Great thread all
My take - having done not bad on AOC Res pre Kingston and finishing with a shredded butt post Final Drive is as follows:
1. Its not rocket science - Reg Army has a tough job just staying ready to start deployment trg.
2. Future enemy likely to be able to disperse at will with...
Hi
Final unit was NDHQ PRL - they tell me its been sent for validation....... but as I understand release - means they have no more to do with me.
Will email them in the morning.
Thanks!
Straws in the wind but big names verbalising...........
Get a trade / skill to take with you out the door is always good advice
Troop reductions could be on the table, Canada’s defence chief says Lee Berthiaume
Published: November 19, 2013, 2:29 pm...
I released on 31 Oct, no contact with Pension Central so far.
Can anyone advise what is the best way to get their attention? I know some fellow released guys have recently sent incandescent emails to the Minister and CDS.
My thinking is ask
When will I be contacted ?
When can I transfer...
Attention equipment Guru's
Regarding the images - Any idea of their age?
on the left eye plate, in a circle:
Zeiss Prism Stereo
8 x 25
on the right eye plate, in a circle:
Baush & Lomb Optical Co Rochester NY
with reverse triangle in centre of circle reading
...
Would anyone out there have a simple explanation on the process to transfer the Gratuity (aka Severance Pay) straight into the pension buyback without it being taxed?
My situation is a Buy Back as a Reservist from Oct 10 1972 - Oct 31 2013
I have been paying into the CF Pension since it came...
Check it out - must some smart future leaders out there. Anyone? Yoo - Hoo! :threat:
http://www.canadianmilitaryhistory.ca/the-dieppe-raid-a-decision-making-exercise-operation-rutter-part-1/
Perhaps digitise the manual ?
My father's cousin had a surplus Lancaster for a few years after WW2 - bought it for a song from Crown Assets in Southern Alberta - it sat for about 3 years dry as a bone then around 1948 RCAF bought it back and it flew on for another 10 plus years as a mapper...
If you look at any list of top guys and gals running big business - probably half never went to higher education and got started making their way to the top out of highschool
Of the remainder - they come from as many fields of study as you care to imagine
Many people run down the MA in War...
Check this out 96 years ago tomorrow http://www.chavasse.u-net.com/messines.html
Canadian Engineers dug in 360,000 pounds of explosives under Germans Lines -
Here is an outline I put together on what happened at the 1st Tunneling Company Site...
My 2 cents
In days gone by Empires owned what they took from the overseas owners. France / UK / Germany / Austria / Italy / Japan are all handy examples.
Then another Empire had to step in - and the USA captured a lot of the former Axis Empires and kept them because a certain two land based...
Great little story for all
The Royal Navy supporting the British Army facing the Turks
http://www.naval-history.net/WW1Book-NavyinMespotamia00.htm#XIII
This ain't what the bright faces have been saying
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/28/world/asia/bernard-bajolet-leaving-afghanistan-has-his-say.html?ref=world
I was down in Phoenix at the Scottsdale Ball Park week of 9-17 March
San Diego Padres one upped the SF Giants in an exhibition match
Savoring the glorious night warmth I walked back to the concession stands and as I was taking in all the Baseball scene Afghanistan walked by on 2 Hitech legs...
I just did the FORCE Test at 60% of the available time LINK BELOW
http://www.forces.gc.ca/site/tml/article-eng.asp?id=26&y=2013&m=03
Test 1 - simulate loading 30 sand bags in 3 mins
Test 2 - simulate carrying a weight (I think was 20 kg Sandbag) 40 metres - then run back 40 metres to pick up...
Click here www.cobwfa.ca/COBWFA2011/ then click the picture of the couple to see a new CBC Video on recently found letters from WW1 Canadian Soldier from Toronto
And report back to us all when you find who they were ! :cdn: :)
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