Recent content by little jim

Interesting. Many moons ago when I was staff on Ph III Infantry any candidate that failed could transfer to the artillery or to the engineers (provided they had an engineering degree for the later) as an officer. Things have probably changed but someone from the Inf Sch should be able to chime...

Looks like the new kiwi uniforms somewhat resemble the brits, given they went digital just recently this is interesting for the CAF. http://army.mil.nz/downloads/pdf/army-news/armynews503.pdf Of interest in the paper (their version of the Maple Leaf) is they recently went to a 5.11 low, black...

Unfortunately in the military this doesn't seem to be the case to a person's reputation and career - reference LCol Stalker.

I would be curious if this will impact the CoS position currently filled by a Canadian BG. Will also like to see what the reaction is to the impact on the number of support positions once the fighters leave. In a completely non-cynical way I am guessing it is non-porportional. Will CANSOF be...

Some people just don't learn. Found the comment below on the CBC site entitled the MND is a bada&& and why not to fear the Islamic State. (I am posting this not to start yet another reg/res thread but rather just to info there are idiots out there). I have no clue how to link the comments...

I don't think we would ever have that worry. From having watched this thread over the past couple of years I sense a prevailing mood of cutting the amount of HQ. In particular reserve HQ down to the bn/rest level. This is a bit of a tangent but if we cut all these HQ we would no doubt realize...

Thinking of the time required to lay charges this has to be something that was in the works for awhile. Especially if the timeline as reported by the media is 1998-2007. I would note that the charges today are primarily sexual assault in nature; a whole different ball of wax from sexual...

Given the above, and in light of the CDS' current stance on this topic it will be interesting to see how the chain of command re-acts. Thinking in terms of does he stay CO, which might be construed as guilt however there might be sufficient loss of confidence in his abilities as CO. Does the DCO...

An interesting note is that my wife's car needed repairs and had them done at the Volvo dealership.  I tried to pay with my Canadian Aeroplan VISA.  The guy swiped the card and the reader gave the message to "insert chip card."  Problem was that being in the Southern USA there was no chip reader...

I set up to pay my rent from my Wells Fargo account.  When you paid the bill online it gave you a date, usually five business days, that it would be paid. In talking with the land lord the bank was physically cutting and mailing a cheque to her.

Similar incident for me at the boarder.  They allowed us to leave our large dog (part rotti/part sheppard/part dane) in the car.  Said they would get one of their K-9 guys to search the vehicle.  When we came out the guy was playing with our dog on a grassy strip.  Having a great time. Helps if...

Your post triggered something in my memory with respect to liens. I was originally going to import my vehicle to the states but there was something about it being financed out of the country (Canada).  To be registered with a lien the lien had to be from a US Coy.  I don’t recall if that was a...

VISAS.  Funny it was easier for my wife to get work in the Southern USA than in Brandon. Do your VISA paperwork early and make sure you make copies; it was all online and I ended up having to do the application personally.  For various reasons my move to the Southern USA involved driving from...

I had no issues importing my truck, but it was greater than 25 years old.... The 2007 Volvo we drove down was another issue.  Bringing it into the USA was relatively easy with the boarder guys happy with form HS-7 box 12 which is the 'I am a member of a foreign military posted to the USA and...

Sorry to get back onto the actual issue of Maj Watts again. First - FJAG – that you for the informative post. My concerns here are as follows: Got it – Maj Watts wasn’t trained on the C19 and given the lack of resources/training aids in theatre cannot be held responsible for a weapon system...