Canuck Check

[Michael]

Our U.S. and U.K. cousins are doing it, so we may as well get in on the act.

My fellow Canadians, stand up and declare what corner of our great nation is graced (greased?) by your presence.

Oakville, Halton, Ontario - and like the rest of them I work in Toronto.

Hi Michael.
I am a New Brunswicker, born in Moncton, raised in Fredericton, and now living in the village of Florenceville, home of McCain Foods! I don't know of many villages of under a thousand people which are the headquarters of a multi-national corporastion.

[Billy_Bishop]

The town of Leslie, the Province of "Michigan".

VBR,

Al Lowe
The Honourary Canuck!

Michael,
Yes, still a gunner, although my 55th birthday is coming up and that means compulsory retirement age in the CF (although my CO and the brigadecommander have requested an extension and I have my fingers crossed).
Anyone out there know the age for retirement in the US forces?

Ottawa, Ontario - the nations great Capital!!! Well, at least we have the Parliament Buildings if nothing else.

[mike_baram]

* * *Anyone out there know the age for retirement in the US forces?

I don't know if there is a definite age...usually they retire after 25 years, sometimes 30, in service, but special cases do exist:
Commodore (Rear Adm.) Grace Murray Hopper - 1906-1992 U.S. Navy -- Was a mathematician, and a pioneer in data processing and computer science. Admiral Hopper invented COBOL and coined the term "bug" in computers. When she retired from the Navy in 1986, at the age of 80, she was the oldest officer on active duty.
Admiral Hyman G. Rickover served on active duty until he retired at the age of 81. Not bad considering that he was born in Russia.

Mike,
When I checked the US Dept of Defense website and went through the list of casualties from the Sept.11 attack on the Pentagon, I saw several names (both officer & NCO) of individuals in their late 50"s and early 60"s, so perhaps if people have some area of expertise they can serve until they are up there age-wise. .

I'm an Albertan born and bred, and remain so, even though I've lived in Toronto for 15 years.

I'm just across the little pond(lake erie)in Toledo.
Is there anything to see at the "Battle of the Thames" sight?
When booze was illegal,Toledo was a good spot to land.
Canada must have made some good money in those days

[leo]

Once, after reading one of Al Lowes posts, I became an honorary Canadian. Given a choice of where I would like to live, I would opt for vancouver.