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MuayThaiFighter
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Where is the best place that Canadian Forces(whether regular force or reserves)has ever sent you? :fifty: :tank: 
Argyll_Socks
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Meaford. You can probably tell that I have never been anywhere else.
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ummm...Barcelona, Berlin, Vienna...it‘s hard to choose just one.
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Cycophant
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By the sounds of it, the "See the World. Join the Forces." motto they used to use is a little antiquated, huh?
Has anyone here been on a tour yet, to anywhere?
Has anyone here been on a tour yet, to anywhere?
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U.K.
Great sense of humour over there.
Fall out,get a beating.Good policy.
Keeps you at the front.
Great sense of humour over there.
Fall out,get a beating.Good policy.
Keeps you at the front.
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WINDWOLF
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Sweden,most beautiful women i have ever seen.
And friendly as all get out.
( no disrespect to canada girls implied)
And friendly as all get out.
( no disrespect to canada girls implied)
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MuayThaiFighter
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I‘d have to agree with Windwolf.I‘ve been on holiday to Sweden before and if you guys are like me and love blondes you‘ll know what Windwolf is talking about,because the chicks there are freaking hot and when I say hot I really mean hot looking.They are simply dynamite.
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MuayThaiFighter
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Already had a cold shower but thanks for suggesting to others give me one.
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MuayThaiFighter
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I have already had a cold shower but thanks for suggesting to others to give me one.
LOL
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riggah052
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Cornerbrook Nfld. friendly people, great beer, skiing was incredible one of the best assignments of my career.
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willy232
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Believe it or not the best place I went was Ottawa... spent 2 weeks living at the college doing drill practice. For that huge parade when the Unknown Soldier was laid to rest.
Okay, the two weeks of drill wasnt the good part. Living in a college dorm is a lot nicer than the shacks I'm used to. Drop Dead Gorgeous women EVERYWHERE! And they just loved men in uniform.
Okay, the two weeks of drill wasnt the good part. Living in a college dorm is a lot nicer than the shacks I'm used to. Drop Dead Gorgeous women EVERYWHERE! And they just loved men in uniform.
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OLD SCHOOL said:
Speaking to an ex-British soldier who was a Queens Royal Guard, aparantly during large parades they would video tape it and then watch it later to see who screws up or who is out of step etc. and if you screwed up you'd get a fine and a beating. Seems kinda crazy to me but it probably would make a few people try harder.
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A buddy in the Communications Reserve was posted to Jamaica one summer during University.
Myself, I went to the United Kingdom for a month. It was dirty and old, but it was fun - went with a six man contingent of musicians from Calgary to join the Scottish Division, who beat retreat on Horse Guards Parade three nights running in June of 1990. There were Canadian pipers, drummers and military bandsmen from the Calgary Highlanders, Canadian Scottish Regiment, Seaforth Highlanders, Toronto Scottish, Black Watch, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, 48th Highlanders, Nova Scotia Highlanders and the Royal Newfoundland Regiment, about 100 in all. We also had three Malaysians, a bunch of Gurkhas, Australians and New Zealanders on parade, and every regiment in the Scottish Division was represented in both the massed Pipes and Drums and the Military Bands. All told, several hundred musicians. We spent two weeks in Scotland doing rehearsals at the Infantry Depot near Edinburgh, then moved to the Guards Depot outside London for the last two weeks.
The last performance was in front of the majority of the Royal Family. I believe we were the first Calgary Highlanders to parade on Horse Guards since the end of WW II, perhaps ever, but I stand to be corrected on that.
We were treated very well, and it was very similar to the stories you read about the Canadians in WW II went through - cold barracks, lousy food, strange currency. If you watch the Band of Brothers miniseries there is a scene where Malarkey pulls out a handful of coins to pay for his cleaning, and the cleaning lady has to pick out the right ones for him. I went through the same experience in the NAAFI - the donut girl had to pick out the coins cause it took me forever to figure out what was what.
