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To: Alex Marko
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry???

Seems like it's a little late for a don't ask - don't tell policy up there.

18 posted on 12/02/2005 1:08:58 PM PST by Klatuu
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To: Klatuu

No more than units like the Queen's Dragoons, etc.

Name notwithstanding, the PPRCLI is a fine unit, which has trained with our Rangers on more than one occasion. As I recall, it was the parent outfit of the Canadian snipers who served with distinction in Afghanistan.


33 posted on 12/02/2005 1:34:14 PM PST by kms61
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Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Farquhar was instrumental in assisting Hamilton Gault in founding the regiment.
Colonel Farquhar, Military Secretary to Canada's Governor General, the Duke of Connaught, asked the Duke of Connaught for permission to name the regiment after his daughter, Princess Patricia of Connaught.
She was pleased to accept this honor and thus the Princess Pat’s were established.
45 posted on 12/02/2005 1:54:40 PM PST by fanfan (" The liberal party is not corrupt " Prime Minister Paul Martin)
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To: Klatuu
Seems like it's a little late for a don't ask - don't tell policy up there.

Those are some serious warriors. They have been horribly let down by their own country and seriously underfunded and under equipped, but you won't find many American soldiers who wouldn't be proud to fight at their side.

64 posted on 12/02/2005 5:15:47 PM PST by McGavin999 (Reporters write the truth, Journalists write stories.)
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To: Klatuu
"Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry???

Seems like it's a little late for a don't ask - don't tell policy up there.",

Trust me, name aside, you don't want to be on the bad side of these boys. It's like "The Boy Named Sue", very, very tough

72 posted on 12/05/2005 6:34:05 PM PST by muir_redwoods (Free Sirhan Sirhan, after all, the bastard who killed Mary Jo Kopechne is walking around free)
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