ExFlyer

Your the one that has started all this, with the down arrow stuff....and not just with me but others as well, now i get you may not like all my posts, but you've made it a point to f*ck with all of them... so don't play tit for tat, when your the guy that has started with all of it...

I'll step up and apologize for my behavior, and will correct it going forward and i would like it is you do as well.

If you don't have time to post what you don't like about my posts then don't reply at all, the down arrow is meaningless not only for you but for the other posters reading your remarks. As well, it tells me you can't be brother to respond which is a sign of disrespect...be like me giving you the finger and not telling you why...

No, it began when you and I disagreed on some military stuff. You took serious offence and began to belittle me and my take on it.

We have different outlook and careers in the military.

My experience, as a CWO in NDHQ allowed me to see and hear and be part of many things including bi weekly CWO meetings where CWO's of Army, Navy and Air Force got together to discuss common issues. I got to learn a lot about the other branches and their issues. I know a lot more about other branches and their issues than you think.

Also, it is important for you to understand that we who served, did so at the will of our leaders. Some, many actually, military persons did not see "action" over seas but that does by no means indicate that we are lesser military persons. There is a lot more in the Canadian Military than the Army.

The down arrow is the only way to disagree. Not every disagreement requires a comment so, it is what it is. Perhaps an new icon for disagreement would stop that.

I too apologize and will stop.

I had a small stroke and was not really able to type and am much better now. I refuse to get involved in the political and election name calling and rhetoric though. I am reading how abusive and demeaning the posts have become.

I guess we see this entire disagreement in different lenses. 

Yes we did have much different careers,and i have stated many times in the course of our posts that i have much respect for SAR techs and what they did, i've seen many Infanteers go that direction. 

I want to add, it was not my intention to portray the infantry as the king of the military, if i have learned anything we are nothing if we are not a team, meaning every trade and element adds something to the military, and mission one can not stand alone and expect to be victorious in any task without the many different trades....

Me seeing combat does not mean i or the thousands of others that did are any better than any other military member, those that did however have some insight into how battle works, ..does not mean we are better , just have a different way of looking at things...

Looking back upon it all ,there are much more days i wish i had never seen combat it is not as cracked up as you may think it is, very little glory and a lot of grief......it made me a better soldier, but i lost way more than i gained...

As for the Army being king of the sand box....thats a topic for much later...

Hope your your health comes back there are only a few things we should care about, one is your health, family, friends....and of course the Regiment....