Recent content by vigillis

As a member of a unit who now has had three non Engr RSMs in a row, the unit moral can go down slightly.  It all depends on the new RSM and his attitude, and approach. The first two did all right, and both gave a different flavour to the ranks.  Nbr three has just started and it looks as it...

I was a Crse WO this past summer on a QEL (T) which is PLQ (L) as you can tell I am in LFQA.  It was solely a Mod 6 course, and I had a musician that came in for part one, and did not do part two.  It was explained to me that part two was not required for the musician trade for promotion.  I had...

During my time as a Ranger Instructor, I used the Exped 9.  Great piece of kit.  It did take time to inflate, but time well spent.  I had no problems with condensation even after 10 days in the field, although I used a heavy duty emergency blanket under me.  Much better than the self inflate...

If I may add my 0.02, IMHO if you build up the port at Churchill you can circumvent the aging infrastructure of the St-Laurence seaway.  Not that it is a bad thing and needs to be avoided, however the size of container ships has grown since the seaway was built.  The new Panamax design cannot...

Med Tech, Due to a promotion and the never ending battle of the bulge, I have a Mess Kit up for sale.  I am not quite sure of the requirements of the Medical branch when it comes to Mess Kit, so I will explain what I got and if you are interested I am sure you will get in touch. I am a Engr...

My biggest problem is with people who use PPT as PowerParagraph, oh yeah and those who read off of their slides on the board. I know it has been posted before but I am an idiot when it comes to using Army.ca search engine, so here is a nice link to a revolutionary way to use power point to...

Being in SQFT (that's LFQA for the rest of you) I have seen many a soldier leave because their posting options were quite limited.  In fact I know of many people who have spent their last 17 years based out of Valcatraz.  Not because they wanted to, but because they could not get SLT, nor posted...

Ex RCAC I agree with what you said, the ones that talk a good line are often just that, a good line.  A deep water port in Iqualuit is feasible I assume that our icebreakers can do in the year old ice that accumulates there, but have a harder problem with the old ice in less travelled areas. ...

The Rangers cannot act as a military force, their role is well defined as "the eyes and ears of the North".  The are only required to serve 12 days of annual training their first year, and then it is somewhat optional after that.  They are issued a .303, a ballcap, a sweatshirt, and T-shirt. ...

I hear ya brother!  :tsktsk:

I would like to give my opinion on Gore-tex like materials in High Arctic conditions.  After a short period of time at -25 the pores in the membrane clog with your perspiration.  This means that that after a week's worth of sweating you will be wearing an article of clothing that is very damp...

The reserves require job protection legislation, when we decide to go overseas.  I say decide because up to now that is the bargin, we volunteer for all service, be it courses after our mandatory first two, and we can volunteer for any taskings that come our way.  Why you ask, because that is...

As other have said, the cooling suit might be an option, I have no idea of the space restrictions inside of a tank but, it is in the system already and we probably have an open contract with the supplier. For those curious enough to waste 5 secs of their life, here is the link ...

The general gist of the article was that our dear Ms Blanchford and three others were pulled after complaints by allies.  It also goes on to say that our embed position is in their words "progressive and risque".  I interpret that to be daring not risky but I could be wrong.  We also have 175...

Fair dealings and all that jazz...  For those of the unilingual kind skip straight to the sixth para for the names of the reporters. Quatre journalistes séparés des militaires canadiens en Afghanistan Presse Canadienne Ottawa Le commandement militaire canadien a retiré à quatre journalistes...