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25 Mar 12, 09:47
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That is disgusting, Anglopole.
My views on involvement in Iraq aside, I would never degrade the memory of those who gave their lives doing their duty.
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Agreed Andy, lcm1 
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25 Mar 12, 09:56
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Not just the US - our own LCM1 made a similar promise to His Majesty George VI.
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OK mate,never back off from a compliment particularly if it is accompanied by a beer, Cheers,  lcm1 ( Ken)
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25 Mar 12, 10:06
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My dad has now a pin badge to say he is a British Armed Forces Veteran. Just started to give these out to vets in the UK. I am proud of him wearing it. He did not serve in a 'war' but he served his country in Northern Ireland and Hong Kong.
A veteran is someone to be thankful for. I still remember the anti-war marches agaisnt iraq in 03 in my home city of Exeter. They all sat on the cenotaph there. I was so disgusted.
A little respect goes a long way. After all they gave or give more than just that themselves!
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They are pretty tardy (as usual) back home handing out those pins, we have had ours out in Aussie land for some time, Cheers, lcm1
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14 Jun 12, 10:53
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They are pretty tardy (as usual) back home handing out those pins, we have had ours out in Aussie land for some time, Cheers, lcm1
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Better late than never..........
1. Here in Canada I dont recall any pins etc being given out for service recognition..i could be wrong.
2. The Feds did name a section of the Trans Canada Highway..Highway of Heros.....The cynic in me always wondered about this as we had be transporting the lads that fell on so called "Peacekeeping" for years and nobody cared.
3.I served in the Brit Army and the Canadian military have three medals and two letters of commendation and the only thing that ever counted, to me, was my Jump wings ( Brit, Can, French) and my Can Engineer wings...
To the guys/girls who came home the hard way...
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23 Sep 12, 04:22
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Better late than never..........
1. Here in Canada I dont recall any pins etc being given out for service recognition..i could be wrong.
2. The Feds did name a section of the Trans Canada Highway..Highway of Heros.....The cynic in me always wondered about this as we had be transporting the lads that fell on so called "Peacekeeping" for years and nobody cared.
3.I served in the Brit Army and the Canadian military have three medals and two letters of commendation and the only thing that ever counted, to me, was my Jump wings ( Brit, Can, French) and my Can Engineer wings...
To the guys/girls who came home the hard way...
Near Toulun France.... |
I have found that the veteran lapel badge does not'DO' a lot by itself without the proof of a Veteran Affairs card which on occasions enables you to get modest concessions but you get no more than ordinary pensioners get anyway. After coming from a country originally, that does its best to ignore veterans in the hope that they will eventually go away, it is at least good to be officially recognised as such!! lcm1
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24 Sep 12, 08:38
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Better late than never..........
1. Here in Canada I dont recall any pins etc being given out for service recognition..i could be wrong.
2. The Feds did name a section of the Trans Canada Highway..Highway of Heros.....The cynic in me always wondered about this as we had be transporting the lads that fell on so called "Peacekeeping" for years and nobody cared.
3.I served in the Brit Army and the Canadian military have three medals and two letters of commendation and the only thing that ever counted, to me, was my Jump wings ( Brit, Can, French) and my Can Engineer wings...
To the guys/girls who came home the hard way...
Near Toulun France.... |
Hullo Bow,tell me is there any problems in getting official replacements for lost medals in Canada? I was told by my Rating base (Chatham) to go to a medal maker if I wanted to replace them,which I did, here in Australia. They look quite good but are artificially shiney and on close inspection a little on the tinny side.They pass in a crowd but I am secretly rather aware of what they are. lcm1
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24 Sep 12, 10:37
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I have found that the veteran lapel badge does not'DO' a lot by itself without the proof of a Veteran Affairs card which on occasions enables you to get modest concessions but you get no more than ordinary pensioners get anyway. After coming from a country originally, that does its best to ignore veterans in the hope that they will eventually go away, it is at least good to be officially recognised as such!! lcm1
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Ah Yes! Tommy Atkins comes to mind.
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NO one wins a war!!!! They just lose less.
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12 Jan 13, 10:43
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Ah Yes! Tommy Atkins comes to mind.
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Ah Yes! Tommy Atkins comes to mind.
