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Hey guys i have a Military Cross my great grandfather won as well as the certificate to go with it, what i don't have is the dispatch info on how he won the medal, if anyone has any idea on how i can obtain this info i would appreciate it greatly, just post it here or send me a private message...

check out this video, http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2677403?showw=no&refsite=6721&htv=12, here is a little background info on it: Great background events told here by an anonymous source: ''The 5-man Blackwater crew that was assinged to CPA Najaf were coming under heavy small arms and...

I was just looking at an interesting article about PMC's. It says the U.S. Department of Defense has about 50,000 men and women working for them over in Iraq from ex SAS LCol Tim Spicer's Aegis Defence Services Ltd. He was given a 3 year contract valued over $510 million dollars to provide...

BELFAST, Northern Ireland (CP) - The Irish Republican Army announced Thursday it is renouncing violence as a political weapon and resuming disarmament in a dramatic declaration designed to revive Northern Ireland's peace process. The IRA said all of its clandestine units had been ordered to...

Would-be terrorists see Canada as perfect destination, ex-FBI agent says     TORONTO (CP) - The perception of Canada as an immigrant-friendly place with myriad ethnic backgrounds makes it a perfect destination for would-be terrorists, a former FBI agent said Tuesday at an international...

BAGHDAD (AP) - A car bomb exploded Tuesday near a Baghdad junior high school for girls, killing six people, and eight American soldiers were killed in two days of insurgent attacks in and around Baghdad, the military said. Overall, the U.S. military announced that 13 American soldiers have...

OTTAWA (CP) - After a year of recuperation and rebuilding, the army will soon be able to tackle new missions abroad, the country's top soldier says. Gen. Rick Hillier, chief of the defence staff, said Thursday the army has recovered from the stress built up during more than a decade of...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) â ” Afghan President Hamid Karzai will meet with President Bush and top administration officials in Washington next week, his spokesman said â ” a trip expected to include talks on long-term military aid and the fates of Afghans held in U.S. jails. On the four-day...

Royal honours war dead Princess Margriet speaks with vets following tribute DUTCH PRINCESS Margriet remembered the soldiers that liberated her country 60 years ago as she laid a wreath in their memory yesterday at Canada's National War Memorial. With rain falling and a cold wind whipping...

CSIS: Africa may be breeding ground for al-Qaida By JIM BRONSKILL     OTTAWA (CP) - The Canadian Security Intelligence Service warns much of Africa could be fertile soil for Osama bin Laden's terrorist network to cultivate new recruits. Foreign extremist organizations such as al-Qaida...

BAGHDAD (AP) - Dozens of insurgents fired rocket-propelled grenades and detonated two car bombs Saturday while attacking the Abu Ghraib prison in western Baghdad, wounding 20 American service members and 12 prisoners, the U.S. military said. The attack, carried out by 40 to 60 militants, began...

Does any one else have a real problem getting time off of work to do military training, those of you who are reservists anyways, and does any one have a plausible solution for making it easier to get time off, any comment would be appreciated, Cheers :cdn:

Seeing this seems to be a hot topic of debate and it should not be discussed in the forum used to pay respects to the slain Mounties, lets start here and discuss our opinions here, i'm sure Blackhorse7 and many others would appreciate it more by it having it's own thread. Feel free to express...