I always laughed at how UNPROFOR stuck the ARGBAT and one BRITBAT in the same sector in Croatia at one point...WTF were they thinking?
Just answered my own question, - I remember I used to call the command STUNNEDPROFOR for a reason.
My eldest did apparently have to do the personality test as part of the testing.
As for the training institution you speak of, I worked there in a clinical capacity - yeah, there were a lot of folks that obviously ticked the boxes they wanted people to see and then managed to get through with...
There is a certain irony to this - having those qualifications allows the member to moonlight and add to their professional development by seeing things they wouldn't otherwise see. Much like the Maintenance of Clinical Competency Programs for MO's, PA's, Med Techs, RN's, etc in the Medical...
Let them eat it...
I'm reminded of wandering into my UMS one sunny day in Port au Prince in 2004 to find a bunch of Chinese combat police in my treatment bay getting a tour. I asked the terp "WTF are these guys and why are they here?" Terp responds "They're Chinese National Police and they're...
I remember reading somewhere that the joke going around was that Smokey Smith actually got the VC for engaging a tank with a PIAT from the standing position as opposed to what the remainder of the citation indicated...
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Used to see the blue/red Twin Otters in Yelloknife all the time - both at the actual as well as float plane airports. Also flew to the UK for my 9th birthday present with my Grand Dad.
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Just got out of the Regular Force and was in Portage la Prairie's ER working while waiting for my proper job out of town to start. Old diagnostic imaging requisitions had a line "Is this patient pregnant?" and you had to write "Yes" or "No". I've been there maybe less than a week...XRay tech...
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