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The media always jumps at any negative stories on the military. I know it sucks that the accused is a soldier but the police must have enough evidence to charge him with murder. The court will decide if that evidence is enough to convict. If he did this crime he deserves to be punished like any...

This same debate occured when Sikh men were allowed to wear turbans, Native  men were allowed to keep long hair, and muslim women were allowed to wear burqas in uniform. Traditionalists will never accept change. The fact is the current military must recognize all demographics if it wants to...

I was on vacation in Jamaica and returned on 06 Feb. There was a very large police presence that day. I thought it was just because of Bob Marley's birthday. Now I know! I wonder if the Generals visited Bob Marley's house and "celebrated" with the locals?  ;)

Training African troops to fight Al'Quada in Mali may be a losing battle. It would be better to send in other military forces but unfortunately Africa does not like western forces coming into their country. Al'Quada has made Mali their new base of operations. Make no mistake about it they will...

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2012/10/11/turkey-syria-plane.html Russia involved in arms dealing with another nation?  Says the Russian "civilian" passenger: " Nyet, that rocket launcher is not mine, I was holding it for a friend! "  ::)

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/oct/06/turkey-returns-fire-syria It looks like the Kurds in Syria may provoke Turkey to cross the border. The Middle East is turning into quite the powder keg!

Congrats on finally getting your leave updated Bridges!  If you think it was not calculated properly then you should contact compensation. Just remember that only continuous periods of 180 days or more count. However, if you had some multiple shorter Class B contracts of continuous time, with no...

A little show of force in the Gulf. An attempt to calm down Israel and remind Iran of the consequences of trying to close shipping lanes. Unfortunately accusations and threats are increasing between Israel and Iran. The U.S. does not want anything happening in the Gulf until after the...

More on following link:  http://ca.reuters.com/article/topNews/idCABRE88807820120909?pageNumber=3&virtualBrandChannel=0 Does the world sit back and let Iran continually lie about it's nuclear program and ignore requests to inspect their facilities. The Iran regime has made no bones about their...

Israel will not wait much longer for world diplomacy with Iran that is clearly failing. The problem is if Israel strikes Iran first it will ignite a full scale war in the Gulf. If an attack is imminent it will likely be a strategic air strike of Iranian nuclear facilities by a united coalition. ...

1.  The MPRR dates are not complicated to calculate for Reserve time. I've already processed a few with multiple eligible periods of 180 days or more. The number of days are already calculated on the MPRR so no math is required, just reading skills. The MPRR indicates start and stop dates of...

I really don't understand why the long delays in processing these at DND? I did have to instruct some of my CSC Compensation colleagues how to read the MPRR data. I really find it hard to believe that DND Compensation cannot read MPRRs, so what is the issue? I think 6-8 weeks is a reasonable...

Bridges I can only speak for CSC. I would think DND would have the highest amount of PS employees with previous CF service. I'm sure their timelines would be longer due to the volume of MPRRs they are receiving. You should contact your Compensation Advisor to verify they received your MPRR and...

I work in Compensation with CSC. We are now processing CF service towards PS leave credits. What we need is a copy of your MPRR which indicates your exact start and end dates history with the CF. If you can't get the info from your previous unit then try the BPSO office at your nearest base...

I am a Compensation Advisor with the Public Service. Before that, I served in the CF for 26 years. Believe me I want this actioned as quickly as possible too. The issue is that all compensation departments need a clear and detailed directive from NHQ Compensation on how to apply the CF service...