All right, lads! Showtime!

Good luck old man, keep your head down, and keep your shots straight.

*Alright

have fun

Good luck man, wish ya the best. You'll have to come back and share some war stories sometime....

Ya good luck man, my cousin was in the marines in iraq, tells mably one or two stories....doesnt like to talk about it much. i should get him into paintballing....

The middle east is far bigger then just Iraq.

Best of luck to you, Thor- watch after yourself, and trust in the infantry to keep you safe so you can do YOUR job and help my buddies come home after each patrol.

Stay sharp, and best of luck to you.

SSOK wrote: Canada is sending troops to the middle east?????? I only thought it was the US and UK and everyone else giving some small support. (Not even any troops). On I think it was Fareignheight (sp) 911 they said that some smaller african country sent monkeys to set of IED's

Afganistan is a different war than Iraq, A lot of the first world nations with a military are in Afganistan because it is a UN sanctioned "war on terror"

Iraq is where the USA and UK have had trouble finding alies Because it is not a UN sanctioned war and is therefore deemed by most of the UN members as an act of Violent aggresion.

I am not here to argue if the Iraq war is right or wrong. I am only stateing the fact that the UN doesnt sanction Iraq wich is therefore why most nations are not there.

Well guys thanks for showing all that gooey goodness that is support.

The plane rides were godawfully tight quartered, cause i'm too tall for 80's era planes and the herc....well, it was a herc flight.

Landed here at kandahar air field and went on the range shorlty thereafter. Was issued amunition and all the gucci new medical kit(israeli tourniqets and quickclot) and got all bombed up ready for some stuff to go down.

But after all the hardcoreness, i settled down and realised i'm not a combat soldier and won't be going out the wire too often....which is a drag(but that's another story).

I will volunteer to go out on patrol from time to time on air sentry and out to the FOB's.

And reference to Brihard's post, i have alot more respect for the infanteer's going out on the patrol in this heat....so i gave a bunch of them all of the time i had left on my issued phone card.

As for the yanks on this base, i remain unimpressed.

They all act unproffessionally(dropping weapons, catcalling some of the chicks in my section, making fun of other countries dress and deportment)....it's just appalling....some of them are alright(mostly th marines)

And some yansk can't wrap their minds around not having their weapon loaded at all times....it's unnerving.

that's all ican say for now

later

Thor wrote: They all act unproffessionally(dropping weapons, catcalling some of the chicks in my section, making fun of other countries dress and deportment)....it's just appalling....some of them are alright(mostly th marines) And some yansk can't wrap their minds around not having their weapon loaded at all times....it's unnerving.

First, Hoo Rah.

Second, do you consider loaded as having a round in the chamber, or as having a clip attatched ot the gun, ready to use when needed?

Thor you better take your own gun, you probably know how canada usuallu forgets these types of things on the tarmac at the airport.  Good luck, Don't get shot.