Decompression in Cyprus - various aspects, updates (merged)
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I hope I'm posting this in the correct thread, if not, mods- please feel free to move this post to the appropriate thread.
It appears the video was done in Cyprus.
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Third Location Decompression
CFCombatCamera
August 27, 2009
Third Location Decompression (TLD) aids Canadian Forces soldiers leaving conflict zones at the end of their tour before returning to Canada. During this process, soldiers spend five days in a decompression area where they attend seminars about reintegrating to normal life, and take part in recreational activities to help them relax.
Video Length:
4:50
Link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVwwgkT5sKM&feature=sub
It appears the video was done in Cyprus.
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Third Location Decompression
CFCombatCamera
August 27, 2009
Third Location Decompression (TLD) aids Canadian Forces soldiers leaving conflict zones at the end of their tour before returning to Canada. During this process, soldiers spend five days in a decompression area where they attend seminars about reintegrating to normal life, and take part in recreational activities to help them relax.
Video Length:
4:50
Link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVwwgkT5sKM&feature=sub
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(same article, different source)
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/677588
"R and R spells financial ruin for Canadian troops"
This article makes it sound quite seedy; it makes one wonder, 'is the writer being deliberately obtuse?' - I would say yes...
Apparently its okay for workers in other industries to spend their money, get drunk, and seek sexual partners, once they get out of the field, but god forbid our soldiers should do the same...
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/677588
"R and R spells financial ruin for Canadian troops"
This article makes it sound quite seedy; it makes one wonder, 'is the writer being deliberately obtuse?' - I would say yes...
Apparently its okay for workers in other industries to spend their money, get drunk, and seek sexual partners, once they get out of the field, but god forbid our soldiers should do the same...
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PMedMoe said:
Moe, the AR CADPAT seems to be for when they take the flight home.....
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Greymatters said:
Lots of agreement with you there already discussed here:
http://forums.army.ca/forums/threads/88264.0.html
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We change into civvies when we arrive in Mirage. Fly to Cyprus a few hours later...the night is ours.
Classes the next 2 mornings only and the third day is ours.
Fourth day in uniform for the flight home.
Anyone who has done TLD will most likely agree that three days is enough.
Classes the next 2 mornings only and the third day is ours.
Fourth day in uniform for the flight home.
Anyone who has done TLD will most likely agree that three days is enough.
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NFLD Sapper said:
One changes into civvies in Mirage for the flight to Cyprus. Rucksack and kitbag stay in storage during TLD, so one only has one's small pack and barracks box. TLD is all in civvies. The group shots in CADPAT would have been filmed on the departure day, during the outclearance.
...Damn, you beat me...
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Lots of agreement with you there already discussed here:
http://forums.army.ca/forums/threads/88264.0.html
Ah, I didnt know that thread was there - the posts read pretty good at first, but then turns into the usual sidetracked train wreck (the switching to a debate over sunshine girls...)
http://forums.army.ca/forums/threads/88264.0.html
Ah, I didnt know that thread was there - the posts read pretty good at first, but then turns into the usual sidetracked train wreck (the switching to a debate over sunshine girls...)
daftandbarmy
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Big friggin' deal...
I was in Paphos (and most of the rest of Cyprus) through the 80s when it was full of Marionite Christians and other Lebanese 'decompressing' from the Beirut conflagration. Obviously there was a bit of chaos from time to time, but it seemd like an SOP for the locals who have built Greek Cyprus to be the 'rooting and tooting' destination island for most of Europe and the Levant since 1974. Heck, where else in the world can you body surf with two huge Keo beers in your hand over a sea of drunken teenagers in a reworked bunker/disco? (oops, busted)
I'd wager it's even calmed down since then, but there are probably people on this forum with 2,3,4s etc on their UN medals who can comment with greater authority than I.
I was in Paphos (and most of the rest of Cyprus) through the 80s when it was full of Marionite Christians and other Lebanese 'decompressing' from the Beirut conflagration. Obviously there was a bit of chaos from time to time, but it seemd like an SOP for the locals who have built Greek Cyprus to be the 'rooting and tooting' destination island for most of Europe and the Levant since 1974. Heck, where else in the world can you body surf with two huge Keo beers in your hand over a sea of drunken teenagers in a reworked bunker/disco? (oops, busted)
I'd wager it's even calmed down since then, but there are probably people on this forum with 2,3,4s etc on their UN medals who can comment with greater authority than I.
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Greymatters said:
How unlike some threads, right? ;D
), all our time was for ourselves. ;DSimilar threads
