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For the last few years at least in RegF for combat arms you sign for one from your unit and don't turn it in till you leave said unit or not at all and take it to your next unit. Even in The PRes it's become much more common to get issued a frag for course or exercise ya know train as ya fight...

IMO neither truck is very well set up as a 155 gun tractor the MSVSM at least lets you have most of the detachment and 32 rounds 155 with prop but the SMP requires a whole other troop carry vehicle at all times.

Formally I have not, but I've bombed through a fair bit of Gagetown and have only gotten it stuck once towing 777 and that was attempting to do a right hand turn up a hill while up to the diff in mud

I'll speak on the issues myself have noticed. 1. Our demographic of recruit has been changing from a more rural individual to someone more urbanized who may not see the same alure in living 30 minutes from the closest real "settlement" of 30k people as someone who grew up with that. 2. Pay...

There's the other thing about this place, you'd rather latch onto some minute detail than actually focus on the main point. We are running out of personal, that is my point of you, want to stick your head in the sand and pretend everything is fine enjoy. We need to figure out why we are losing...

Seems a bit discriminatory but you're welcome to have your opinions

Not saying you're evil, the facts say we're losing people. We need to find ways to keep what we have left, if that means a union let's do it. But right now the troops are leaving in droves. This whole site will spends months debating the ideal amount of c6s in a platoon but none of that matters...

Problem with that is we haven't been getting enough in to replace the ones leaving

People have been voting with their feet, early 2000s CAF RegF was at about 85000 pers, now we're projected to be under 65000 a loss of around 20000 pers in 20ish years,. Another 40 years and there ain't gonna be nothing but a bunch of GoFos commanding units of nothing but empty positions. The...

Went through a bit of math calculations between a CAF MCpl in Gagetown and a US Army Sgt in Fort Bragg after Federal and Provincial taxes a CAF MCpl is Sitting at about 37500 USD a year without R&Q with R&Q around 30000 USD a US Army Sgt after taxes is sitting at around 28000 but if receiving...

You're right a union might get in the way of the fast and effecient process the CAF has to remove them, and instead they'll probably just I don't know ride out a career in the canteen which would be unimaginable in the CAF

The wheels of justice turn slow but seems to finally given some justice to my friends who were affected...

First Photo is of the ECU, He is also wearing the issued TV which is static and holds 4 Magazines, one box of c9 ammo, a canteen, two smoke grenades, two frag grenades, two small pockets and that's it. The current issue frag vest. The gloves are known as combat gloves and are an all leather...

It's American I think "Basic Combat Training" of I remember correctly.

You mind posting the link?

Thanks milnews.ca I'm pretty sure its a m-47 Dragon (missing the black end piece) now that I've seen a picture of it. I got it when I was a kid. A family member showed up with it one day and said along the lines of "here, I think its a mortar tube now have fun".

I have what I think is a type of mortar tube. Its made out of what I think it is made out of some type of fiber glass. I've never heard of one made out of fiber glass. Does anyone here know what it really is? - mod edit to correct spelling in thread title -

Thanks ill have to look harder

Hello I was issued kit less than half month, and I was going through it to put away. I came across white nylon over pants and helmet cover, but no nylon over shirt and I was wondering if I am to have one

So lads tell me you favorite camo. Tell me why it is better than our control(olive drab) and best season/area for it