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New and Shiny Kit??  Damn ...since our stuff is WWII vintage I'm guessing your kit is circa Crimean...possibly WWI??  ;D

I could be right out to lunch here, but I think she is American.  In Afghanistan all the Yanks were driving around in those little rangers in the back ground.  If only I could see her boots to make sure they were not Magnums as they are Brit standard issue.  Although the Brit BDU is darker in...

Power is going through your wires.  When it is cut it sends a signal to a special switch which sets off your IED.

My answers are these.  This is personal taste though so you can take how I do things with a grain of salt. 1.  Is the mattress put inside the bivy sack, or does the bivy sack sit on top of the mattress? I usually just sleep on top of the mattress thus saving my bivy bag from getting holes and...

Those individuals were clearly playing with a UXO (Unexploded Ordnance) IE.  it was suppose to function when fired but for one manner or another did not.  So when our finest started playing with it it was bound to be set off.  Lets not be mistaken here, ERW (Explosive Remants of War) are...

Exactly, as it takes inertia and spin in order to arm the fuze as well as pressure upon the nose on impact, not just pressure on the fuze.  Thus why during the movie Saving Private Ryan when the primers were struck and the mortars thrown it was just Hollywood glam.  Plus they would of burned...

In reality that would function the mortar as designed so it is not really an IED.  Of course that is if the mortar had been fired and the fuze on it was now armed thus making the PD fuze now sensitive.  In such a manner as you describe the mortar would only get run over, thus making it now a...

From my understanding an IED is any device which contains an explosive, switch, power source and a detonator or booster.  This pretty much includes everything that we were taught on how to make a boobytrap on our QL5A.  This clearly does not include a grenade in a can tied to a trip wire or an...

It is not only the engineers, from the commanders of FDU(P) and FDU(A) every single clearance diver sent on a course not too long ago failed for one reason or another.  As to the specifics of why they failed I was not privy to that information, but I'm under the impression that if so many people...

I wouldn't worry about the beep test either.  You will have to do things that are allot more difficult in your military career then a stupid shuttle run.  I'm an out of shape, short fat guy (5'2" tall, 155lbs) and I ran a 7.5 before I started to breath heavy and the PSP staff was looking at me...

This Rotation of five usually happens every 18-months to 2 years for an individual.  The vast majority of my peers now have 4-7 operations under their belts in the past 10 years from the Balkins to Afghanistan.  We are finally getting a reprieve once this next roto gets back as in the past 3...

Just so you know: Basically what happens at the Regiment is several things.  1.  Your on Course  2.  You are Preparing for an Operation  3.  On Operation  4.  Garrison Duties  5.  On Leave. 1.  On course:  Our career courses run from 6 months which is our Section Member Course (There is talk...

The Legbeater which showed back up in 1997 ended up in the possession of Matt Allard for a bit as he was the senior jumper in the shacks at the time.  Upon the engineers losing all of their positions in June 1999 I believe the leg beater moved into Rick Hussey's room and the out of the shacks...

I was curious as to my situation should I get accepted to the UTPNCM program.  I am under the understanding that I would be lose my Sgt rank and become an OCdt.  Now the pay rate that I could expect is $4619 for OCdt incentive 10 on table A pay level D, but as it stands now I get Sgt Basic which...

HIE 208, POE 206, HIE 475 and PSE 402 all count towards the UTPNCM program.  They all have equivalency at Memorial University in NL and are worth half a credit since they are only one semester courses.  Most universities will accept them as well ie U of Manitoba and U of Ottawa.  These are the...

Thanks for the answers, as to the UTPNCM threads I was unaware that there was one here for that so I chose the closest thread possible that I could find as this is my second time posting.  As for asking the BPSO she is a very busy individual these days and I'd rather not bother her with petty...

I am currently a Sgt in the Engineers and I am applying to go to RMC under the UTPNCM program for a degree in Psychology.  I don't really want a degree in psychology, but I was informed as long as I get in, I can change that during my first year. I've been informed that all arts degrees in RMC...