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There's a article online now from the Winnipeg Sun "Chris Lemay, a spokesman for the Canadian Expeditionary Forces Command, told QMI Agency the department of defence has a "zero tolerance on personal relationships and fraternization" with members within the forces, as well as with members of...

One of activities that will be taking place, apparently, at the proposed Human Rights Museum in Wpg, will be sensitivity training for military members before they get deployed. It appears to me that this museum is striving to find a way to be relevant to Canadians.  Public support for it in Wpg...

I saw the film this evening, opening night. It was very good and not overly Hollywood slick.  It's actually deliberately not a Hollywood production.  I can also see how some people would find the story a bit hard to follow, due to the amount of detail.  I thought Roy Dupuis was excellent. I...

Maybe 20 minutes too long.

This is Bond 21, and is based on the very first Bond novel written by Ian Fleming. It was first adapted for an episode of the CBS television series Climax! starring Barry Nelson as Jimmy Bond. David Niven starred in a 1967 movie spoof of James Bond, but Martin Campbell's Casino Royale is the...

I found the film to be a bit anti-climatic and not as good as the last two Clint Eastwood films.  Adam Beach was terrific, however. I wasn't sure what to expect.  It wasn't a traditional war movie.  It actually destroys some of the mysticism surrounding the people raising the flag in the famous...

A few years ago, a guy in my unit recommended this book, Bravo Two Zero, by Andy McNabb, which tells McNabb's story in the first gulf war, with the British SAS. I still haven't read it, but I did watch the movie yesterday, which stars Sean Bean. It was alright, but I didn't get a sense that...

Just wondering if anyone has seen this film.  I intend to. I was surprised by how it is being billed as one of the year's best films, yet it hasn't faired as well at the box office as one might expect.

http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/200601019_after_pats_birthday/ The comments about this article by Kevin Tillman on the above website, range from great praise to outright vilification.

This article by Kevin Tillman, brother of Pat Tillman, the former NFL star-turned Army soldier.  Both brothers fought in Iraq and Afghanistan.  Pat Tillman was killed on April 22, 2004. You can easily find the article by googling "After Pat's Birthday."  It's likely to rile a lot of people up...

Like most folks, I'm exhausted and bored about 9/11 and the stupid conspiracy theories that insult our inteligence. However, I decided to watch this documentary since it's only and runs from Google video for free.  It's actually quite interesting and does point out errors that most people...

I found The Great Raid too long with too many slow moving parts and not enough character development. No one person stood out as the protagonist. It's not the landmark film that it set out to be. It's based on a true story and I found the historical aspects interesting. The film was supposed to...

Saw it. My thoughts. *As the good guys drive to camp in Saudi Arabia, one of them comments on how bogus the war is and that it's really about protecting the oil. And he quips about how the US armed Saddam Hussein. Despite this brief scene, the film doesn't come across as being anti-war. *While...

There's a fee of something like $10 to $15 to see G Dallaire speak in Winnipeg, this September. If he's a senator, why do we have to pay to see him speak?  He's appearing at the Base movie theatre.

Just wondering when you mentioned in-sourcing from the outsourced company.  Do you mean hiring CSs from the contracting company?

DND may contract out Information Technology jobs. Apparently, all Federal Depts were asked to look at cost-cutting and one of the areas DND came up with was Information Technology.  It's not clear if this will actually go through, or if it would affect military IT positions. What are your...