Hi Folks
I was just given this web site concerning the Canadian Paratroopers. It is about the on going production of a Canadian movie about the Paratroopers. You have to sign up to get to the inner-workings of the site. One of the executive producers has told me the would love to get some feed...
When I first heard yesterday that Canada had suffered casualties in Kandahar, I got an e-mail from a soldier I know, a wonderfully literate man who has served in Afghanistan himself.
When he got the news, he said, he remembered what then-Lieutenant-Colonel Ian Hope once told a reporter...
Hi Folks
I know this is a dumb question but the old fella's at the legion want to know. How many units from the Edmonton area are in or will be in Afghanistan now or in the very near future? I don't need the names of the units just approximately how many are there. Thanks. Oh yes I did a good...
Has everyone seen Larry Josie's truck ?
www.thepoppytruck.ca
Larry commissioned out the work on this truck and paid for it himself. A short time ago he lost his job and now is fairly close to losing this great truck. Larry is an ex military member and a huge supporter of the Canadian Military...
Hey folks you can vote for Canada's greatest citizen. Canadian Soldiers were on top but have now fallen to third place. Lets show the Herald that we love our military men and women. Here is the internet addy.
http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/features/greatest/vote.html
Mods if this is in the wrong location please move it.
Guys and Gals I need a little info from you all. I have a friend who has a set of RCMP swords, both of them are engraved from hilt to tip and are from K Division.And I believe they are both from the centennial. All I need is an estimate on...
Cpl. Michael Starker was killed when he came under enemy fire during a patrol in the Pashmul region of the Zhari district. (Canadian Forces Combat Camera)
My condolences to this Canadian hero's family, comrades and friends.
http://www.canada.com/globaltv/edmonton/story.html?id=46803371-e681-43e6-8e2f-49b91cfac922&k=87305
Soldier found dead at Edmonton Garrison
Journal Staff, edmontonjournal.com
Published: Sunday, March 16, 2008
EDMONTON - Military officials are investigating after a soldier was found dead Saturday...
Ladies and Gents
Please check out these posters, poems, and essays. the winners vary in age from 6 to 18. Very good work by all.
http://www.legion.ca/asp/pdf/TeachersGuide/winners2007.pdf
Folks
This is a heart warming story. Please read it in its entirety.
http://www.blackfive.net/
An Iraqi man, Mohammed, was running towards the American patrol holding a small bloody child in his arms. A 7.62 round had fallen out of the sky and struck her right temple. The round had passed...
OK I need some info from anyone in a rear party. What can a family do or who can they turn to when their family member is in a battalion away from their home province? A young man we have adopted as one of our own is based in another province and his family is here in Alberta, he is going...
I am looking for a picture that we have hanging in our Legion. It is a 8x10 picture of all of the soldiers from roto 1-06 that were lost in Afghanistan. And there is a poem along side the pictures written by Corporal Jason Lamont. the title of the picture is Remember Our Fallen.
Well folks most of you know my oldest son was a member of the military and now is on his way back in, he has discovered that civy life is not for him. Now the youngest is sitting here filling out his papers to join up........Guess I will be a Military Granny for many years to come.
Guys and Gals
I work at the St Albert Legion and we are going to be part of the Rainmaker Rodeo Parade next Saturday morning. Now what we need ( The Sargent-at-Arms and the rest of the "old boys") is a few younger men in uniform to come and join us to march the parade route. We will need a...
http://www.edmontonsun.com/Comment/Commentary/2007/04/11/3980675.html
If Canadians are going to be derailed from our mission in Afghanistan by the loss of 51 soldiers and one diplomat, we should never have sent them there in the first place.
Honouring the dead and respecting the grief of...
http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/features/afghanistan/index.html
Some good stories in the Edmonton Journal and quite a few good pics on his blog site as well.
As of March 31 my son will no longer be a member of the Canadian Military. He has decided not to resign, for many reasons that I will not go into here. So I am going to try to wean myself away from the military forums that I have come to depend on. I guess I am one of the many thousands of...
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (CP) - Canadian troops were involved in an extended firefight today along Highway 1, west of Kandahar.
A joint patrol involving members of the 2nd Battalion Royal Canadian Regiment battle group and the Afghan National Army fought the engagement in the village of Hawz-e...
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