Having served onboard the Preservers Sister ship the Protecteur for a few years and having seen the "smoke" coming from PRE on the day in question I can say, with some confidence that what the PRE was doing that morning was quite normal for an AOR on start up. It just breaks my heart that the citizens of this country apparently hate us so much that any time we so much as fart in the wrong direction they "go up one side of us and then down the other". When will this country get it's pride in it's forces back. I want to be able to wear this uniform with pride and not feel embarrased when I tell people what I do for this country. I am a proud member of this Canadian Force why arent Canadians?