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My son is interested in joining the British army and has been for a while. He applied from Canada (almost 2 years ago now, I think)  and they turned him down, but we've learned since he should have just gone to England and joined(I think we got that advice here). So that's what he's doing now...

The whole problem with the Sudan seems to me to be part of a much larger problem of lack of any real coherent plan or ready force to deal with such emergencies  on the part of the major nations that call the shots at the UN.(I realize the Sudan past the point of mere emergency long ago) I forget...

This latest failure of the Canadian government to give their soldiers a chance to do what they signed up for deeply depressed me as I read the above article about Sudan --of all places-- rejecting our help. When I joined the infantry in  '76 I had the idea that I would take part in history...

Has anyone seen this? WASHINGTON -- The Army has ordered a one-day halt in recruiting activities nationwide to address complaints about aggressive tactics used by military recruiters as they struggle to meet monthly goals, Army officials said Wednesday. Read here...

Dan476, thanks for your feedback.  This info is definitely straightening out our thinking. The worst part is that our longer range strategy is even more convoluted: that is, getting into the British regs. He tried once (yeah, I've been plowing through all the excellent posts on Canadians getting...

I'm new to army.ca and am very interested in this recruiting process for my son. I was in the regs back in in 76-79, back when you were practically sucked into the recruiting office with a huge vaccuum as you went past the recruiting office. So, I'm surprised and dismayed at  how difficult a...