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  1. MadNad

    UNAUTHORIZED DISPOSAL OF COMBAT UNIFORMS AND EQUIPMENT

    Hey guys, I did read in the DND news web site last summer that a supply tech (Edmonton) has given trywalls full of cadpat items to an Army Surplus by mistake. Those trywall were supposed to go to destruction and were mistakably given away. They said that the DND try to get back the stuff, but...
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    All things GPS (recommendations, tips, etc.) - merged

    In Training Site, We use very small remote transmitter and antenna with a 24 Volts electrical system (1,8 Watt Output). nearly undetectable. This transmit the location we want the student to see on his GPS. Each Transmitter covers an area of up to 250m from central location. It portable and fits...
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    All things GPS (recommendations, tips, etc.) - merged

    Hey. The encryption is one of the safety that civilian GPS dont have for luxury and it is one of the major reason why i said that it could be dangerous to use Civie GPS unit in Theater. But there are other safety feature on the new Mil Spec GPS unit. Collins DAGR
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    All things GPS (recommendations, tips, etc.) - merged

    That is coming, There as been so many changes and upgrade from Ver 1 to Ver 2 that it will be a complete different system, The back bone will stay the same but the user interface is looking different. To start, workstation are being replace. New high speed radio and upgrade on the super highway...
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    All things GPS (recommendations, tips, etc.) - merged

    Sorry guys for the little misunderstood, You know that it would be unrealistic to says that every soldier would have them all the time and this was my mistake. But, With the buy rate that DND is going through with the new one. It will probably be issued on the large scale. From what i heard...
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    What would keep you in the army?

    Hey Guys, In my Opinion, (Oldies) in the 80's, we had to love it. There was nothing, except the Forces itself, that kept us in. No money, no equipment or political stuff would keep us from going away. You had to love it. And today, it should be the same. We are trying to look too much like...
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    All things GPS (recommendations, tips, etc.) - merged

    Hey Guys, I would wait a little before buying Civie GPS Unit. Since Sept 05 The forces took possesion of a new GPS Unit. I had the chance to run some testing on it last summer. Excellent unit. They plan on buying 5000 units a year until 2010. It look like they will be part of soldier kit by...
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    Any computer wizzards out there?

    What about Service Pack 2, There is a know problem with large drive if you don't have WIN XP SP2. Also, What is the harddrive, Let me think, WD or Maxtor. These drive could drive you nuts also. Also remember, that if you change some of your hardware, i would recommend to unisntall and reinstall...
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    HISTORY (STORY) OF OP SARAJEVO 1992

    Since this subject is a big part of our late (and already forgotten) military history, that Operation (Never officialy assigned as one by DND) did changed the way canadian handle peacekeeping mission (First PeaceMaking Mission). A lot of people that participated to that ops, are still serving...
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    Kabul health/lungs concern

    Hey Medicineman, Good to see that after that TAT you are still alive (AHAHAHAHAHA), if people got dust in the lung, its defenetly us. Good to see that we agree on "That Kabul Bug". Due to limited ressources we had on the TAT, hygene had a lot to do with it. Washing, Washing and washing hands...
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    What Changes Should be Made to the DART

    Hey all, Majorly, there as been a lot of changes in the DART in the last fiew years, Dart was, up to last year, made for oversea deployment. Now, it could be used for homeland deployment also. As for the time reaction for deployment. The Tsunami delay was not caused by the military but by the...
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    Common Combat Arms Recce Training?

    I went on the Schools site from Gagetown and have the following question, Who could help me on that. 1. I found a lot of different type of Recce course, and would like to know the difference. Arty Recce Tech, Advanced Arty Recce Tech, Armoured Recce Crewman, Advance Arm Recce Crewman, Basic...
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    Kabul health/lungs concern

    I deployed to Kabul, to build up the site. I know that some people got sick (Including me) prior to the deployment of the full TF. But most of the time it was due to bad condition. We did not have showers and all accomodations for the first 2 weeks. We did have to use a lot of alcool hand...
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    Sarajevo Airport, 1992

    Hey, Officially it was the 1 R22eR Battle Group, composed mostly of Glorious members of the 1 R22eR and 3 RCR. But as you know members from all trade and units from CFB Lahr participated in the liberation, Field Amb, HQSIGS, SVCSBAT and so on, since they all were being move to the 1R22eR Battle...
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