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First flooding, now fires.  A tough year in BC.

Some observations on this subject. I am both disabled (minimally) and retired (totally) and I lack some of the current understanding of staffing issues facing the CF, for example MATA/PATA, etc, that didn't exist when I served. But there are some other observations/questions I would like to make...

For me, a simple "thank you". And them saying it doesn't make me uncomfortable at all.

Great video, brought back many memories. I did BOTC 7402 in Chilliwack. I even recognized some of the staff who were still there when this video was made. Aluminum mess tins, caps ridiculous, bell-bottomed pants. Ugh. But probably some of the best training I did in the CF. And that despite the...

Sad to read this. I particularly liked his performance in the series Big Love.

A major earthquake in the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island would require a major, coordinated and long-term national response. The CF would only be part of that response, albeit a critical part. I'm not sure anyone outside a small group of professional emergency planners in BC really...

Mialkowski? Per his son's name. https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjj8MHyp5rRAhVP6WMKHT8sAgUQFggcMAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thedailyobserver.ca%2F2015%2F06%2F28%2Fcol-mialkowski-takes-over-petawawas-2-brigade&usg=AFQjCNG0EZ4zJhcOvsEl3XYeTSUL7PqDWA

Another fine day to be a Dragoon. Happy Birthday The RCD and The RCR :salute:

This will come as no surprise to anyone involved with emergency management in Canada. Anybody who is expecting a FEMA-like response from the Canadian government (and not to say FEMA doesn't have their challenges) is in for a rude shock.

I'm familiar with Prince Rupert and frankly, there is no CF reserve unit anywhere within a reasonable commute. However, there is a unit of the Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue in Prince Rupert, and if you are looking for some real action, you might try them. Best of luck to you.

Allied Submarine Command? Makes sense.  Per http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/doctrine/other/aap15.pdf

One of my childhood heroes. R.I.P. Mr. Howe.

Answering my own question, according to Services Canada time spent with the CF outside Canada is not considered "living outside Canada" for the purposes of OAS. And the nice lady on the phone thanked me for my service.

I did a search but wasn't able to find anything about this. I'm in the process of applying for OAP for my spouse. On the application there is a section for time spent living outside Canada. My wife accompanied me on our 3-year tour in Lahr in the early 80s. On the application it states that...

I used the CF One card yesterday at a local printer to get my veteran's discount. It was the first one they had seen but once I showed them the "veteran" annotation, there was no problem getting the discount. I'm still keeping my old NDI 75 though. Sometimes you just need an "additional"...

I remember dropping some of our Lynx one year in Pet (or maybe it was a LAPES, foggy memory). One of our Lynx had a particularly hard landing regardless and spent most of the following year being repaired. I was never quite convinced of the "airborne armoured recce" concept, although jumping was...

I'm just about done reading "The Origins of Totalitarianism" by Hannah Arendt. Very academic and a tough slog. But interesting, particularly since it was written shortly after the end of WW2. I was motivated to see if I could draw any parallels between what she writes about and the current...

"Vehicles that rely on gas-electric hybrid motors and do not plug into an external source are not eligible to receive the HOV pass decal", says a government statement.

During my one naval adventure, I sailed from Pearl Harbor to Esquimalt after a RIMPAC. I think there was a competition to see which ship would sail the most economically on the way back. Got me, I'm a soldier . . . Anyways, ALGONQUIN, which I was hitching a ride on, won, and the XO had the...