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What will be the base pay for a private when the 6.5 increase takes place ? :cdn:

I was hoping my topic would create a good discussion and it has. I didn‘t think the .303 would have had so many defenders 6 years after the second war. It was a fine weapon for its time, quite possibly the best rifle ever, but when the Korean war started I think there was better rifles...

After the Sea King , Ithink the next shameful example of our governments cost saving was sending our naive troops to Korea issued with the obsolete Lee Enfield 303 rifle.....single shot bolt action. Shame Shame Shame. :mad: :cdn:

I agree 100% recceguy, the way things are snowballing lately we are going to be real short of troops even with many reserves being used. I stated in an earlier post that 6000 to 8000 people at least should be recruted now. At the present I believe they are looking for only 1700 for the...

I see the advance party of combat British troops have arrived in Afghanistan wearing basically the same color camouflage outfits as our troops. The British peace keepers in Kabul area also have the same dress....I wonder if they will catch the same flak from their bench sitters as our D.N.D...

After watching our Prime minister talk last night on TV and hinting that we will probably have troops in Iraq with the U.S. when they make the expected move is going to be very hard on our forces.With our peace keepers in the Balkans, and our troops in Afghanistan I think we need another 6 to 8...

The front page of the Toronto Star news paper Sat. edition has picture of a Canadian woman soldier crawling out of her sleeping bag in the open on a mountain side in Afghanistan. The report below the picture says she is with our troops in the battle with the rest of them.The look on her face...

Old Guy... Give us old farts 2 or 3 beers and you can‘t be sure what is going to come out of our mouths.. Mostly true stories, some fiction, and maybe even poetry...Keep up the good work and have another Colorado Coors ....And one for me..

I think the tracked vehicles could be the TLAV now being developed at DEW Corp. Ottawa. there are six models being developed and it‘s possible a few are in Afghanistan....What better way to test them,and I don‘t think the army really wants to make public...

I think a lot more troops will be needed to handle the job the US has planed for in Afghanistan like building and protecting an oil pipeline from Russia through Georgia and afghanistan to a sea port in Pakistan...I realy think this is the plan, and of course we Canadians will when the shooting...

Reply to infanteer....I was RCEME attatched to 56 transport Coy. RCASC March 1953 to April 1954. It would be great if we ever happened to have served to-gether....

Welcome American old guy.....but Ithink I am the old guy as I served in Korea with the Canadian army beside our American friends..Considering Canada‘s population of 30 million I think we are doing our part supplying 3000 plus people in Afghanistan...To put things in perspective the U.S.A. with...

It sure would be nice to hear how all our service personnel are doing. In this day and age with satalite TV etc. there should be at least a weekly update to keep the Canadian taxpayers informed about non secret happenings. CNN keep the Americans updated about three times a day.....Oh well I...

We can be a true friend and allied with the US but still be a watchdog and speak up when policy is not in Canada‘s interest. We may not be able to influence them a great deal but I do think we gain their respect as well as from other countries. We will sink or swim with the US but lets at...

If Canadian forces are being supplied with American supplies like food, tents,beer etc. I would say they are fortunate.During the last combat action...Korea ...we were U.S. supplied even our vehicles...Compared to what the Brits. and the other forces had we were thankful. So using U.S...

Looking for ex RCASC or RCEME Vets who served with 56 Transport Coy. during Korean war...I was with the workshop platoon..It would be cool to hear from anyone.