Recent content by childs56

Looking at the current pay scale of NCMs it isn't all that bad. Pte starts at $3614 then $4413 and ends up at $5304. That's a pretty decent starting wage. Cpl wage starting at $6069 an topping out at $6493, Again not bad wages. (I am topped out at the Cpls base wage where I work, I work for...

I am shocked that Vortex is having problems with QC and pricing. :unsure: I still remember the Canadian Sales rep telling me, if your scope fails again just send it in and we will fix and or replace it no matter what. I said what about making a product that doesn't fail under normal use. Then...

They are trying to add to the destabilizing in the middle east. Thinking no one has the will or ability to respond.

2x 5 gallon water jerry cans, the cans weight 5-7lbs each, plus 41ish lbs of water each. That should bring you to that 90-95ish lbs of weight. Dump the water out if you get tired. I use to use one sand bag and jerry can of water myself. Sand bag at the bottom of the ruck, the jerry can and...

2017 OK He hasn't discussed his actual plan. But there is only one way to stop what it happening, it is not through giving in,. I can ask you where has he said he wont? I doubt it. They told the US to get out. Kind of funny now they want them back. Norway and Denmark offered to store the...

Germany, France, UK No he didn't what? Lol, more like he will send 300,000 troops to Europe. Draw a Line in the dirt and tell Russia don't cross this line.

Is it really an alliance if your the only one pulling your full weight? I guess it is, at the same time someone needs to say it as it is. So many have tiptoe around the concerns. On one hand have said we don't need or want your help. On the other hand expect help when something goes bad...

Its funny how many of the major European NATO members had or were scaling their militaries down before Trump was in power. Then they asked the US to stop policing the world. Leave Europe alone. So he started to, not after he warned Europe they better beef up defence spending because Putin was...

I remember training a few Young female Recruits. They were 16 and 17 years old. Very timid, not very strong physically. Mentally were developing. After basic and even more so trades training, they all grew in extremely positive ways. Even their Parents I talked to mentioned how much their...

The US was told to leave Germany, so they did. (down sized significantly) I think it was Norway and Denmark offered to store their equipment. At the time Trump told Germany and Europe they better change their decision to downsize their Militaries as Putin was threatening to reunite the Former...

Like John Horgan went to work for Tech Coal after he bashed them for years.

I wonder if that's the deal Bombardier and Saudi were trying to get the Canadian Government to assist with?

Maybe Ukraine should declare Russia as theirs historically and take back their land. Move the capitol of Russia back to Kiev. Would that not be a plot twist.

Lets face it the RCMP are not willing to give up the amount of money they are paid for Municipal Policing. They will not walk away from 2/3rd of their budget. Especially if Provinces set up their own support services and do not require the RCMP national programs and further reduce funding.

I would like to see the LAV 6 in the tracked variant they did with the Stryker TR. The protection level if the LAV6 is pretty decent, if you added an armor package similar to the Bradley I wonder how well it would compare.