Recent content by Colin Parkinson

I have very little sympathy for the Navy on this one. The Arctic Ocean and coastline is part of Canada and one of growing importance. They were able to dodge this bullet as long as no one cared about the Arctic (including government). It may not be as sexy as ASW/BMD, visiting Ports around the...

Artillery school Segovia, right in the city core Infantry school Toledo, 5 minutes from the Old City

1980's , Shilo was a terrible place to be posted as a OR. To many people I knew became alcoholics and/or divorced. there was very little to do and very few job opportunities for the non-military spouse.

My buddy is constable in the RCMP, she is a ER nurse at LGH. With the two of them working fulltime, they could not afford to buy a two bedroom apartment in North Van.

I think if we had most of our other ducks in a row, then this issue about tampons would not have pissed people off as much. The Forces seem to the lower ranks and outsiders as focusing on the chickenshit stuff and ignoring real problems. Whether that's fair or not, that seems to be the gist of it.

A lot don't even attend classes, they register and then look for work instead.

The previous CO of our Navy League Corp is RCMP (As was our branch President for a bit) He spent 6 years pulling it from a massive shambles to a well running organization that I got to inherit. I don't think people realize just how much volunteer work your average police officer does.

I demand urinals in women's bathroom!

Building on top of the other guys religious site is culturally sensitive, the Muslims did a number of times.

FIFY

I am not, as it will mean yet another generation of Israelis and Palestinians will have to live with terrorism. Either you crush Hamas as a organization or you will end up with a Hamas that can pretend victory and ruin the future of Gaza yet again.

I worry less about India's meddling than China. india does not want Canada as a vassal state, but China sure does. India just wants us to control the nutbars on our soil more.

So you find time to post this, but completely ignore Goodgolf question 2 posts up. My what a well trained troll you are.

Quick technical question, What would be the benefits of a modern Labrador (smaller that a Chinook) with twin rotors vs a modern large single rotor helicopter in regards to range, performance, payload, weather and flight profile? I get onboard storage and maintenance would likley be a win for...

Jordan Demographics of Jordan - Wikipedia The really interesting bits is the in the DNA Origin of the Palestinians - Wikipedia.