We all got a day to visit our affiliate regiments in Scotland, so we got a lunch and tour of Stirling Castle, the Regimental HQ of the Imperial Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and the nearby Wallace Monument.
Our last night in the country was at a cavalry barracks inhabited by such oddly named characters as a Corporal Major.
Wouldn't want to live there, but it was nice to visit and probably the highlight of my band career. Those were the days, getting paid to do what most pipers and drummers have to pay to do, and represent the country at the same time. Also got us an early issue of Garrison Dress, which we were oddly excited about since it was new to the Army.
A week after we returned, we were parading in Calgary for HM Queen Elizabeth II again, when she presented us our new Queen's Colour. All in all, a good summer.
Halifax in 1989 was good too, we were sent out there to do the Nova Scotia International Tattoo. The accommodations and food were just as terrible as in England, oddly enough! And they put us on the 13th floor to boot - most buildings don't have a 13th floor...
Still, I am happy now in a rifle company and not so sure I would go back to a pipe band even if they started paying them again. Seems so unimportant in retrospect.
Myself, I went to the United Kingdom for a month. It was dirty and old, but it was fun - went with a six man contingent of musicians from Calgary to join the Scottish Division, who beat retreat on Horse Guards Parade three nights running in June of 1990. There were Canadian pipers, drummers and military bandsmen from the Calgary Highlanders, Canadian Scottish Regiment, Seaforth Highlanders, Toronto Scottish, Black Watch, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, 48th Highlanders, Nova Scotia Highlanders and the Royal Newfoundland Regiment, about 100 in all. We also had three Malaysians, a bunch of Gurkhas, Australians and New Zealanders on parade, and every regiment in the Scottish Division was represented in both the massed Pipes and Drums and the Military Bands. All told, several hundred musicians. We spent two weeks in Scotland doing rehearsals at the Infantry Depot near Edinburgh, then moved to the Guards Depot outside London for the last two weeks.
The last performance was in front of the majority of the Royal Family. I believe we were the first Calgary Highlanders to parade on Horse Guards since the end of WW II, perhaps ever, but I stand to be corrected on that.
We were treated very well, and it was very similar to the stories you read about the Canadians in WW II went through - cold barracks, lousy food, strange currency. If you watch the Band of Brothers miniseries there is a scene where Malarkey pulls out a handful of coins to pay for his cleaning, and the cleaning lady has to pick out the right ones for him. I went through the same experience in the NAAFI - the donut girl had to pick out the coins cause it took me forever to figure out what was what.
We all got a day to visit our affiliate regiments in Scotland, so we got a lunch and tour of Stirling Castle, the Regimental HQ of the Imperial Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and the nearby Wallace Monument.
Our last night in the country was at a cavalry barracks inhabited by such oddly named characters as a Corporal Major.
Wouldn't want to live there, but it was nice to visit and probably the highlight of my band career. Those were the days, getting paid to do what most pipers and drummers have to pay to do, and represent the country at the same time. Also got us an early issue of Garrison Dress, which we were oddly excited about since it was new to the Army.
A week after we returned, we were parading in Calgary for HM Queen Elizabeth II again, when she presented us our new Queen's Colour. All in all, a good summer.
Halifax in 1989 was good too, we were sent out there to do the Nova Scotia International Tattoo. The accommodations and food were just as terrible as in England, oddly enough! And they put us on the 13th floor to boot - most buildings don't have a 13th floor...
Still, I am happy now in a rifle company and not so sure I would go back to a pipe band even if they started paying them again. Seems so unimportant in retrospect.
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My best places to visit have been with the navy. The top 4 are:
1) Russia- nothing there but the people are awesome
2) Iceland- lots to do and awesome women
3) New York- the city and people rock!
4) Edinburg Scotland- another city that rocks!
1) Russia- nothing there but the people are awesome
2) Iceland- lots to do and awesome women
3) New York- the city and people rock!
4) Edinburg Scotland- another city that rocks!
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