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http://www.stuff.co.nz/4115479a10.html The first New Zealand soldier to be awarded the Victoria Cross since World War II says he was just doing his job when he carried a wounded comrade through enemy fire. Special Air Service (SAS) Corporal Bill (Willy) Apiata, 35, will receive the medal for...

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article1890354.ece From The TimesJune 6, 2007 Muhammad is No 2 in boy's namesHelen Nugent and Nadia Menuhin Muhammad is now second only to Jack as the most popular name for baby boys in Britain and is likely to rise to No 1 by next year, a study by The...

Here in the UK there is a quasi military organisation called the "Legion of Frontiermen" who claim to have provided a significant number of the men for the first draft of the PPCLI - can anyone verify this?

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absolutely amazing! http://www.guardian.co.uk/military/story/0,,1992036,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=11 It was an extraordinary end to a tragic operation. When Lance Corporal Matthew Ford was shot during an assault on a Taliban fortress last Monday, his comrades mounted a dramatic rescue mission...

From the London Times http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,11069-2543376.html Tattoos and middle age no bar in hunt for terror warriors Tom Baldwin in Washington The Pentagon unveiled its proposals for a bigger army in the “long war” against terror yesterday as President Bush began...

Got Call of Duty 3 for Christmas on X-Box 360 - its a great game but was pleased to see the makers including other allied nations in the storyline. There is a good part where you are an Argyle of Canada, but not too sure about the accents!  ::) Anyone out there played this yet?

Just wondering if the Canadian Engineers have a version of Clerk of Works (Building Inspector/Quality Manager/etc)?

I just thought that members on this site would be interested in a new book about the Bosnian civil war. An Ex British Army infantry JNCO has written about his time in Bosnia during the last months of the UN and the first months of IFOR (NATO). He is a Royal Green Jacket and volunteered for an...