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RESO III in Gagetown, on a route recce, I get a contact.  Sending the contact report, I'm reading the grid off the map on the radio.  I'd been in the army a couple years and taken part in the odd comms ex. "41C, Contact, Grid one two tree... fower fife... oh my god... err, six!  I say again...

So there I was... On QL2 at the Vokes Range biv site in Chilliwack.  Throughout the day we had managed to break at least 2 lanterns accidently by dropping them, etc.  Our course 2IC, the crustiest sergeant in NATO, gets us all together and jacks us hard for almost 5 minutes.  We're a bit...

Right on.  For all the media and military talk of the Taliban "Spring Offensive" what should have been the hot topic is what will we do to them?  Any commander worth his commission will be able to preempt an offensive announced 6 months ahead of time. Good hunting!

What's the date of this memo (it's <blank> February)?  I think it's just great that as the course officer for a decentralized reserve BMQ that just finished and rolled into a decentralized SQ I find out about this stuff from army.ca instead of the chain of command!  Luckily the direction given...

I'd wager he's done BMQ (not QL2) and as an LCIS tech is in a trade that is still stuck in the 90's with a "QL3" and "QL4" which are entirely trade specific.  So: no section attacks, no (formal) training on machine guns, no recce patrols.  IE: no soldiering. There was a year or two (say...

We can also start planning operations around the entertainment schedule.  That would be hilarious!  :D

What I saw was Stewart and Mansbridge pushing the point that going from Kabul to Kandahar was a mistake based on a lie or "misperception".  I thought it was quite shoddy reporting and would have liked to see O'Connor or Hillier there to rebut it. Also, the report vastly overstated the...

I have seen the DP2 brochure.  It is available here.  I am registered at http://armyapp.dnd.ca/olc-cad/main.asp, though I didn't go through any formal course loading or unit authorization.  I appear to be able to access all AJOSQ content and take tests.  In the last 2 weeks I have started...

Also that headline didn't appear in the print version, just the online one.

How about non-sequiter?  I suggest you look up the definition of oxymoron.  If you don't like Starbucks, just say so.  As for me, if I could only have one or the other, it would be Starbucks in a heartbeat.  Tims is blech.  Call me unCanadian if you like (it's the Canadian thing to do).

As if any Afghan women were consulted in the two articles above!

CLFCSC updated their website, a little at least. Go to "courses" once registered and logged in. Unfortunately since the course has changed so much it is still quite muddy, with lots of references to "AOC pt. 1" and a residency portion which is gone now. Any trade-qualified junior officers...

What was MOSC became AOC pt. 1 and is now apparently replaced by the Army Junior Officer Staff Qualification (AJOSQ).  I have some questions as information is sparse.  I have seen the officer DP pamphlet. What I know: AJOSQ is taken by DP2 officers at the Lt/Capt level. AJOSQ must be complete...

So this journalist posits that we aren't getting the whole story... and then cuts and pastes the very worst parts of a couple emails, with no context.  Get this man a Pulitzer!

The crawl text on CBC Newsworld identified the soldier as American.  I would not take that as authoritative.

Except its the Democrats, during an election.  This will be buried while the MSM roots through Republican garbage.

Who said anything about the Taliban?  I was talking about the Star.  ;)

Remember, the enemy is listening. Hello journalists!  :D

More at this LGF thread, including the original photo.  Unfortunately it appears that this RCR soldier is in fact short one collar dog!

No.  Emphasis on "savages", not "fighting".  I'm a true believer in our mission.