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Royal Canadian Artillery Crest
I had to test a vector graphic service for work, and so I figured I’d use the RCA’s crest. I’d seen a few different GIF versions online, but none of them were clear, legible or of good quality. So I paid them out of my own pocket, and the image below is the final product.
Legality
Being concerned about breaking trademark law, I have done some extensive research and took the precaution of speaking to a lawyer for five minutes. The Trade-marks Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. T-13) on Canada’s Department of Justice website, Section 9-1 states:
9. (1) No person shall adopt in connection with a business, as a trade-mark or otherwise, any mark consisting of, or so nearly resembling as to be likely to be mistaken for…
You can read the relevant section online or read the full text of the Trade-marks Act on the Canadian Department of Justice website. Anyways – the relevant and important part is the part that I bolded. I am not offering this download for money, nor in association or affiliation with any federal/provincial/city entity or department. Just a private citizen who’s tired of seeing crappy graphics on the internet.
LEGAL: This is a free download. Be warned that you are subject to the legal stipulations as defined in the Trade-marks Act regarding this image’s usage. I suggest you read it. The offering of this image for free download, is in no way to be taken as an affiliation with the RCA, or an endorsement of myself, my website, by the RCA.
Once Upon Us – “When You’re Not Around”
My mate Nate Winishut is a Sergeant in the U.S Army. Deployed to Iraq twice to kick ass and take names, all the while Nate was developing his musical skills to what I think are a superb level. He got together with a dude called Ben Tolman and created a band called ‘Once Upon Us’. This is one of their tracks:
British soldier does the biz!
It takes a real soldier to do this sort of stuff…
A soldier from Selby has been awarded the Military Cross – the third-highest gallantry award – for his bravery during a Taliban ambush in Afghanistan.
L/Cpl Cpl Colin Spooner, 22, of the 2nd Battalion, The Princess of Wales’ Royal Regiment, suffered extensive shrapnel wounds in the attack last October.
Despite intense pain, he continued giving orders and refused a stretcher as it would be a drain on manpower.
The Army said he had shown “exemplary leadership and courage”.
L/Cpl Spooner was leading a patrol in Helmand when they came under attack by about 40 Taliban fighters armed with rocket-propelled grenades and machine guns.
As he ran back and forth across an exposed compound to relay messages to his comrades, a shell exploded directly behind him.
He was thrown into the air and suffered 32 shrapnel wounds.
Receiving his award at a ceremony in Plymouth on Thursday, L/Cpl Spooner said: “One of my mates came out , dragged me back into cover and gave me medical attention.
“Due to the amount of fire that was coming it would have taken four blokes to carry me so I took it upon myself to walk as much as I could so those four blokes could carry on fighting.”
He said he was “very proud” to receive the Military Cross, but was also proud of his regiment and the support they had given him.
“My mum was overwhelmed [by the award],” he said.
“My mum cried. My dad shed a little tear.”
A Ministry of Defence spokesman said: “Spooner’s decisive action, exemplary leadership and courage as Section Commander with B Company Group contributed enormously to the successful outcome of a difficult situation.
“His outstanding contribution took place despite extraordinarily dangerous circumstances and the pain that resulted from the extensive shrapnel wounds he had incurred.”
Makes me proud to be British seeing our boys step up and open a can of whoop ass on those murdering fucks!
The necessity of any armed force
I was having a little bit of a discussion with a friend yesterday about people who join the Canadian Forces. The lady I was talking to said she supported their decision but does not like the army.
She went into a rant in greater detail and explained that she hates the way young people often are victims in armed conflict and that war is profitable to major corporations.
I tried to be neutral and explain that whenever there’s an armed conflict and soldiers are sent into battle – they don’t go into a battle for profit; at least a Canadian soldier’s primary motivation into going into battle isn’t to get rich. I told her that Canadian soldiers serve and stand on the front line or stand on a wall to protect her and the rest of Canada’s population while they sleep, and that there’s a need for that.
I also told her about the bumper sticker I saw that reads ‘If you don’t support our troops, feel free to stand in front of them’. Interesting caption huh?
Luck’s on his side
Was bored and was browsing the Ministry of Defence website. Came across this news article about a Lieutenant in the 4th Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland.
This bloke was part of an escort with the Afghan National Army advancing towards a Taliban position. Some enemy fighter shot an RPG directly at him. It bounced off his body and detonated nearby.
Somebody’s looking out for that bloke – either that or he’s just plainly lucky.
Various Stuff
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