Recent content by Gilligan

Hmmm,     Regardless of what anyone says, I enjoyed the time I spent in Kingston, and until recently looked forward to more time there.  Just this past weekend I was a det commander on an ex and I had 2 guys working for me who just did their 3's last summer.  It was obvious immediately that...

The biggest problem I have is the same as everyone else's.....WHERE IS THIS KIT!  My unit suffers because not only are we a western unit (we get everything last), we're a western reserve comms unit....so everything hits Edmonton and gets forgotten or something.  But you raised a valid...

Last year I was on an HF exercise....practicing our long range comms for the big west coast earthquake.  We had to maintain comms for 24 hours straight (which my det was in a mountain valley that fogged in pretty badly at night, so that made it difficult), but to make it interesting we had a...

I had one instructor for my QL3 who has a habit of having himself thrown into trees.  On the 3s course the year before mine one of his students left his rifle too far away and they raced each other to go get it and the MCpl grabbed it first, but the student threw him into a tree to get it back. ...

See, that is the kind of stuff I wanted to hear.  Just last weekend I got the CO's approval for my remuster to 052, and so far it looks as though my Mod 1 in Kingston is a go.  I can't wait to get out and DO something....not that I didn't like being a sig op, it's a good go if that's what you're...

  Sorry, no, I never implied that it was a true NCCIS Lt Det.....and never will.  I didn't mean to make you think I didn't know what I was talking about.  Not that it matters, since my unit does not deal with HF in any capacity other than the pathetically small baserad stn....and I don't work...

  HAHAHA, Carey, I beg to differ, the rest of the units in 72 comm grp are below par from any in 74 comm grp!  Must be all the imbreeding, lol, jk.    As for the res LCIS techs, they have in fact been phased out of the reserves, and for a relatively good reason.  I know at least at my unit we...

  I didn't even bother bringing my contacts for my reserve BMQ.  You don't really have enough time to put them in, the days are usually long so they might be in your eyes too long.....and it's BMQ so there isn't anyone to impress ie. the ladies don't really care how the guys in the platoon look...

  I was supposed to get my permanent ID a few years ago, but my unit screwed up and didn't tell me it was 2 years....instead told everyone it was 5 years or something, so I didn't get it done.  Then this year the ID guy came in to do our pictures and finger printing.....but I had just recently...

OY! lol

  Is it one of those indoor tracks? They're usually 200m, I know the one they have in Kingston at the Military Gym facility is 200m, as is the one here in Surrey by my house.  100m is way too short for any track, it wouldn't be an oval, it would be a very small circle, and you'd probably be...

  There are many threads with information about BMQ, but technically yes, you do require your BMQ (Basic Military Qualification) course to parade with your unit, however many reserve units do allow pre-BMQ privates to train on certain days with the unit, nothing requiring security clearance or...

  It's true, he does have to remember who he is at all times, he's a member of the Royal family, 3rd in line to the thrown.  He'll be a Prince for life, and has had a very rough life what with his mother and father divorcing, then his mother being killed, his brother being teen hearthrob and...

  Hmmm, I never really got into Due South, I tried because all my friends liked it, but I don't know, just not my cup of tea.

  I wish I would have time to stop by Timmies, but I would need that extra time to say goodbye to family ie my son and such.  But I would be there as close to on time as humanly possible.  But I don't think there are many people who wouldn't have a problem such as that.