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  1. desert_rat

    He's the Defence Minister, not a Navigator...good thing too;)

    http://www.dramarama.ca/2011/01/peter-mackay-says-california-bc-share-border-schwarzenegger-nods-graciously.html The Governator didn't even call him out as a girlie-man ;D
  2. desert_rat

    "Columnist fears no foe in battle simulation"

    http://www.edmontonsun.com/news/columnists/andrew_hanon/2010/12/27/16685576.html and video: http://www.edmontonsun.com/video/726306454001
  3. desert_rat

    "Shooting down avalanches all in a day’s work for Edmonton reservist"

    http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/Shooting+down+avalanches+work+Edmonton+reservist/4083560/story.html?cid=dlvr.it-twitter-edmontonjournal
  4. desert_rat

    To a couple of Dads

    All the best to my great neighbor (and former USMC officer) Jim at my "home-away-from-home" in 29 Palms California, whose got a couple boys in the 2/7 Marines and 101st Airborne respectively, and to Ed in Inyokern CA whose son flies the big birds (as he told me "there's no nooky like Chinooky;)"...
  5. desert_rat

    USMC Billboard in Johannesburg...

    ...California  8) - about 20 miles S. of Ridgecrest, home of China Lake Naval Air Weapons Station and the one and only Sidewinder air-to-air missile >:D http://m.flickr.com/#/photos/35278233@N02/5226267971/sizes/m/ Speaking of Sidewinder...
  6. desert_rat

    Marines call it like it is

    My favorite is the "Nobody likes to fight, but somebody has to know how" poster, but this one cuts to the chase... http://leadingmarines.com/2010/11/24/marines-we-dont-like-to-sugarcoat-things.aspx?ref=rss
  7. desert_rat

    BEAT ARMY!!

    uhh, U.S. Army , that is  ;D 21 days and a couple hours 'till: http://www.phillylovesarmynavy.com/
  8. desert_rat

    Loyal Edmonton Regiment Museum - Weapons Exhibit - Oct. 16-17, 2010

    The LER Museum (located in the Prince of Wales Armouries Heritage Centre, 10440-108 Ave Edmonton) is featuring a "Gun Exhibit" this weekend. The exhibit will comprise Canadian military firearms from 1812 to the present, with several private collectors augmenting the museum's collection. A...
  9. desert_rat

    Bad day at Recruit Depot?

    for somebody anyway... :nod: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRfgYyVFgJw
  10. desert_rat

    Army Revises Training to Deal With Unfit Recruits

    From The New York Times: Making Soldiers Fit to Fight, Without the Situps "The goal of a new training program is to reduce injuries and better prepare recruits for the rigors of combat." full story via link - http://nyti.ms/bw72kF
  11. desert_rat

    43 years later, Marine Colonel awarded Silver Star

    http://hidesertstar.com/articles/2010/08/25/the_desert_trail/news/doc4c7592367f470138365227.txt http://hidesertstar.com/articles/2010/08/25/the_desert_trail/news/doc4c7592e441007292582940.txt
  12. desert_rat

    WWI Soldier's Effects Return To Edmonton

    http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/story/2010/08/20/edmonton-soldiers-effects-returned.html
  13. desert_rat

    In Mission With Afghan Police, Issues of Trust

    From The New York Times: In Mission With Afghan Police, Issues of Trust This battalion is training the local police — and working alongside them in the most contested hamlets in the area. http://nyti.ms/anZge3
  14. desert_rat

    Last Stand of Firebase Keating

    http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/26/world/asia/26keating.html?_r=1
  15. desert_rat

    Gen. McChrystal Retires

    http://nyti.ms/ciZwlH
  16. desert_rat

    Marine Forces Reserve ups bonuses to $15,000

    http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2010/07/marine_reup_070410w/
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