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  1. TheNomad

    Help ID'ing a badge - may not be Canadian.

    I know I am being pedantic, but we like to get these thing right. It is indeed the Machine Gun Corps.  It was not a Royal corps. In addition to the variety of MGC badges mentioned above for NZ, RND etc, there was also a Guards Machine Gun Battalion, which later expended into the Guards Machine...
  2. TheNomad

    Tower of London Recruiting

    Harley Sailor's complaint might be better put if he could spell tradition. I am not normally a spelling Nazi, but this sort of thing does make me laugh. ;D
  3. TheNomad

    British soldiers want a federation to represent them, poll finds

    I am not sure that I agree with you that auditors, solicitors etc count as officers at all.  They do not hold a Queen's Commission and thus are not entitled to give any order to HM Forces. They may represent the crown in their specialist fields though.  The best example being High Court judges...
  4. TheNomad

    British soldiers want a federation to represent them, poll finds

    Kirkhill, HM The Queen does not "embody" the government.  It is they who act on her behalf not the other way round. There is a danger that this discussion will bog down in semantics.  However, the main point is that no soldier swears any sort of allegiance to the government.  At the current...
  5. TheNomad

    US planned to gas Australians

    It would not surprise me at all, knowing a bit about the sort of things the UK / US and other governments got up to in those days. The good news.  I take it as a compliment that us evil Kiwis were behind it all. 8) The bad news.  Who told you Daft.......?  Now we will have to eliminate you and...
  6. TheNomad

    British soldiers want a federation to represent them, poll finds

    I take issue with Kirkhill's assertion that the Queen's Colour represents the government.  I would suggest that this is not so and that the Queen's Colour represents exactly what it says; The Queen.  The Oath of Allegiance is to HM The Queen and not to the government of the day in any way...
  7. TheNomad

    Army.ca member Recieves Award: Australian Defence Medal

    Where is the pic of the recipient?  All I saw was a wall covered in pictures of hot babes!
  8. TheNomad

    Pics from Australia - Regimental Dining In Night - 18 Sep 08

    Good set of pics from a good regimental dinner  :salute: Couple of questions: 1.  3rd pic from the bottom, who is the chap fourth person on the left side of the table amd why is he wearing his headress?  Should he be donating a large sum to the bar for drinks? 2.  I notice that the JNCOs and...
  9. TheNomad

    Tower of London Recruiting

    Furthermore, there is definetly at least one female Yeoman Warder
  10. TheNomad

    Radovan Karadzic sentenced to 40 years in prison for Bosnian war crimes

    Excellent news.  I look forward to seeing him soon. ;D
  11. TheNomad

    Commonly Confused Word Test

    Your result for The Commonly Confused Words Test ... Advanced You scored 100% Beginner, 86% Intermediate, 87% Advanced, and 60% Expert! You have an extremely good understanding of beginner, intermediate, and advanced level commonly confused English words, getting at least 75% of each of these...
  12. TheNomad

    U.S. Army to shoot live pigs for medical drill

    This is nothing new.  The use of live pigs for this sort of training has been going on for years - WW1. The pigs are anaesthetised first.  The objective is medical research / training not torturing pigs.
  13. TheNomad

    Australian Army Combat Badge

    Now I have embarrassed myself, for that should have read I am NOT anti-army  :-[ As for my view of such badges etc we shall have to agree to disagree. I am no troll etc.  I just have my own views about them. This has never been a sparing or pissing contest for me.
  14. TheNomad

    Questions : Explaining my criminal record to a senior officer committee

    So a convicted criminal wants to hold a Queen's Commission. I think not.  You may have turned your life around etc, but maybe you should have thought about how your voluntary criminal career might affect your later life choices. You have a history of dishonesty, why should the Queen entrust...
  15. TheNomad

    Australian Army Combat Badge

    The joy of a discussion thread when people get upset about a perceived slight! I am not out of line, but such accusations are one way to try and kill off dissenting opinion.  Not thinking they are worth anything does not make anyone "out of line".  It is called having ones own opinion and the...
  16. TheNomad

    The Optimal Battle Group vs. the Affiliated Battle Group

    Firstly, I have not read the entire thread, but this is a subject I have thought about on several occasions so here is my 2p worth. Currently the various arms and corps are experts at what they do, and think in terms of what they need to do. This gives the senior commanders a "golf bag" of...
  17. TheNomad

    Australian Army Combat Badge

    Well it looks that I have upset someone.  Like I said it is just my opinion so I will not apologise for you deciding to be disgusted. Rather than get all hot and bothered and telling me to STFU (no mater how kindly and politely), how about making a case for the badges.  What is your argument in...
  18. TheNomad

    skyone's Ross Kemp in Afghanistan

    Minor correction, his father did not serve in The Royal Anglian Regiment, but one of parent regiments. However, it is an excellent documentary on the work of a typical line regiment of the British Army in Afghanistan.  It is well worth watching. I forced made my Canadian Doris watch it, and...
  19. TheNomad

    Australian Army Combat Badge

    Too many badges in my opinion.  If you want to see what a combat infantry badge looks like look at an infantry cap badge.  If it is an infantry cap badge then combat infantry is what you are.  If you want to look at an armoured combat badge look at your cap badge and see if you are armoured...
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