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Are you talking about the guy who was standing straight up (leaning back a bit actually), with his torso perpendicular to the barrel, and all.  He also was holding the top of the stalk?

I don't have military experience, and I still would not let anyone fire a machine gun like that...    it would be too easy to lose what control you did have.
 
I was just wondering what you guys thought of a video I made for the Canadian forces. ( made it Feburary 12th)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oV5HVBJCaK4
 
Mud Recce Man said:
Who was taking the vid's on the range?  I particularly liked it when they were live-fire on the '6 and buddy was pretty much even with the muzzle.  wtf?  I shut 'er down after that.  Didn't want to see anymore.  I never, in 17 years, seen something like that allowed on a range.  Nor would I let it happen, or did I let it happen, on a range where I was 2 i/c or an ARSO.

Times must be changing... ::)
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The video says Comm Res Battle School. Far as i knew, the is no Comm Res Battle school. I went through a Comm Res "Recruit School" but no battle school.

I know the staff of that course, and most are switched on, one in particular with lots of experience. Some of the privates on it are pretty tight as well. I'll have to see
 
Sig_Des:
There is no "Comm Res Battle School". It's a joke used to make the recruits in the Comm Res feel "hard-core" while poking fun at them at the same time. It was started by one particular MCpl a couple of years ago.

Mud Recce Man:
I'm not sure which C6 video clip you're referring to, howeveer I can tell you that the C6 firing at the beginning was by a vid cam standing on the front edge of the trench. Nobody was near the muzzle. The night shoot with the C6 wasn't live fire and wasn't at the range.

The soldier shooting the C6 standing up while leaning back was also using blanks. A very switched on individual. Having a moment of weakness, I guess. No Excuse. 
 
I suppose a bright yellow BFA and no Trace going down range would be a good give away.......
 
I hope I am not part of that "some" though  :p

I guess the first thing that came to my mind was "hey, I didn't see the Army News stamp on this.  When did instructors have some much time to film stuff?

Then there was the C6 live fire, and after the "Vietnam" pic's with the grenades I pretty much said "right, enough of that for now".

Hey, maybe I am just getting old and not with the times...who knows.

Then again...maybe safety on the range is more important than this vaunted LCF I hear about...who knows.

George, I thought it was called a LYT... ;D
 
Oh ya and remember...videos can also be used as "evidence".  I remember some videos coming out, oddly enough not too long before the then-MND David Collenette announced the disbandment of....ya.  Bad stuff. 

Just be smart about being stupid with the camera.  Its a double-edged sword after all. 
 
Etrangere said:
There is no "Comm Res Battle School". It's a joke used to make the recruits in the Comm Res feel "hard-core" while poking fun at them at the same time. It was started by one particular MCpl a couple of years ago.
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Look, in our books, if you can endure 8 weeks of Canadian Forces School of Communications and Electronics (CFSCE) Bull pucky you are "hard-core". I  pity and yet at the same time admire the Regforce who have to deal with CFSCE year round.
Besides, everytime I try to be hard-core the instructors yell, "What the hell are you doing?!!! Get back in your truck and monitor those means!!!"     :-[

P.S. Etrangere you might want to fill in your profile.
 
Some videos from Afghanistan.

http://www.beloblog.com/KGW_Blogs/afghanistan/

 
Scotty if they gave out emmies to the best combat footage you'd get two. Best vids I have ever seen of Canadians in Combat maybe you should even forward it to the media. One question though... Why aren't you returning fire?!
 
career_radio-checker said:
Scotty if they gave out emmies to the best combat footage you'd get two. Best vids I have ever seen of Canadians in Combat maybe you should even forward it to the media. One question though... Why aren't you returning fire?!
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I didn't film them.  Just found them online.

Edit: I see where the confusion came from.  The reporter who filmed and posted those scenes is also named Scott - but that's not me. :)
 
sorry about that Scotty. But I still want to know what the camera man was there for. In one of the scenes the camera goes down and you can see the camera man in Arid CADPAT.  ???
 
career_radio-checker said:
sorry about that Scotty. But I still want to know what the camera man was there for. In one of the scenes the camera goes down and you can see the camera man in Arid CADPAT.   ???
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Could I ask you what you would be wearing if you were there as a Cameraman?
 
career_radio-checker said:
sorry about that Scotty. But I still want to know what the camera man was there for. In one of the scenes the camera goes down and you can see the camera man in Arid CADPAT.  ???
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The cameraman's name is Scott Kesterson. He is a freelance photojournalist embedded with the Oregon Army National Guard in Afghanistan. You can find more info on him if you follow the links below:

MySpace
http://www.myspace.com/blackdenim
Blog about Afghanistan
http://scottkesterson.blogspot.com/
Personal Website
http://www.scottkesterson.com/
 
Here is one that was new to me. Only about a month old.
If you look on the right side of the screen there are several others.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_S9P1kMNuM&mode=related&search=

GF
 
I've compiled photos to create this video:

http://publish.shaw.ca/travner/CFTribute800x600.wmv

(note all credits towards those who have and are serving and to Combat Camera / National Defence Image Database)
 
The tribute video has been updated and available for viewing  -  http://members.shaw.ca/travner/

commIT said:
I've compiled photos to create this video:

http://publish.shaw.ca/travner/CFTribute800x600.wmv

(note all credits towards those who have and are serving and to Combat Camera / National Defence Image Database)
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