You know you are past your expiriy date...
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WR said:
I can. The problem is, I can relate to most of it :
Battledress, aluminum pot syndrome, etc. Been there, doing that.
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When the mission breif for your first operational mission started with "The target for tonight is....."
When you start looking for equipment on the aircraft that has been removed for 5 years....
You did you JLC at the 4 Bde battleschool in Fort Anne.......
When you start looking for equipment on the aircraft that has been removed for 5 years....
You did you JLC at the 4 Bde battleschool in Fort Anne.......
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-When cleaning an weapon (FN) Rubbing the metal rifle parts with sand, applying oil on the wooden parts.
-Bragging about how to matchstick a rifle so that it becomes fully auto
-Hot spooning the bumps on combat boots, to smooth out the leather, so that you can get the high gloss shine after spit polishing them all night. (Never done sober)
-Bragging because you got the Swedish meatballs, and pitted cherries in one ration pack.
-Pouring bug juice into your cupped hand, then rubbing the cam stick so that you can apply it easier to your face.
-Ass pack filled with Melmac plate and cup. Always destroyed after first section attack, humiliated by section commander, then by CQ as you explain how it happened.....in a line of 30 guys with the same problem....
-Epaulets, Chest Pockets, collars, sleeves (Even in summer the part that is rolled up), pant legs, side pockets on shirt, and pants all pressed regardless of the fact that doing so destroys all technological reason it should not be done.
-Tan Whistle lanyards, for anyone that served with, knew, heard of the RCR. It was the damn Look Cool factor for the "Militia" Infantry!
-It is Called the MILITIA not the Reserves....
-Arguments about which Regiment had the most Battle honours, and why (Amalgamations were always the weak trump card..."Yah, but yer Regiment was merged with so and so, therefore you can not count adding them up...)
-Bragging about how to matchstick a rifle so that it becomes fully auto
-Hot spooning the bumps on combat boots, to smooth out the leather, so that you can get the high gloss shine after spit polishing them all night. (Never done sober)
-Bragging because you got the Swedish meatballs, and pitted cherries in one ration pack.
-Pouring bug juice into your cupped hand, then rubbing the cam stick so that you can apply it easier to your face.
-Ass pack filled with Melmac plate and cup. Always destroyed after first section attack, humiliated by section commander, then by CQ as you explain how it happened.....in a line of 30 guys with the same problem....
-Epaulets, Chest Pockets, collars, sleeves (Even in summer the part that is rolled up), pant legs, side pockets on shirt, and pants all pressed regardless of the fact that doing so destroys all technological reason it should not be done.
-Tan Whistle lanyards, for anyone that served with, knew, heard of the RCR. It was the damn Look Cool factor for the "Militia" Infantry!
-It is Called the MILITIA not the Reserves....
-Arguments about which Regiment had the most Battle honours, and why (Amalgamations were always the weak trump card..."Yah, but yer Regiment was merged with so and so, therefore you can not count adding them up...)
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the 48th regulator said:
Agreed with everything you wrote except that. Only Reserves + Infantry = Militia.
It's like Chevrolet being a GM, but a GM not necessarily being a Chevrolet.
If you were artillery reserves you were never part of the "Mo".
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When you brief troops that weren't even born when you had 10 years in.
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Petamocto said:
That's all I ever heard it called.
Toronto Militia District (TMD)
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:0tMvNyscSbgJ:www.canadiansoldiers.com/organization/districts.htm+toronto+militia+district&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ca
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When your 22 year old troop commander calls you "son" two days before your 41st birthday.
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Petamocto said:
My Armouries had Arty, Seven Tor, and we always called ourselves Milleesha.....
You Windsor bunch were always odd Petamomo
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Sunday dinner at the Sally Ann in Lahr.
Driving 30-odd km to go to the basement of the MP shack in Lahr to make your monthly call back to Canada.
3 Mech Commando
The manpack 77 set with a KY-57 strapped to it was considered cutting edge tech.
Driving 30-odd km to go to the basement of the MP shack in Lahr to make your monthly call back to Canada.
3 Mech Commando
The manpack 77 set with a KY-57 strapped to it was considered cutting edge tech.
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Technoviking said:
Frig, you have been SHARP trained...Butt Pack...Pfft....in my day we call it A-S-S Pack....And we tied an onion to our belts, as it was the fashion in those days....
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You remember shining the head of the brass screw that held the liner in the Mk II Steel Helmet.
You were on the famous in Canadian army lore pay parade in 1959 when all ranks in Petawawa were paid in two dollar bills to demonstrate to the Pembroke area the economic impact of Petawawa. For all those who have heard the story and think it is an urban myth, the regimental pay parades lasted for hours because of the extra time needed to count out two dollar bills instead of tens and twenties. (No electronic banking back then.)
And yes, the stores could not close their cash register drawers and had shopping bags full of two dollar bills under the counters.
You were on the famous in Canadian army lore pay parade in 1959 when all ranks in Petawawa were paid in two dollar bills to demonstrate to the Pembroke area the economic impact of Petawawa. For all those who have heard the story and think it is an urban myth, the regimental pay parades lasted for hours because of the extra time needed to count out two dollar bills instead of tens and twenties. (No electronic banking back then.)
And yes, the stores could not close their cash register drawers and had shopping bags full of two dollar bills under the counters.
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Lil_T said:heh, it was always the militia to me... but then I'm from Cape Breton.
Honestly though, I only even know what an FN is because the husband told me, when I was in cadets we were using the Lee Enfield.
Lee Enfield? You are really Old School! ;D
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