• Thanks for stopping by. Logging in to a registered account will remove all generic ads. Please reach out with any questions or concerns.

Recent content by wongskc

  1. wongskc

    25000 new sailors, soldiers, airmen and airwomen?

    Territorial army?  ???  What does that mean?
  2. wongskc

    Discussion of Canada's Role in AFG (merged)

    Aside from what's already been said, your proposal would almost certainly be seen as a violation of the mobility rights that are outlined by the Charter.
  3. wongskc

    Canadian Public Opinion Polls on Afghanistan

    Haggis, That piece you provided written by Sean M. Maloney, PhD is quite good.  Do you have any source information for it?
  4. wongskc

    For those of you in the Calgary Area - War and Security Conference

    The Society for Military and Strategic Studies at the University of Calgary is holding its 8th Annual Conference: War and Security: From Conflict Through Resolution 10-11 February The Conference is open to everyone, registration is not necessary. Here is the Agenda:
  5. wongskc

    for everyone who joins

    Don't think you are dumb just because you are relatively young.  If you act as a reasonable and responsible person, you will be treated as such (except by your parents, it is their job to always treat you as a kid :P)
  6. wongskc

    Tips on Cleaning the C-7

    Further to Recceguy's comments, minimize your use of CLP for cleaning the rifle.  Ironically enough, the rifle will look cleaner if you do a less through job (i.e. not use CLP to clean it) than if you did it properly.
  7. wongskc

    Question of the Hour

    Bomber command suffered the second highest rate of casualties.  The Merchant Marine recieved something like 1 in 10 killed.
  8. wongskc

    Responses to Defence budget rising Editorial

    Aw, the link won't work.  :'(
  9. wongskc

    Bono expresses disappointment in PM

    http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20051125.wbono1125/BNStory/National Now, personally, I couldn't care any less what a non-citizen/non-resident/non-taxpayer thinks about our fiscal and foreign policies.  However, the article got me thinking about the effectiveness of foreign...
  10. wongskc

    What to send to the boyfriend!

    GO!!! is so selfless... always going out of his way to make sure troops get their due.  :salute:
  11. wongskc

    First "Anniversary"

    I'm not so sure about flowers, but definately a good letter.
  12. wongskc

    Passchendaele movie

    Alberta funds Paul Gross's Passchendaele movie By GAYLE MACDONALD Wednesday, November 9, 2005 Page R3 Toronto -- Just before dawn on Nov. 6, 1917, the final battle began for the tiny Belgian village of Passchendaele. Yesterday, Alberta's cash-flush premier Ralph Klein announced his...
  13. wongskc

    BMQ and seperation anxiety

    A trick I use to avoid homesickness is to seperate myself from what I left behind.  By this I mean taking out pictures of family & girlfriend from my wallet and limiting calls home.  I find it's easier to concentrate on the job at hand when I don't have many reminders of what's at home. This...
  14. wongskc

    BMQ nov 21st

    Honestly?  Shut up, listen to the instructors, fess up when you screw up (and you will) and never, ever, EVER tell a master corporal to "F*** off" (Yes, this has been done - No, not by me - And no, the results were not pretty)
  15. wongskc

    Question of the Hour

    Would this happen to be Lt. Joan Fletcher?  My history here is somewhat hazy, but she co-ordinated the evacuation of non-combatants somewhere in the Pacific, doing so with such finesse that a Japanese officer gave her his family sword as a sign of respect.  After WWII she served in the Korean...
Back
Top