Good to see Canucks being Canucks on the nation's holiday even when doing a very tough job:
More than 1,000 soldiers from the Princess Patricia's Battle Group defied the Taliban Saturday by celebrating Canada Day near where a rocket attack critically wounded one of their comrades on Friday night. The troops feted each other and the national day with a barbecue and a special ration of two beers each that made them the envy of troops from the seven other countries with whom they share this normally dry base.I note they were tallboy cans as well. Nice touch, DND. More in this good story on the day from canada.com. No word on how the Taliban took the news that there was both Keith's (and Tim Horton's coffee) in Kandahar.Those enjoying the party the most may have been combat units. They'd been given special leave to return to headquarters to celebrate the national holiday after weeks of action in the deserts and mountains that surround Kandahar. But even as these deeply tanned warriors enjoyed a shower, a beer and a hamburger, other combat formations quietly slipped back "outside the wire" to continue Canada's deadly war against the Taliban.
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Howard Longe - July 9, 2006 10:40 AM
I like this story, as I was chatting to my nephew on msn, he is based in Kandahar. He told me he had two beer, I did not know that it was a special ration, I thought they were from another company
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terry - October 10, 2006 6:35 PM
CANADA’S MILITARY DESERTS 18 YEAR OLD BOY
IS THIS WHAT MINISTER O‘CONNOR AND PRIME MINISTER HARPER MEAN WHEN THEY SAY THEY SUPPORT THE TROOPS??
DO THE DND KNOW THE NATURE OF THE VIRUS / INFECTIOUS DISEASE THAT MY SON CONTRACTED AT CANADIAN FORCES BASE SHILO IN MANITOBA, CANADA, BUT HAVE NOT DIVULGED IT TO THE FAMILY DOCTOR AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE SPECIALIST FOR FEAR OF LIABILITY??
AFTER THE DND BASICALLY ABANDONED MY SON ON HIS RETURN FROM CFB SHILO, CAPTAIN BOWHEY HAS NOW ADDED INSULT TO INJURY SAYING THERE ARE NO WEEKEND BMQ’s OR SQ’s IN MY SON’S HOME AREA, ALTHOUGH IT HAS BEEN DIVULGED TO ME BY RECRUITING THAT THERE ARE SUCH COURSES, WITH THE MEDIC, THE ARTILLERY AND THE INFANTRY AND MY SON IS INTERESTED IN THE MEDIC UNIT.
WITH CAPTAIN BOWHEY’S RECENT COMMENTS IN A LETTER DATE 14 SEPTEMBER, IT’S NOW TIME TO “GO PUBLIC”, AND PUT SOME LIGHT ON MINISTER O‘CONNOR AND PRIME MINISTER HARPER COMMENTS THAT THEY SUPPORT THE TROOPS, IF THIS IS HOW A YOUNG MAN IS TREATED ON “HOME SOIL”!!
CONSENT FORMS HAVE BEEN SENT TO MINISTER O‘CONNOR, PRIME MINISTER HARPER, AND CAPTAIN BOWHEY FOR ANYONE TO BECOME INVOLVED IN AN EFFORT TO IDENTIFY THE VIRUS / INFECTIOUS DISEASE THAT MY SON CONTRACTED AT CFB SHILO!!
THIS CAN NOW INCLUDE NEWS MEDIA OR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTERS!!
IN OTHER WORDS, ANYONE WHO CAN HELP IDENTIFY THE VIRUS / INFECTIOUS DISEASE THAT MY SON CONTRACTED AT CFB SHILO!!
LET’S SEE WHAT MINISTER O‘CONNOR AND PRIME MINISTER HARPER DO FOR THE BOY, WHO IS ONLY AGE 18, BUT WILLING TO SERVE HIS COUNTRY!!!!
IF YOU CAN IDENTIFY THE UNDIAGNOSED VIRUS / INFECTIOUS DISEASE PLEASE E-MAIL THE RESULTS:
BScComplete@shaw.ca