Wow, actual bread and circus.
It's not surprising that the Legions feel cut out of things, since they haven't exactly been following the script lately...

Afghan mission Day of Honour planning catches legion off guard Legions across the country have had only days to prepare for May 9 commemoration event ( Read more... )

I just look at this and think, "whu...?"
Really, what next...

May 9 Afghan tribute cloaked in secrecy with two weeks left to goNo detailed information available on upcoming event ( Read more... )

Mark Campbell, who was the best Platoon 2IC I ever had when I was in the Army and who later lost both his legs in Afghanistan, is one of the six plaintiffs in this lawsuit.

Veterans don't have social contract, Ottawa says in lawsuit responseFederal government responds to class-action lawsuit aimed at New Veterans Charter ( Read more... )

Canadian military involvement in Afghanistan formally ends
Understated ceremony held under heavy guard at NATO headquarters in Kabul ( Read more... )

.. but as usual a lot has been happening.

Games

Publishing schedule is now:

- Finnish Civil War (1918) in #82 of Paper Wars magazine, later 2013 or early 2014.

- Greek Civil War (1947-49) in #11 of Modern War magazine, summer 2014 (publisher had me adapt the game's "Algeria" family system to a COIN system Joe Miranda will introduce for his Iraq ( Read more... )

An interesting take on drones, from teh Chronicle of Higher Education:

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March 11, 2013

In the Shadow of DronesGeoffrey Moss for The Chronicle Review ( Read more... )

http://youtu.be/VqqbSy_rD-4Read more... )

Nope, nothing surprising about thsi, nothing at all.

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Canadian army short on mid-level leadership due to Afghan missionBy Lee Berthiaume, Postmedia News November 28, 2011 ( Read more... )

This signed editorial from today's T-C says what I was thinking, only better. It's not exactly news, to people who have been reading the news, and IMIO Canada has slightly retreated in recent years from being "this most civilized of nations", but it needs to be said once in a while, to remind us of where we came from.

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Editorial: Torture, ( Read more... )

GEN David Petraeus, the new commander in Afghanistan, talks with BGEN John Vance, the commander of Task Force Kandahar, outside Kandahar City.


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