[ElkGroveDan]

OK I think it's great the Canadians are helping us out in Afghanistan, and I'm glad there's a new conservative movement afoot and all that....

But man oh man, who in their right mind would name an infantry division "Princess" anything?

They are leaving themselves wide open on this one.

[fanfan]

It comes from our British Monarchy history.

They are one of our best and toughest infantry groups.

[recce guy]

Many Canadian units have Royal affiliations. Once you've read a little history and realized that this is one of the most @ss kicking regiments in the word the name will no longer seem funny.......you will fear it.

[VOA]

"But man oh man, who in their right mind would name an infantry division
"Princess" anything? "

Yeah, it doesn't sound right to our ears here south of the border. Especially
when we've grown up hearing about "Screamin' Eagles", "Thunderbirds"
and the like.

But I'd be careful of saying anything about The Patricias.

And be well over 1.5 miles away, if you must say something other than
"those guys are d-mned good shots!".


OK, this is from Wikipedia, but a good condensate:

"In March 2002 during Operation Anaconda, a five-man sniper team from
the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry set two new world records
for farthest combat kill with a rifle. First, Master Cpl. Arron Perry broke
the old record by hitting an al-Qaeda forward observer from a distance
of 2,310 metres (over 1.43 miles). Days later, Perry's sniper teammate
Cpl. Rob Furlong set the current world record by firing a shot from a .50
cal McMillan Tac-50 sniper rifle that killed an al-Qaeda soldier at an
estimated distance of 2,430 metres (over 1.5 miles).[1] Both shots surpassed
the long-standing previous world record of 2,250 metres (over 1.39 miles)
set by U.S. Marine Gunnery Sgt. Carlos Hathcock during the Vietnam War.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Patricia%E2%80%99s_Canadian_Light_Infantry