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This is question for our naval warfare SMEs: I've been reading about Iran's Ghadir class mini-subs and I'm wondering how capable they really are? Apparently they are based on a North Korean design. I assume they would be difficult to detect in the shallow waters of the Straits of Hormuz (with...

http://www.smh.com.au/news/NATIONAL/Army-may-recruit-drug-users-overweight/2006/08/24/1156012665686.html Army may recruit drug users, overweightAugust 24, 2006 - 5:44PM Former drug users, people with tattoos and the overweight could soon be welcome in the Australian Defence Force. Middle-aged...

I just heard from Mike Duffy on CTV News that recruiting centers are seeing record numbers of applicants; anyone have any further info? (Or is this just a bit of hyperbole before the throne speech comes down?) cheers, mdh

I thought this was an excellent piece by Christopher Hitchens on the war in Iraq mdh

I've recently heard conflicting information about the new CAP which, apparently, has now combined reg and reserve force officer trainees. I'm told that this new 12-week CAP (which according to prior threads here is something of a return to the old RESO program) has replaced the old 6-week...

Folks, Iraq appears to be having a negative impact on US Army recruiting. Not sure if this item has been posted - according to reports the US army has failed to meet recruiting goals for the fourth time in a row and this has prompted a lift in the recruit age limit up to 40 years old. Cheers, mdh

Saw this movie last night and I wanted to run it past the pilots/techies on the board. Although the premiss of rebuilding a plane out of scrap was far-fetched, then again, who knows, perhaps it would be possible to do such a thing Also I did wonder why the Boxcar transport was flying so low in...

For those interested in the on-going debate about Iraq, I thought I would post the latest column by Christopher Hitchens (one of my personal favourites).   For those who don't know, Hitchens was very much a journalistic fixture among the left in both the US and Britain, and broke with his...

Thought I would offer up a quick review of this book which I just finished, cheers, mdh Get Rommel! The Secret British Mission to Kill Hitler's Greatest General By Michael Asher, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 303 pages I'm not sure about the rest of the folks here, but my first (adolescent)...

I'm not sure if this topic has been raised or not - but I have to confess - I believe that I am addicted to this board and might - just might - have a problem. In fact, I don't think there any doubt about it - My name is MDH and I am an Army.ca addict. I notice that I have now spent a total of...

Michael Dorosh, What did you think of Terry Copp's Fields of Fire? I thought it was a pretty impressive revisionist history of the Normandy campaign, cheers, mdh

From CNN.. Female soldier demoted for mud wrestling Monday, February 7, 2005 Posted: 7:50 AM EST (1250 GMT) RALEIGH, North Carolina (AP) -- A female member of a National Guard military police unit was demoted for indecent exposure after a mud-wrestling party at the Army-run Camp Bucca...

Folks, After reading so many messages on this excellent board from so many former reservists and regular force soldiers I thought this might be a timely question to ask.  There is a lot of collective military experience on this site from retired CF members - god knows how many total years if...

For anyone interested, Exercise ActiveEdge has been cancelled this summer in BC.  39 Brigade has decide to concentrate instead on ensuring that as many troops as possible are trained and provided with requisite courses so that they improve on their qualifications.  All units have been asked to...

I recently noticed that the US Navy allows its pilot candidates to get laser eye surgery in order to qualify as a pilot and it's led me to question the CF's policy on it.  Lots of potentially excellent pilot candidates are being turned away because of it, and I wonder if you guys feels it's time...

Although this is still sketchy information I have heard from a couple of sources that some form of MITCIP may be returning to the reserves.  Has any one heard the same thing? There was a a thread on this site (Mark C.?) that suggested some new form of RESO was also coming back allowing reserve...

I watched an episode of JAG recently where an evil Russian ex-Soviet sub commander - egged on by an even more evil Islamic terrorist - were using an Iranian ex-Soviet submarine to attack a US carrier battle group in the Persian Gulf - one of the tactics was to settle on the bottom beside a...

Hey folks, I tried posting this originally on another forum but didn't get much of a response... Does anyone know what courses are required to become a fully qualified reserve LogO after you complete CAPR? Are they offered in the summer in blocks or are there a lot of shorter two week segments...