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I was just watching CBC News this morning, and they ran a story on the Navy being unable to put a ship to sea for a 35-day patrol -- for a lack of fuel.  Although the MND apparently solved this particular case, the Navy is still $25M short for fuel for the rest of the fleet. Egads!  Are we that...

I am a reserve NCM (infantry) and I completed DP2A a year ago.  I didn't do any courses last summer.  I'm not slated for any this summer. But now that I've recently found myself single (and thus, have no reason to stick around the house all summer), I am wondering:  WHAT'S NEXT FOR MY MILITARY...

Congrats to Army.ca on their 100,000th post!  :)

It would, of course, be 'disloyal' for a member of the CF to suggest our newly-minted MND, The Hon. Bill Graham, were not up to the task...  ;) ... however, the thread on Worthington's article got me thinking: Who WOULD be a good choice for the post?

I am apparently loaded on a Platoon Support Weapons Course (Res) this March in 32 CBG. Does anyone out there know the course content? I recall a very helpful correspondent last year who had provided all the course content in point form for the SQ and DP 1 INF courses. Any help would be very...

I got this book as a gift for Christmas, and finished it in about a week -- I was that riveted! THE LIRI VALLEY: CANADA‘S WORLD WAR II BREAKTHROUGH TO ROME was written by Canadian military historian, Mark Zuehlke. Zuehlke wrote two other books on the Italian campaign, ORTONA: CANADA‘S EPIC...

This week‘s Maclean‘s magazine has two stories on the military, along with some pictures. The first story, "Having a Blast", follows the 48th Highlanders on their last field exercise of the year, in November, at Meaford. It runs about three pages, with some pictures, and is a bit light but...

A few weeks ago I read a harrowing tale of the German assault and subsequent abandonment of Stalingrad during WW2. Antony Beevor is well suited for to author such a work. A former military officer, of the 11th Hussars, he authored several books on military history, including The Spanish Civil...

Michael O‘Leary had very helpful lists of what BMQ and SQ training consisted of. What PO‘s/Edo‘s are included in the Infantry MOC? When do I get to replace the cornflake with the infantry badge, after BMQ or after SQ? Since SQ deals with section attacks/defence, I am assuming the infantry...

The following article was posted on Yahoo News yesterday afternoon: I happen to think the Silverado is a pretty nifty truck, although I‘ve never driven one. I can only imagine a beefed up mil-version would be pretty neat. And, as P RES, I like the part about "it will be used primarily by...

Speaking to a friend last week who was, until recently, a Sgt. in the reserves somewhere near Toronto... He tells me that at some point I will want to invest in a second canteen, and that this is considered mandatory for field ex‘s. He also said to get one of those nifty U.S. 2-quart canteens...

Ok, I figured out long ago that armour wear black berets, the jump coy‘s (QOR for example) wear maroon ones, and arty and everybody else who doesn‘t have non-beret headwear seem to wear the green. Of course, that bright blue is for UN ops. This week while getting kitted out, I noticed a box...

By now I am sure you have all heard of the sad passing of HRH The Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, and younger sister of The Queen, this past weekend. It may interest you all to know that, according to my information, the princess was the Colonel-in-Chief to two Canadian regiments: The...

I‘ve heard/read some British terms, and occasionally heard/seen them repeated in the CF, though not always. I am wondering what the origin of some of them are, and if they are in common use in the CF... "Rupert" - meaning an officer. Haven‘t heard this anywhere but Britain, wondering where it...