clothing and equipment, from all services, to converge all their programs into one. If you look on the new tag you will see they are called for...

Here are the people with all the answers and data to this question. As well the Marine Corp have adopted this system through the the miltary exchange program, so there is a string you can pull as well on your side of the border. Director Land Requirements 5-4-2 General Technical Stores &...

The Bronze Stars to the Command Element Pers are being awarded for Meritorius Service (for the entire tour) and not Bravery as the ones being awarded to the snipers.This is a common thing, I am told, within the US Forces. I have know a few examples such as one being awarded to officiers who...

The Bronze Stars are being issued to the snipers and the remained to the CO, RSM, OC's, CSM's, none to the troops. As for the SWASM with Afghanistan Bar. Every Swinging **** that had his/her name attached to OP APOLLO got the medal and Afghan Bar. No differance if you where on the grd in...

It is both about $ and allocation. Remember that we are a small military and we are a aging one as well. Most of our equipment needs upgrading and replacement and that is for all services. While I agree the replacement/ mods that KevinB is speaking about are the ideal solutions and I...

The PPCLI Regimental Kit Shop carries a number of Cdn Prints. www.ppcli.com

Currently the Regular Canadian Army is broken into Three Brigade Groups each roughly consisting of: 2 Mechanized Infantry Battalions 1 Light Infantry Battalion 1 Armoured Regiment 1 Combat Engineer Regiment 1 Artillery Regiment 1 Service Battalion 1 Tactical Helo Sqn 1 Field Ambulance Unit 1...

My unit and myself were on the receiving end of many public sent care packages on our tour to Afganistan in 2002. They were very apprecciated by all. Some advice on sending things would be to keep the packages small, about a shoebox or slightly larger. A major problem that we encounter was the...

There are better experts that probably that will correct me. V4 is a very bad vison rating. In the past you could not even get in unless it was surgically corected. Even for the Infantry the V Cat the minial is V3, Friend a few years back in the Engineers had his V Cat changed from 3 to 4 and...

I can‘t remember if that particular individual is a radio operator, but that is just one of the sig trades that we have in Sigs Platoon.

What I tell people that are trying to join the army, or anything a police force etc, is to carry on with your life as if you didn‘t even apply. The military is a very finicky organization. It does its own thing at its own pace. It can take 2 weeks or 2 years. When I joined it took 1 year and a...

Once you are done your BMQ you will carry on with the SQ (Soldier Qualification). There is a number of military post which are running it but the most common for the west is Wainwright. At the moment Wainwright is backlogged courses (Thank You Liberals and NDHQ for recruiuting 10,000 pers last...

While there are a number of jump positions within the Batallion there are actually very few other trades within a Jump Company. In our Jump Company (3VP) there is the Company Signallar (Sigs) and when qualified the Coy Clerk (ADMIN). In the picture, it was actually Combat Support Company, which...

There a number of sports which alot of serious injuries occur. The main reason, I think with boxing, their concern is the main area that the head is hit over, over and over.

There is no organized league in the CF. We tried to organize something in our unit and it was shot down by higher. Boxing is deemed sport with to many injuries (Head/Neck), this would have a negative effect in regards to loss of personnel , pension concerns, etc. People do participate in public...

From my understanding the goverment is not decrimalizing. It is still will be illegal to possess "the weed" but instead of jail time and criminal record, it will be a fine instead (another cash cow me thinks). I think a lot of people think we are going to do the way of the Danes. As for the...

3 PPCLI is a Light Infantry Bn. 1 PPCLI and 2 PPCLI are Mechanzied (LAV 3). For regimental affiliation there are usually a number of factors which determine where you are sent, of course they do ask your preferance. One of the factors is the current regiment manning numbers. Far as I know at...