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Now when I was in, I always remember hearing the old adage that "We need to bring back the old Naval Drill and do away with this Army up 6 down 6 garbage". Now from my understanding at some point between 68-71 with Unification having come to pass, the old drill and ceremonial of the old services...

Disclaimer: The following stories were passed on to me when I was fairly young, so my memory of the details may not be accurate, however I have made every attempt to retell them, based on my memory of the tales imparted to me. When I was a young man, on occasion I remember being left at the...

Our local Texahoma PBS station recently had on a documentary on tunneling during the First World War. The documentary primarily focused on the British Army and more specifically the Royal Engineers, however there was also mention of Canadian efforts in tunneling during the war. According to the...

Up until at least 2002, foreign nationals who held landed immigrant cards(permanent residents in the country) were allowed to join the Reserves, and in some cases if they held specialty skills, along with a waiver and a battery of other paperwork could potentially join the Reg Force. Now I...

Can anyone direct me to a source on uniform regulations for the Dominion Police, or at the very least to period photos of the service?

Prior to Unification, was there any form of official segregation in the Canadian Army, Royal Canadian Navy or Royal Canadian Air Force? The few incidents of segregation that I’m aware of: During the First World War, there was an official policy that non-whites were not allowed to serve in...

Though some might term this to be an outdated product, Civilization 2 can provide at the most base level, a very interesting war game experience. Now that being said, the primary reason why I’m endorsing this game as being an excellent platform for a war game, is due to the fact that editing...

Does anyone know, if a full collection of the former RCAF publican “Roundel” is posted online either through DND or a private collector?

Recently I came upon some online copies of the former RCAF Roundel Magazine 1948-1965(print run), and I noticed that in one of the articles on air defense, that members of the ground crew were wearing a beret (with the RCAF cap brass), along with their coveralls. Now unfortunately, my computer...

A great article for those interested in Airbase Ground Defense as it relates to the Canadian Air Force.  http://wps.cfc.forces.gc.ca/papers/c...obocarlsen.doc.

Having been recently contemplating rejoining the Navy, I have spent some time reading up on the history of the service (and yes though admittedly we all learnt the basic history of the service at both BMQ/OSUT & NETP) there never really was a whole lot of time spent on the Royal Canadian Navy...