Recent content by Lard of the Dance

I'll elaborate now. I strongly disagree with the idea that AES ops are kin to NESOPs, not meant to offend. The idea that people get left behind is not quite accurate. BAC is not Mad Max at the Thunder Dome, "two men enter, one man leaves"!  8 "candidates" start the course, and the 2 things that...

Abundance of X-country riding, if you like Down Hill or Free Riding........About turn, quick march!

To all.  Will elaborate more when I have more time. Cheers.

  UMMM?.............NO!

That speaks volumes!!

  Thucydides;   I agree with you about the reasons behind the purchase of these 4 vessels, but haste and cost were also factors, I believe. Equal, or even better technology could have been pursued. As much as I would love to see the Brits take back their used garbage, our officials made the...

  All that being said, if we do have an active Navy then yes, we should have subs to have an all encompassing Naval force. Unfortunatley, those who decided on the last purchase did so with the attitude of a 17 year old buying his first car. HOTWHEELS!

A fellow from my old troop recently told me he'd witness it. The entire troop was there to see it.

  Here it is, 98 Ice Storms, given jobs we shouldn't have been given, ended up tasked out to Hydro Quebec. They had us performing maintenance on PCB containers for power lines. For real! Had a slight slip, stepped into one of those things. No medical attention, no CF 98, Troop Officer and WO...

Noted, and thanks.

Yes Ex-Dragoon, I was under his command.

After reading some of the posts, I must say no, he didn't do a bad job. The Navy's profile is where it belongs. How can people be crying for ship's when on any given day you'll find several of the ships tied up along side. The Navy's dilema with personel shortages is not a profile problem, it's...

While some info posted here is true, some isn't. You do not have to join the Navy to become a CD. You do not have to be in the Navy to get onto a Ship's Team Diver's course.  Does it help? Yes. On my STD course there were 4 "out of Navy" candidates, how did they get there, they simply requested...

I have to ask, why exactly is it a bad idea to become an NCM?

The fantasians? Fought against them a few times in Gagetown, just can't remember ever seeing them.