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    The Canadian Rangers Merged Thread

    A long time ago I was a Sig with 744 Communications Regiment, but in the last year have returned to the colours with the 4CRPG Canadian Rangers (100 Mile).  I know that this question was asked a long time ago, but outside of the Western Spirit writeup I didn't see a lot of other information...
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    How to get family on board

    I remember telling dad.  I was worried as he had always sworn that no son of his would join (tad bitter about UN Service in the Congo).  He'd lined up a union job with me in construction, and as I sat around the table with him, the foreman and the job super playing a game of four handed crib, I...
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    Saskatchewan offers Academic Scholarship to CF members

    While our MLA has been slow to respond, our local MP has at least responded that he will try to see what he can do to bring this issue the attention it deserves.  Below is the response I got from Randy Kamp, Conservative MP for Maple Ridge/Mission BC While not exactly a trumpet sounding the...
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    Saskatchewan offers Academic Scholarship to CF members

    Open letter to Randy Hawes, MLA Maple Ridge/Mission BC I would ask if each of you could email your own MLA and MP with a similar request :yellow: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090303.MILITARYSIDE03//TPStory/Education Sir,   I am a Maple Ridge resident and former soldier. ...
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    Canadian chopper assault first of its kind

    Is anybody else getting as sick as I am about our beloved national media letting the only news of Afghanistan that makes the front page being either Canadian casualties, or some group protesting against the war? Why is it that stories of Canadian victories with few or no casualties are not...
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    Canadian chopper assault first of its kind

    http://start.shaw.ca/start/enCA/News/WorldNewsArticle.htm?src=w030867A.xml Canadian troops launch airborne assault on Taliban command centre -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- at 20:01 on March 8, 2009, EDT. By Murray Brewster, THE CANADIAN...
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    Soldiers are men too - North Shore News - Vancouver

    A balanced article in my local media about the military and current events, its like Unicorns, I mean sure we heard about them, but I never expected to actually see one........ The scary part is, it shows a pretty fair grasp both of the international situation and the Canadian political scene...
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    Government ad in poor taste- Thoughts on the Yellow Ribbon

    I tend to favour the cadpat ribbon with Support Our Troops in gold and the  :cdn:.  Pretty straightforward as to who you are supporting.
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    Wearing an Ancestor's Medals Mega-thread

    My daughters may be able to outshoot some recruits, but as none are out of elementary school, CFRC Sinclair can wait a few years before getting its fourth generation in service.
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    Wearing an Ancestor's Medals Mega-thread

    It was the hope of my Grandfather (Grenadier Guards WWII), that my father (UN service  Belgian Congo) would finally march in the parade for Remembrance Day when I was in the service.  The hope was that we could have all three generations of living servicemen marching together.  My father was...
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    Future Armour

    Two different authors takes on the future of flying tanks.  Ralph Peters assumes that the advancement of weapons will make mobility and ECM not armour the only defence, ergo his helicopters assumed the role of tanks.  Given a gun of power sufficient to kill any usable ammount of armour, yet...
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    Future Armour

    I always thought more of the Lebed style fast hovercraft for insertion.  The Russian idea of fast insertion of mechanized forces, supporting an airborne assault seemed like the way to go.  Get the APC's, IFV's and tanks to the beach as fast as possible, and get the troops OFF the beach as fast...
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    Thinking about the Infantry Attack

    The Kangaroo and the Priest were all modifications of tanks that were built by the Canadian army in wartime mode.  We had tanks rolling off the production line, and divisions of troops in the field.  At the time, we had a wartime economy, and were lavishing our monies on getting all the tools...
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    Thinking about the Infantry Attack

    I worry about investing in such a heavy vehicle for infantry deployment.  My worry is that the vehicle will become central in the thinking, and the infantry will become no more than a screen for the bus, and not an arm of attack.  Combined arms wins battles, yes, but by focusing on the infantry...
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    Afghanistan: Why we should be there (or not), how to conduct the mission (or not) & when to leave

    How utterly modern-Canadian.  We finally have a mission where we can change things, and the pressure is on to leave the job unfinished, and let it all go for naught.  It is like liberating Holland, and fighting through the Schelt, and then saying, home by Christmas. Hope the Germans learned...
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