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Offline Thrawn

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Canadian soldiers in Afghanastan wearing green uniforms.
« on: January 24, 2002, 07:58:14 PM »
That's right, some nice green uniforms.  No desert camo for us.  "Why?", you may ask.  Easy, our government doesn't give a fly f#$% about our service men and women.  Hell, our navy is flying Sea Kings that are over 40 yrs old, and plan on using them for the next 10-15 years!!  

Not only are we the laughing stock of the military community, but they are needlessly endangering the lives of the very people that have bravely decided that they love this country enough to defend it.:mad:

to all the countries out there who's governments support and cherish their fighting men and women.  I wish ours was one of them.
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Offline mrfish

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« Reply #1 on: January 24, 2002, 08:03:02 PM »
wow that sucks! canadians are alright, i dig em.

i, for one, will be outraged with you in support.
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« Reply #2 on: January 24, 2002, 08:13:27 PM »
Thrawn, maybe this will make ya feel better. I deployed from Europe as part of VII Corps for Operation Desert Shield/Storm. We wore regular woodland BDU uniforms throughout the entire operation and actually used the woodland camo nets to "camouflage" our equipment. It wasn't until 3 months after the war and 2 weeks before we left that they decided to bring us some desert uniforms...just so we wouldn't go home and step off the plane in our woodland uniforms. They didn't want the public thinking that we weren't taken care of. Nothing disguises a truck in the middle of a desert quite like a 100 square meter dark green camo net. :)
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Offline GRUNHERZ

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« Reply #3 on: January 24, 2002, 08:14:29 PM »
Well I hear Canada is oh so progressive and liberal- I see I heard right! :)
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« Reply #4 on: January 24, 2002, 08:24:17 PM »
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I deployed from Europe as part of VII Corps for Operation Desert Shield/Storm. We wore regular woodland BDU uniforms throughout the entire operation and actually used the woodland camo nets to "camouflage" our equipment. It wasn't until 3 months after the war and 2 weeks before we left that they decided to bring us some desert uniforms...just so we wouldn't go home and step off the plane in our woodland uniforms.  


Heheh, I read about that in Franks and Clancy's book.  But, this is just the strawn that broke the camels back.  We're always doing watermelon like this.

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Well I hear Canada is oh so progressive and liberal.


Yeah, and for the most part I agree with it...just not in this case.
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Offline GRUNHERZ

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« Reply #5 on: January 24, 2002, 08:30:58 PM »
Well Thrawn I'll consider it a good start for you...
Why does Canada even bother with a military, who would attack Canada anyway? :D
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Re: Canadian soldiers in Afghanastan wearing green uniforms.
« Reply #6 on: January 24, 2002, 08:33:06 PM »
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Originally posted by Thrawn
That's right, some nice green uniforms.  No desert camo for us.  "Why?", you may ask.  Easy, our government doesn't give a fly f#$% about our service men and women.  Hell, our navy is flying Sea Kings that are over 40 yrs old, and plan on using them for the next 10-15 years!!  

Not only are we the laughing stock of the military community, but they are needlessly endangering the lives of the very people that have bravely decided that they love this country enough to defend it.:mad:

to all the countries out there who's governments support and cherish their fighting men and women.  I wish ours was one of them.



Aren't the Canadians using that fairly new "digital" camo pattern?  Maybe the "system" simply hasn't had time to spin up and produce desert colors in mass quantities?
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« Reply #7 on: January 24, 2002, 09:05:26 PM »
Yep thats our new stuff. Thats probably a reason we are using them there. "Look what we bought for our military, and see, we are using it" Gotta appease the tax payers and pencil pushers. I hope we get with the program and get some proper gear. Christ they could go to there local army surplus and pick some up.
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« Reply #8 on: January 24, 2002, 09:12:44 PM »
newguy is correct.  Apparently, they are also making a small amount of desert camo.

"A small amount of desert pattern camouflage will be produced, enough to equip two battlegroups."

"The Clothe The Soldier program is the first major upgrade of Canadian Land Forces uniform and equipment since the 1960's."

Better late then never.

More info: http://www.army.dnd.ca/lf/equip/hab/index_e.html

Apparently the they are way over schedule and budget for the combat bra.  Yes, combat bra.
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« Reply #9 on: January 24, 2002, 09:28:58 PM »
"who would attack Canada anyway"

Quebec of course! ;) :D
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« Reply #10 on: January 24, 2002, 09:29:59 PM »
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« Reply #11 on: January 24, 2002, 09:53:04 PM »
Canada and two other nations are wearing green uniforms.Has nothing to do with not enough money.Now that fact that Canada has to rely on other nations transport planes(cause we have none)is an embarrasment.The current Liberal Party government(currently in it's third term)has decimated the moral and slashed to budget of our once proud millitary.We are only capable of peacekeeping missions and expect our friends in the south to do all the dangerous ops'.We have a batch of F-18's but almost half of them are being salvaged for parts.
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« Reply #12 on: January 24, 2002, 10:06:19 PM »
"Apparently the they are way over schedule and budget for the combat bra".

  Those ARE for the women,right?
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« Reply #13 on: January 24, 2002, 10:12:19 PM »
That freem-medical-care-for-all plan has gotta be paid for by something. There aint no free lunch. :)
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« Reply #14 on: January 24, 2002, 10:41:05 PM »
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"Apparently the they are way over schedule and budget for the combat bra".

  Those ARE for the women,right?


Uhhh, we aren't aloud to talk about that.  Forget i said anything.


Sirloin:  The question I have is, who the hell voted for these morons for a third term anyway?
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