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I believe it comes down to sharing the same experiences.  Like real brothers come from the same town, grew up in the same neighborhood and had most of the same hardships, they understand each other like no other can. In the military it is the same, even though you are not blood related.  The...

Beirut to Jerusalem- Thomas L. Friedman http://books.google.ca/books/about/From_Beirut_to_Jerusalem.html?id=Ipcj_aRPO_0C&redir_esc=y

When there is conspiracy going on all around you, everything has to do with everything.  ::)

I am quite, very, absolutely certain that those cards will reach the hands of the right persons coming in for HLTA/break/whatever.

PAdm, We love your efforts, but we must keep it in context or relation, or at least, we must keep it real. As much as I appreciate Timmie's, I will always take a 12 hour old, bottom of the pot, tar type liquid coffee in a heart beat. Soldiers need bullets, water, food and fuel, in that order.

Wow, nothing like being in a hole and reaching for a bigger shovel! At first I didn't want to put him into the same category as the wikileaks/hackers bunch, but I guess that is where he wants to be... assuming the above article is true. None of these persons distributing information... IT IS...

Disobeying an unlawful command and not complying is not the same thing as spreading incomplete and unauthorized information based on what you believe to be true. 

Not permanently as I see the same issues as you do for career implications, and if you ever need someone to argue against the OBG, I'm your guy.  But, an arty mortar plt/coy attached to BG on top of the gun bty makes sense to me.  Of course the situation would have to warrant it, and if the...

No, I am not, but that could be an option if the threat warranted it.  The debate boils down to who should man the mortars at the bn/BG level, even cbt tm.  My main argument is that the mortars should come from the arty, where as others believe that mortars should be organic to the bn.  I...

Kevin, I think we agree on the end state than an Inf Bn/Coy Comd should have mortars in support whenever he needs them.  I also think we agree that they should be held at the bn.  Where we differ is the means of accomplishing this.  You are stating that they should be permanently part of the...

I know I have mentioned this before, but I will again.  I don't think it matters who is manning the tubes or guns, whether it be artyman, infantry or god help us crewman.  The idea of organic assets i.e. assets that cannot be stripped away is counter productive.  Fires need to be amassed at the...

Are you one of those persons that writes to fan club and thinks that the person responding is that actual star? Dude, there are a lot of things that can make each case unique and to think that anyone has a special eye on your one specific case is not only naïve, but also arrogant, even if your...

So what I am inferring from your plan is that all armd and inf regts will have their own organic fire support. I guess the guns will just go on leave and wait for you guys to get tired of blowing yourselves up and knocking helos out of the sky?  ;D Perhaps it is just semantics, but once you...

I wonder of this had to do with entrepreneurs understanding that there was little money in pre-university schooling (BTW it is a shame that post secondary is a profit organization). Entrepreneurs want to make money, not tie it up in bureaucracy.

This is a big deal for me.  The alternative is to have broken air force folks attempting to learn army tactics/operations on the fly.  Air force no doubt need to be there, just not alone. I get it that it is pointless to learn tactics/drills/doctrine of a piece of equipment that we will never...

That is interesting and something that we should keep a grip on if we ever expect to get the AD capability back effectively.

I agree with pretty much all you have said, especially the wide variety statement in the last sentence.  Yeah, I forgot about 4 AD, but you can pretty much remove the AD part and insert GSR.  It's just a tradition thing now, and who knows, by the time the OP gets in they may have an AD...

I think there is another factor at play here.  I'm just spitballing, but do you think that there maybe a higher percentage of boys now making their X-box and other "friend networks" a priority? Don't get me wrong, I had a 2600.  But, I also seen the sun shine a few hours a day and generally had...

Yes, the most junior positions are on the gun position, as well as some misc. admin positions.  Once an O leaves the guns, he will likely move to being a FOO (a crse which all Arty Os complete), but he could also be employed in STA.  There are far too many positions to list for a Capt, and the...

Yes!  A small victory for the old farts club.  Hopefully other provinces follow suit.  http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/basic-arithmetic-back-in-class-211939191.html