Actually - "The Netherlands". A Dutch soldier of mine once explained it this way - calling The Netherlands "Holland", while it may be accepted the world round, is similar to calling Canada "Ontario". It seemed a touchy point with him, so I made a point of always saying The Netherlands - made him (and my other Dutch troops and superiors) happy.
Dutch soldiers I have worked with have always been very professional
and volunteers (though sometimes a little scruffy)
.... the Military is unionized... so is our RCMP - no reason why the Cdn military couldn't be unionized as well - lord knows that's how they treat us anyway with respect to dealing with Public service and military in the same way... we just don't pay union dues
Spartan.... Everyone pays EI
as for mess dues.... I deduct em under the Union dues heading on my annual tax return
and have been doing so for some 30 years.
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