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True story, from the '60s:  Almost every evening a station would come on the air and the user would just blow, twice, into the mic.  A few seconds later another station would come up and someone would tap either once or twice, two times, and then, just like the first "unknown station"...

Another Quote from this fine man: "There are 2 ways off this course, you can MacPass or MacPhail!" "Quote from WO Ron MacPhail (PPCLI) during a drill lesson - "You people better get it together, or I‘ll you all running laps around the parade square, til you fall thru your a_sses and hang...

I am very sad to see that Capt Goddard was lost in Afghanistan. She was one of the most professional, level headed and full of common sense officers It was ever my pleasure to work with. I too rarely saw her without a smile and word for the troops. The 2IC said she was marked for advancement and...

The 4th guy in the det is generally the C-9 gunner. In a "non-linear" battlefield where the Taliban can come from anywhere, having some extra firepower of our own seems like a good idea.

I find that they give me "walleye vision" too bad for me to be able to drive wearing them. Hard to see to aim too. I'm going to go back to wearing the old "birth-control" glasses under the ballistic glasses. Submitting a report on them too.

The pranks I have seen done had  done to me etc. -Bucket  of ice water into the stall of a guy showering -Morning after everyone was on the sauce, take everyone's boots, move them down one bunk space -Work starts at 7:30, buddy usually gets up at 6:30, night before he gets in from the bar at 2...

I think it's telling t hat the villagers knew about the attack, or that something was about ot happen and did nothing.  The villagers most likely believed such a ction was still in their best intrests. Hopefully, with  the ongoing operation and others like it the troops will deemonstrate to the...

>Canadians get behind Afghan deployment >MICHAEL DEN TANDT >From Tuesday's Globe and Mail >OTTAWA — Canadians' views have shifted sharply in support of the Afghan military mission even as troop casualties have mounted over >the past three weeks, a new poll suggests. It's really amazing...

Does anyone have any info on when the new "eagle bags" will be appearing  in the system and.or how they will be distrtibuted?

>The belts often become twisted and stuck in the bag, dirt and snow gets in (more so than the ammo box) and the zippers often fail. If don't fill the 200  Rd bags all the way, say 180 rds, this helps prevent bunching. Using Lypsol on the zipper helps prevent it from jamming and breaking. We've...

Love that  piece of kit. I actually use both of them. The somewhat-self-inflating air mattress  in the summer or when I'm walking somewhere, and the rubber lady when it's -30C or below. I have a  couple of times  used it to sleep on t he ground at below -30 without a tent and I was quite...

M y first set of combat boots (I was only entitled to 1 pair) had 3 crossed ou names in them. (91) I showed up and tried to exchange a canteen after a recruit kit draw. Mine was cracked and I was going to the field. I was told to make do without as they d idn't have my docs and my copy wasn't...

I felt that they served to raise the profile of the forces to those who were interested in a respectable, challenging, professional career; these individuals may have previously discredited the military as a source of serious employment due to stereotypes propagated in commercials that appeal to...

While A Bty currently deployed is using the M777 a lot. I have heard, and seen some pretty cool pics, of the guys out training with their mortars near Tarnak Farms. It's not so difficult to be mortars one day, guns the next and mortars the day after. A HL has a lot of room for kit. When...

Or not bad when you consider the reserves live for this ....stuff.. The majority would drop a regular job, a university semester or marriage to go over there. Over anywhere. A lot of Regs think we should leave them at home. I don't think we can afford to with the manpower issues we have. The...

Honestly, save the BV fo winter time, it's awesome. In Afghanistan the boys didn't want it. In the snow, it's the best thing since snowshoes.

Depends if you're living in a mod tent on concrete or in mud. My best suggestion is to get some of those coils you burn to keep the bugs out and make sure they sign you out a mosquito net. I did my QL3 in a Mod tent on mud, we had to resort to burning smudge pots to keep the skeeters out,

Where  can I learn more about this engineer group the Garys are raising?  

WRT 81 mm Mortar, the reserves should have a C3 QL3 followed by a 81mm conversion to increase the available manpower. As for the artillery having the 81mm mortar systems they are attached to the infantry and used as their lackeys as well as mortarmen. If any infanteer could arrange  it I...

and how many remember  : PR_ [shift]*CR Y CR?