Well, I think my curiosity with the Canadian Navy is over.

[HEyHEY]

I was going through this thing they have that matches your skills with what they have in the Navy to fit that.

As soon as I saw the word "combat" reality hit and I was done, it's not that I'm scared of it, I'd like to be a war correspondent eventaully. It's just that it occured to me I may be responsible for killing people... I have no problem killing a guy who's got a gun to my Mom's head or something. But to just launch an explosive into some village hoping it hits its mark... that was a bit too sobering.

Of course if it were my skills I would be doing something like PR...but PR for the guy that accidentally blew up a village?

Nah, I think not

Guess I'll have to wait for open tours, fair HMCS Winnipeg

[JVS]

1. But the navy is the only thing stopping Quebec from being free!

[ragin_acadian]

2. ahoy, eh?

i understand. i'm thinking about joining one of the Canadian branches , when i move back - about two years from now.

but seriously, has Canada deployed in anything other than a symbolic manner since WWII?

[tjwmason]

4. I believe that Canada is highly regarded for peace-keeping operations.

I doubt that they're about to join an invasion of Iran or something like that.

[ragin_acadian]

5. agreed.

that's what a first world army should do, bring peace, not blow things to pieces.

i think they've got a thousand or so troops in Afghanistan - i'm going to see if i can find out more about their armed forces after finishing this post.

[enigami]

3. Canada has a Navy?

just kidding. Hey do your guys still get a ration of rum. I heard they did back in the 70's

[ragin_acadian]

6. they just bought a pair of submarines from the UK about

a year ago. one of them caught on fire on the way over - no joke!

reliable sources tell me that they will be getting the torpedo's pretty soon :D