Recent content by sjm

Agreed, but odds are the position in Yellowknife will in fact be filled by a reservist looking for greener (or whiter) patures. The miracle of the CFTPO...

It can't possibly not reduce crime.  With my licence now expired I now have to pay tonnes of money to recertify.  This is going to cut into my coke habit in a huge way. Gun registy has in fact increased the crime rate.  Look at me, I am now a criminal because I possess wpns without a valid...

I don't mind the 85% pay, but it would be nice to get payed for all the free Class A time performed by many of us.  With the added burden of the new pension it gets a bit tight at times but hey what can you do.  I wasn't planning on living long enough to collect a pension anyway, now I have to...

Piper pretty much has it nailed down on this one. Not sure if anything changed after R-4 but the TW pattern vest was on the kit list and we had to wear it from the HN to KAF.  In KAF everyone, including guys with their own rigs had to sign for the AR TV the same time we got the AR Flak, helmet...

Roger that, poking...2 3 poking...

Just finished it.  Not a bad read. Thanks to the NDHQ library system I didn't have to pay for it.  The die-hards might want a copy for thier collections but I preferred 15 Days by-far. Still worth the read but I can't see a re-read in the future. For those collecting the soldiers' stories, a...

So far, one person has a "cheque in the mail", which I suppose is better than the other option.  Has anyone actually received any coin.  My boss is waiting for the dam to burst before authorizing my lowly $4800 claim. I believe the original intent behind the allowance was to compensate...

Vern, chill.  I'd never slag the Supply Techs that provided everything I needed to do my job with a smile on their overworked faces while they were doing so.  Most people here like to quote Generals, I'll be different here's one from me (a guy's gotta dream): "There's no co-incidence that...

I had to come back, the invective well was running dry and we can't have that now can we? Firstly, I love lemonade. Almost as much as Gin and Tonic with double lime. Secondly, I never suggested that we have to fight like the ANA, that would be impossible.  We already live in a country that is...

Kev - Admittedly, the mags on the outsides were a bit hard to get to but those were reserved for my tracer only mags anyway. And the side pouches can be hard to get to at times but not impossible.  You know how our trade works, most of what I needed was hanging around my neck anyway.  And the...

Hey Kev you visiting the old stomping grounds anytime soon?  Call me... I got to play with the Kandak HQ and the Weapons Coy on all types of Ops.  My usual luxury of a truck to haul my aging "douche (thanks for the accolades RCR Grunt, I should change my callsign)"-like carcass around was more...

Yo Flawed Design; I probably humped close to 500km, and a tooth brush didn't accompany me for 1 meter of those 500km.

I don't recall having to pay anything for my TacVest and at the end of the day it did everything I expected it to do.  I got to try on about 10 different rigs from guys trying to flog their wares and none of it justified spending my valuable dime.  One might try to deduct the cost on their...

Firstly, posting on Army.ca is not an Olympic Event, 6,142 wow, I just crapped myself. Having just returned from "A", all I wore was issue kit.  Being with the OMLT I was allowed to wear anything I wanted as long as under it all somewhere was the arrid cadpat.  The tacvest was phenomenal, my...

Sorry to hear the news, been out of touch for a while.  He was quite a character, I would have liked to have known him 40 years ago. He will truly be missed by the Regiment. Stand Easy