Recent content by jhman

Looking for a source for external Cougar parts (lights etc). Our "Lawn Ornament" is now lacking after the mechs attacked it with a blow torch. The Cougar in question drove off the flat bed, was "decommissioned", and now needs a externals to bring it back up to "parked". If it could be unbolted...

After searching the term "Midnight Blue" it appears this is the almost black colour. The Ontario Regimental Museum site describes the two different colours as "dark blue" and "midnight blue". I think the British Columbia Regiment wears "midnight blue" and other regiments like the British...

Can anyone help with describing the shade of blue for Patrols which is deemed "correct". I am trying to describe to a uniform supplier on the other side of the country what colour they are supposed to be. Calling them "blue not blue-black", "No. 1 Blues" and sending pictures isn't cutting it. Is...

No rush now. I got an answer but not the one I was looking for. Trip has been scaled back for the time being. No Jr Ranks.

This is probably not the right spot to ask but I'll try anyway. I am tentatively slated for the Veterans Affairs trip to Italy in October this year. Does anyone have a kit list for this or something similar? ie Vimy Silly me I spent my Logistik allotment on socks and tshirts and will now have...

Not a verse I remember but it might be good to get back to the "original" along with any remaining verses. A lot of our young Ptes just seem to be just marking time on their way to the Regs or off to college. Instilling something they remember could bring them back to the fold or produce stories...

I've heard the second verse once. Definitely not for public consumption but worth remembering as a historical aberration. The phrase "box lunch" appears multiple times.

Okay. Probably my best bet is to find a couple of ex-CFLs or RSM/Capt types from the era and proscribe the "required amount"

I overheard it over 10 years ago when our sister regiment from England visited (a bunch of drunken Brits and old Canadians after a long night of drinking). The song has reappeared whenever SrNCOs - with or without Brits - are overindulging. The first verse was considered acceptible for the...

What I am looking for is the second unpolitically correct verse to the Armoured Corps Song. There is not much left of our old guard and those left either don't remember or will not repeat it. The first verse is: Armoured Corps, Armoured Corps Far from home. People don't like us, They leave us...