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Egypt won't let them in for much the same reason Israel won't, they have created a culture of rebellion. The last thing Egypt wants is Palestinians stirring up rebellion with the Muslim Brotherhood.

I like the ones I have, and am not excited to switch. I suppose it will happen eventually...

The coasts are apparently all switched over, but some of us in the middle of the country are still wearing the older version. I expect there will be a mix of the two uniforms for a while yet. My understanding is that Ottawa units were going to start switching in Dec, but I have been out of town...

I found the easiest way was similar to the video posted, but with a bit if a push toward thr back of the mag. If you aren't careful it's easy to end up with a round catching on the front of the mag. Remember, all of us in the CAF managed to get it done, so it's well within your ability with a...

I suspect the caps lock lead to the impression you were upset. I have friends who have their kids in private school for the reasons you mentioned. They found the politics in public schools unappealing, so spend a lot of money to put their kids into a school that is marches their world view...

Amen! I keep telling the folks at all the offices I inspect to slow down and enjoy the experience. I was a Sgt for 8 years, they were by far the best years of my career so far. By not chasing promotion I felt prepared for promotion when it came, and I managed to get more experience than any of...

Rations and Quarters are unlikely on most bases once you're finished training. Not impossible, but don't count on R&Q being available. I've been posted to both Cold Lake and Trenton. If I had to choose between the two Trenton would win every time. Ottawa is a great place to be posted, but I'd...

The joke back home was "How do you know a Baptist congregation was still alive at the end of the sermon? They stand up for the closing hymn." Not exactly what most people imagine when they hear Baptist... Our Pastors all held a Masters of Divinity from Acadia University, so they had a genuine...

When I was in Turkey back in 2015 our tour guid explained that many Turks were as Muslim as most Canadians were Christian... it's ancestry/custom more than real belief. I was raised Baptist, Atlantic Convention not Southern, being unworthy because you're a sinner isn't the same as guilt... I'm...

Don't lump Protestants in with all that Catholic guilt. 😉 "Original Sin" is a call to self improvement and getting right with God, not an excuse to wallow in guilt and self doubt. What has lead to thr Western worlds self doubt and self destructive behaviors is the lack of a unifying belief in...

When you have no Ops Department left after they all quit because they pick up all the odd jobs alongside, you have a warship that can't "war". Everybody takes a bite of the shit sandwich, or the problem just gets shuffled to the next group. Ops and Deck already do most of the alongside odd...

I can't imagine the CBC being overtly political while pretending to be unbiased...

Are the current training and currency requirements too restrictive? Is it something that actually required, or is it a risk adverse CAF requirement? I'm not suggesting I know for sure, but is it something people have seriously considered, rather that throw out as a reason things can't change...

How much is the CAF assuming that filthy civilian pilot's are too stupid to learn those "high speed" skillz vs. the reality that if a person can learn to fly an airplane in North America, they are likely capable of learning the other skills as required, over time. How many of the problems in...

How happy would they be to have twice as many people in their mess decks to cover all the jobs that are "beneath" the technicians? I'm sure parking would be fixed if there were twice as many boatswains, cooks, and MPs to fill and the non-tech jobs that need to be done.

Well, it could be the notion that actions previously considered inappropriate, but not assault are being reported as assault. 3 years ago a co-worker grabbing your ass might be considered inapporpriate, but not serious. People today know that unwanted sexual touching is sexual assault, so...

This is the biggest thing I took from the CRCN's YouTubers video... look at the graphic regarding RCN occupations. We are losing our MS-PO 1/LT pers at an alarming rate... I have yet to hear a conversation from on high regarding realistic ways to fix that. We instead seem fixated on making 3...

Yes... when Canada had been going through a surplus of workers. We now have more jobs than people that want them. Particularly jobs that aren't Influencer or white collar office jobs. Which is exactly why I suggested that employers need to look at how they have set-up their hiring processes...

The city could pay for that two year programme, so that people aren't forced to pay upfront. I'm not opposed to training, I'm simply suggesting that perhaps employers should be going back to the idea that you take someone unqualified off the street, train them, then employ them. Put less...

I expect that sort of behaviour from Int Os, not Arty officers...