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    Gen(Retired) Jimmy Cox - Advisor (?) to JTFA Commander

    Happened via a link, to trip over Mr Cox's open FB profile...  'We' Canadian taxpayers apparently employed/paid, Mr Cox in some capacity, to travel to Kandahar, and by design/purpose or by happenstance, Jim ended up in conv with Commander JTFA, verbosing his theories on winning the war and...
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    KVA solely responsible for New Vets Charter ?

    Thx people. I'll follow up on the links.
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    KVA solely responsible for New Vets Charter ?

    Discussing the New Vets Charter with some retired acquaintances, expressing my [uniformed view] that I felt it was simply a matter of the civil servant bean counters, convincing the politicians that going from a monthly med pension cheque to one time payment, would save millions/billion... A...
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    AN/PRC-522 Manpack long wire antenna ?

    Apparently it's the same drill; use a coax, stripping away the braided shielding, to bare the center conductor to 1/4 wavelength [freq X 234], including accommodation for a loop at the end [for lanyard to hoist up]. Leave the BNC connector on the radio end and hook it up. One cannot connect...
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    AN/PRC-522 Manpack long wire antenna ?

    Old signallers and old para signallers in particular will recall the home made modified long wire antenna modification that we used to use with the AN/PRC-25 Set and later it's cousin the AN/PRC-77 Set, to extend the range, by either:   a. tossing it up into the trees to jack it up 2-30 ft...
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    Rations, Meal Halls ect... Merged

    Related funny story -  My boss in  NDHQ was working late [past 1800 hrs], so he used his issue BB to order a delivery pizza, which he subsequently did not claim, altho he could have... Point:  a few weeks later he recieved notification from the local Comm Sqn telecom types, that his call to the...
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    Injury validation

    I have a supposedly former Infanteer, who is claiming that he was medically released from the CF, due to injuries he sustained during a patrol in the sand box. He says that he walked around a corner of a building, and took three[3] AK [7.62] rounds to the chest, at 15 m.  Apparently, he was...
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    Injury validation

    Looking for your guidance Ladies & Gents, 1. How might one confirm whether a soldier has been medically released due to a cbt injury and/or awarded a 'wound stripe' [access to information request] ? 2. Is it [presently] an offence in Canada, to claim to have been wounded in battle ?  if so...
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    Reserve Employment - Job Links

    The new [and soon to be the only] kid on the block: http://www.army.forces.gc.ca/reo-oer/index.aspx The new 'REO' module in MonitorMASS is now mandated as per CFG 003/10 and eff 12 Apr 10, CLG 010/10 for the NDHQ PRL and Army Cl B's respectively. There are already many other orgs that have...
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    Ann Coulter accuses Canadian univ. provost of"hate crimes"against Conservatives

    Only in America and increasingly in Canada, can a fool like Ms Coulter earn a dime. I suspect that the fact that she is 30 lbs underweight, garners her more attention; 60 lbs the other way, and as human nature would have it, she would solicite no attention.
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    Husband Deploying from Trenton-seeing him off?

    For the past 30 years, my lovely wife has not been able to endure the Drill Hall goodbyes.  We did our groping in the front hallway, as I headed out the door, and met each other the same way 6-7-8 months later. My son's tour however; she was in the drill hall and at the terminal; wouldn't have...
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    New Reserve Employment Opportunities internet site

    The Army Software Support Team's MonitorMASS 'REO' module [Reserve Employment Opportunity] was auth for use, to publish REOs exclusively, by the NDHQ PRL [ref CANFORGEN 003/10] eff as of 10 Jan 2010. The CLS just signed off on CANLANDGEN 010/10, mandating REO use by the LS/Army eff 1 Apr 10...
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    Better system instead of Cl A pay sheets

    At the risk of drawing fire for resurrecting this 200+ day ole post.... CAVET: not nec the 100% solution, but with minimal tweaking, it could be... For Units using MonitorMASS; one possible solution - You drop the "BAR" sign in sheets and simply create a nominal roll of pers parading, in...
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    Ontario Health "Premium"

    My 2 cents worth;  It seems to me, in a perfect Canadian Forces, this charging for OHIP issue, would be handled quite nicely by DBD/CF by simply reimbursing [the CF mbrs portion only] via PLD.    However, you just know thast it's most likely not ....    :salute: cheers...Evocatus.
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    The Simunition Merged Thread- Check Here First

    Units cannot purchase a weapon, nor ammunition [incl Simunition]; without express auth from NDHQ//DAT/DAPM// in teh case of the latter.  :'( :warstory: The new 5.56MM C7, C9 and 9MM Simunitions conversion bolts [C& & C9]  and barrels [9MM], respectively, are due to ea LFC Area this Fall.  I'm...
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    Sniper/Long Range Rifles

    http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1026271952413_269 Cdn snipers lauded as experts in Afghan action Canadian Press A world-record shot by a Canadian sniper detachment could never have been made with the ammunition they were issued when they left Edmonton last winter, the...
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    How Technology Failed in Iraq

    To: Mark C, The original article:  How Technology Failed in Iraq Is actually posted as well to : http://www.iraq.net/displayarticle5830.html "iraq.net" surprisingly. A very interesting article for those in the Signals and Intelligence profession, specifically. that relates very closely to...
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    Has anyone had anything stolen?

    While it may be overlooked while one "expedites" surpluse kit from "the system" per say (read Base Supply/QM/RQ/CQ) it is a grevious sin to steal issued kit from ones peers  >:(.  While we are to some extent a reflection of society and thus do have some bad apples in our ranks, Theives should &...
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    Combat Team of tomorrow? Mechanized Infantry Company of tomorrow?

    Yarde Ape: great grafix....where did you aquire ? 8)
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    Shoot to Live Program / SAT directly to PWT ?

    Given the recent changes with the new Shoot to Live Program, that have been implemented this past FY, essentially removing all of the :bullet:  live rge prac rds  :bullet:  between SAT (no live rds)  and PWT1(25 rds)/2 & 3.....What are the opinions here, as to the impact on shooting skills, WRT...
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