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In case anyone is not familiar with Kipling, its :
"For its Tommy this an' Tommy that, an' Chuck him out , the brute'
But it's saviour of his country when the guns begin to shoot"
Tommy by Rudyard Kipling... |
20 Jan 13, 13:54
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Hullo Bow,tell me is there any problems in getting official replacements for lost medals in Canada? I was told by my Rating base (Chatham) to go to a medal maker if I wanted to replace them,which I did, here in Australia. They look quite good but are artificially shiney and on close inspection a little on the tinny side.They pass in a crowd but I am secretly rather aware of what they are. lcm1
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To tell the truth mate I have never realy bothered....I even had a medal sitting in Ottawa awaiting pickup, told them to mail it as I couldnt be bothered.......There is an outfit in Quebec that will make you mini replacement medals , and the ones I have seen are very nice.....I was never a wearer of anything but my jump wings.....to many "show offs" that have never been anyplace.......but I keep the faith with the guys I served with and as the USMC say's...Semper Fi.... |
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In case anyone is not familiar with Kipling, its :
"For its Tommy this an' Tommy that, an' Chuck him out , the brute'
But it's saviour of his country when the guns begin to shoot"
Tommy by Rudyard Kipling...
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Bow if they are posting on this thread and not familiar with "Tommy" then they need to go to a thread for the newest designs from Paris.
I don't know about you but I have lived the part of Tommy in the US a way back when. 
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21 Jan 13, 09:56
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Bow if they are posting on this thread and not familiar with "Tommy" then they need to go to a thread for the newest designs from Paris.
I don't know about you but I have lived the part of Tommy in the US a way back when. |
Been there, done that, got the scars and the t-shirt.......Including the a###
hole who phoned my wife and my new son to tell her I was dead when I was away "on a job" in Africa...where this moron blew it was that :
1. My wife knew they procedures the military use to "pass the word"...not by phone.
2. I had just finished speaking to her from Africa via SAT phone appox 5 mins before this idiot phoned.......( Some place in the cosmos he will get his, if he hasnt already)
As I said before.....Kept the faith with the guys I served with and others as we covered each others backs in some s##### places the government sent us.
What I find cynical is the way the government of today makes a big deal of re-naming part of the Trans Canada Highway the "Highway of Heros" for the Afghani affair, while back a number of years ago the guys coming back from so called "peace keeping" ( the Middle East, Africa, Bosnia, South America , etc,etc,) the hard way never even got the luxury of a government rep, tv camera or even one piper, but got shoved in the hearse and off to the graveyard .
I was stationed in Trenton during part of this time and I remember a mad dash to get enough guys dressed in full honour guard gear on differant occasions when the government "forgot" to inform us of these flight arrivals....at the time NOBODY ( except us) cared....so I never had much faith ( to this day) in what ever government is running the place.
To all the fallen and a to the ones who walked off the plane...
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23 Jan 13, 23:18
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Been there, done that, got the scars and the t-shirt.......Including the a###
hole who phoned my wife and my new son to tell her I was dead when I was away "on a job" in Africa...where this moron blew it was that :
1. My wife knew they procedures the military use to "pass the word"...not by phone.
2. I had just finished speaking to her from Africa via SAT phone appox 5 mins before this idiot phoned.......( Some place in the cosmos he will get his, if he hasnt already)
As I said before.....Kept the faith with the guys I served with and others as we covered each others backs in some s##### places the government sent us.
What I find cynical is the way the government of today makes a big deal of re-naming part of the Trans Canada Highway the "Highway of Heros" for the Afghani affair, while back a number of years ago the guys coming back from so called "peace keeping" ( the Middle East, Africa, Bosnia, South America , etc,etc,) the hard way never even got the luxury of a government rep, tv camera or even one piper, but got shoved in the hearse and off to the graveyard .
I was stationed in Trenton during part of this time and I remember a mad dash to get enough guys dressed in full honour guard gear on differant occasions when the government "forgot" to inform us of these flight arrivals....at the time NOBODY ( except us) cared....so I never had much faith ( to this day) in what ever government is running the place.
To all the fallen and a to the ones who walked off the plane... |
Know how you feel mate. lcm1
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To tell the truth mate I have never realy bothered....I even had a medal sitting in Ottawa awaiting pickup, told them to mail it as I couldnt be bothered.......There is an outfit in Quebec that will make you mini replacement medals , and the ones I have seen are very nice.....I was never a wearer of anything but my jump wings.....to many "show offs" that have never been anyplace.......but I keep the faith with the guys I served with and as the USMC say's...Semper Fi.... |
Don't wear them to show off mate,funerals of ex service men,Anzac day parade (a big thing over here) etc: found you can easy pick out the pretenders with the WW2 medals, 39/45 stars, campaign stars and so on, they are enclined to wear them in the wrong order.My main beef originally though was,that it was the usual British Government poor show, that it is impossible to get a medal replacement if genuine. lcm1
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