Canadian Airborne in Somalia

[Pete031]

The "Jump Smock" was worn by all pers who held Jump Positions in the respective units, including the AB Reg't, The guns had their troop, the Armoured Recce had theirs, and the Engineers as well....
It was worn as normal "work Dress" and for parades...
all part of the SSF...

It was worn by both the Airborne regiment and then 1RCR as the SSF. Which included of course all the supporting units within the Battle Group.
The smock itself was at least in the Airborne worn more by the Non Infantry types. It was kind of a novelty, which is always exploited more by those who think they have something to prove. THe only other place you could find it, post SSF was at the CPC of course that ended too with the introduction of CADPAT.

[Yeoman]

Well. I presume that you want to remuster to Infantry because you want some trigger time right? Well the 1st is coming back as you know so you would probably want to go with another unit. Of course they will be the first ones back in the rotation in about 3 years. The 3rd is going in 08, why not get attached to them as a SigOp?

because I would ridicule him and throw anything that I can get my hands on across the hall anytime I see him walk out of sigs platoon.
I think that's a straight laced answer of why he wouldn't dare do such a thing :P
Greg

[DANJANOU]

Poor fellow probably tried to sign his name by making his mark. Can't even get into the infantry with that .

Well you could back in the old days when dinosaurs like me were humping SMGs C1s, C2s, and C5 GPMGs

[OttawaLoneWolf]

As been addressed before, not all of us B.C. boys share the same viewpoint as all those ndp lovers in Vancouver and Victoria. We in the interior of the province are a little more level headed. That and we mostly don't believe in hugging trees...we believe in cutting them down with extreme prejudice

u forgot to add and then making lots money

[OttawaLoneWolf]

Well you could back in the old days when dinosaurs like me were humping SMGs C1s, C2s, and C5 GPMGs

wooo ! u are old

[DANJANOU]

wooo ! u are old

Yup the number 2 and 3 on the G-Pig with me were two guys named Moses and Noah.

[OttawaLoneWolf]

Yup the number 2 and 3 on the G-Pig with me were two guys named Moses and Noah.

so were u in Gun and Moses ? : )

[torche031]

THought i'd contribute a few pics to the thread, many were lost over time, but still have a few from my days in Mogadishu when our section had been attached to the EOD element of the 10th Mountain Division. We were attached to the battle group from 1RCR as a mortar platoon, but no sooner did we land that our mortars were packed away and our platoon dispersed to 2 corners of the country, maintaining a role of mechanized QRF. The Mogadishu portion had a section maintaining embassy security, while ours maintained inner city convoy security and US assistance.

[torche031]

Also added 2 pics of my modern vocation as an Ironworker, not quite in the military theme, but it stresses that some of us really only find peace while standing on a 6" beam a few hundred feet up in the air after multiple tours hehe.

[torche031]

It pains me to ask brothers, but my recollection is hazy and I had not yet arrived to Bellet-uen from the city when it occured... But is the destroyed hummer and the one shown below from the SF team the one and the same? It pained me to have heard about the landmine, many of the lads in the platoon had gotten to know them well before it happened. -Cheers

[Recce 1]

The pool

Very beautiful and interesting thread.
Thank you.

To return on this very interesting picture.
With the foreground, like at the bottom in the center, one sees destroyed FV4017 CENTURION.

For the others, the picture is too small.
I do not see what it is.

[YANKEEBOBB]

Hey guys. Got a question...

I understand the Candadian Airborne is no more. Disbanded in 1995 I believe. While searching around I found a few recently taken pics of Canadian paras such as the one below. dated 2007. Can anyone clear this up for me? Thanks in advance.


Shot at 2009-02-20

[Pete031]

Hey guys. Got a question...

I understand the Candadian Airborne is no more. Disbanded in 1995 I believe. While searching around I found a few recently taken pics of Canadian paras such as the one below. dated 2007. Can anyone clear this up for me? Thanks in advance.


Shot at 2009-02-20

Yup,

The CF has 3 Conventional Infantry Regiments now.
Each Regiment had/has a Light Battlaion within those Regiments.
Each light Battalion has a "Jump Company" within the Battalions
Those soldiers are entitled to wear the Maroon Beret, but wear the Cap Badge of their Regiment.

Also Soldiers serving at the Canadian Parachute Center, which is now the land advanced warfare center or something like that are allowed to wear it.

[YANKEEBOBB]

Thank for the info bro! So their still is Airborne but not officially... just hidden amogst the troops. Damn political nonsense!

Canadians have a great military force from what I've seen. I hate all this for you guys. I'm not condoning what happend but that was a bit too much - doing away w/your airborne as stated before in this thread.

[Pete031]

Thank for the info bro! So their still is Airborne but not officially... just hidden amogst the troops. Damn political nonsense!

Canadians have a great military force from what I've seen. I hate all this for you guys. I'm not condoning what happend but that was a bit too much - doing away w/your airborne as stated before in this thread.

No, it's not hidden, the Jump Companies are still designated units within the battalions, it's just that each regiment has it's own, instead of them all being together.