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Hopkins, I believe Airmich was referring to your PT level. I personally wouldn't worry too much about SLT if RFT were a real possibility. Control the things you can and let the Army worry about all the rest. I’m about to head off for a quick ruck, are you? For anyone else, is the SLT course...

  Extremely good.

I disagree. We've been a sovereign nation long before that, at the earliest 1867 with the passage of the British North America Act, or at the latest 1931 with the Statute of Westminster. Given Canada's unique Anglo-Franco history, and the continuing Constitutional question of Quebec within...

I'm not so sure our friends in Quebec would be happy with that, given that they've never ratified the Charter. 

I believe in toasting the Crown, for it connects the present with the past. I am a firm believer that you can't know where you're going unless you know where you've been. How silly would it be if PPCLI became CLI and RCR became CR. The Queen as our 'head of state' is a figurehead and not a...

Seen and in agreement.

After reading my post I should clarify that I wasn't directing my comments to those here on the forum, they've forgotten more than I know, but rather to a situation in general alluded to in the original document posted.

I know I'm replying to my own post and all, but this has been bugging me. Reading the study, only 64% report being issued a cleaning kit with their weapon. (p.26)  Worse, 45% conduct a complete teardown cleaning of their weapon once a week, while only 21% conduct a quick wipedown once a week...

DEO Infantry - see ya'll there.

Leading statistics here. Those that attach weapon accessories are likely those that will be needing them. The more rounds downrange, the more stoppages you get.

I suppose I should use the quote function more effectively.  ;D I meant to reply to Beach's quote. Absolutely. If it makes buddy feel better, then you feel better too. It is when one smoke in an arctic tent turns into three (per person) that things get a little excessive, but those situations...

Cougarshark, I recall reading, in I believe National Geographic, of a young man and his buddies venturing from their small town in rural China to the city to find a bride. They ended up kidnapping a girl from a local store and taking her back to their village. The plans were that they would...

I'm just razzing you buddy, didn't ya notice the feces eating grin I attached? Hopefully I'll see you at the Christmas dinner.

Had you come on a winter ex. this year then maybe you would have. ;D There's nothing worse than a smokehouse of an arctic tent. I could only imagine how a LAV would be.

I suppose I should clarify a bit, I'm sure it is a great vechicle, however based solely on appearances I wonder about it's ability to withstand the variety of IED threats. 

The idea of the Chinese ‘middle-class’ as a reformist element has been grossly overstated by Western sources. Indeed, even the term ‘middle-class’ has misleading connotations, as the Chinese ‘middle-class’ is really best described as the Chinese upper-class. They are the relatives and associates...

Looks like the type of vechicle that would of fit right into the Long Range Desert Group of North Africa fame, but I wonder how it will fare against the type of threats we're seeing nowadays. Though, it will certainly make pursuit of the enemy a lot easier.

Thanks for the link Kirkhill, a good read! Is it just "Islamism" the Chinese are worried about? Or is it "separatism" generally? I would have to concur with Mr. Campbell, in the eyes of the Chinese Islamism and separatism are mutual. There exist the real fear within Beijing, which is shared...

I recently read the book "Secret Germany: Stauffenberg and the Mystical Crusade Against Hitler" by Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh. An excellent read. As far as I know, Stauffenberg was never a General, he reached the rank of Colonel. I don’t know how well the story will transfer to film, as...

Interesting discussion, thought I might throw in some copy and paste (plus some minor addition or subtractions for relevance’s sake) from an essay I wrote for a politics of China class. “The geopolitical challenge of every major Asian nation, including China, is not so much how to conquer...