Does anyone know of a store that accepts the CANEX plan and sells EOTech? I know the CANEX has some ridiculous policy against firearms being financed through their plan but not sure if this applies to optics as well.
I came across this article that others might find interesting. Apparently, the US Field Artillery has lost most of its ability to actually do indirect fire. The main culprit seems to be the pilfering of gunners to fill other duties resulting in a generation of officers and even NCOs with limited...
Given the current fiscal climate, I have found that we, the sub-unit I am employed at, are having to be much more creative in our training ideas. Rather then trying to reinvent the wheel I thought I'd throw it out to the army.ca community to see if you have any suggestions. So, the task is to...
I came across an interesting free book on artillery in the First World War today. The section on training is especially interesting.
http://www.gutenberg-e.org/mas01/frames/fmas08.html
Volume 3 of the Gunners of Canada is being written. RHQ is looking for sources to add. More at link: http://www.artillery.net/beta/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Letter-Gunners-of-Canada-Vol-III.pdf
Recently I have been reading about Maj General Wingate’s “Chindits” in Burma and I was interested to find out that Wingate also led a successful liberation of Ethiopia despite being severely outnumbered.
I'd like to read more about the Ethiopian campaign but I can't find anything. Does anyone...
Is excused duties the same thing as bed rest? Further to that, if someone is on a 2 day excused duties chit and they are out at the bar that night hitting it hard, is there not a charge in there somewhere?
Borat anthem played by mistake at medals ceremony
JOHN MEHAFFEY
LONDON — Reuters
Kazakhstan’s shooting team demanded an apology after a spoof national anthem from the comedy film Borat was played instead of the real one at a medal ceremony in Kuwait, the BBC reported on Friday...
CNN is reporting that President Obama is going to announce that Osama Bin Laden is not only dead but that the US has the body.
The statement from the President will be (is) available here: http://www.whitehouse.gov/live?utm_source=wh.gov&utm_medium=shorturl&utm_campaign=shorturl
CBC reporting...
There's a young Pte. at work who has recently been posted into the unit from St. Jean and he is being told that he is not entitled to SA and must pay R&Q (he's in training) as his spouse and children live in the United States. He was receiving SA and not paying R&Q while at St. Jean. Obviously...
I've been getting fairly positive support from my friends and family on my decision to rejoin the CF. The most common question is "why do you want to be a soldier". In response, and to help answer this I posted "On Sheep, Sheepdogs and Wolves" retold by Grossman in On Killing.
Well, needless...
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