Britain honours Canadian pilot with DFC

Emac44 said:

course we do Lanc. Commonwealth might not be as it once was. but its still the Royal Australian Air Force we have here or the Royal Australian Navy it may well be the ARA Australian Regular Army but we still have the RAR Royal Australian Regiments etc. What is ANZAC Day without the reverance to the Crown and the traditions that go with ANZAC Day

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Pretty much the same here. There's technically no such thing as the RCAF or RCN anymore, but the ships still use the prefix HMCS. The Canadian government unified everything into the Canadian Armed Forces back in the late 1960's (today, simply the Canadian Forces), but the "Royal" designation has never been revoked by the Crown. The Army still has the RCR, RCA, etc. as well, much the same as Australia.

Nonskimmer said:

Pretty much the same here. There's technically no such thing as the RCAF or RCN anymore, but the ships still use the prefix HMCS. The Canadian government unified everything into the Canadian Armed Forces back in the late 1960's (today, simply the Canadian Forces), but the "Royal" designation has never been revoked by the Crown. The Army still has the RCR, RCA, etc. as well, much the same as Australia.

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Interesting. I never knew that. I pulled it up on cia factbook, they stated:

Canadian Forces: Land Forces Command, Maritime Command, Air Command, Canada Command (homeland security) (2006)

mkloby said:

Canadian Forces: Land Forces Command, Maritime Command, Air Command, Canada Command (homeland security) (2006)

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Yep, those are the official monikers of the main elements of the CF. We still refer to ourselves as the Army, Navy, and Air Force, but for official government purposes the above labels would apply. It's part of the whole "total force" concept that came with unification. Canada Command is new, having been formed last year, along with Canadian Special Operations Forces Command (CANSOFCOM).

former RAA gunner Royal Australian Artillery 14th Field Battery 5th/11th Field Engineers 105 mm gunner. The Gunners had the honour last ANZAC Day to lead the marches in Brisbane and the GUNS were on display to the people of Brisbane. The Gunners took the salute from the Governor General of Queensland as the Queens representative in Queensland. So proud to see so many Diggers on parade with the White Lanyard and Gunners Badges on the Slouch Hat marching in Brisbane last year and taking the salute and the honour of leading the ANZAC Day Parade


trouble was some bozos of the political correct kind couldn't figure why the GUNS were on parade until some wiser heads prevailed and explained why the GUNS were on parade for the march pass. As every good Gunner knows the GUNS are our rallying point our COLOURS so to speak like the Roayl Armoured Corp has its gideons and the Infantry has its Battle Flags and Regimental Colours etc. the political correct were worried it would send the wrong message to potential enemies. i hope it did just that. don't Frigg with the Gunners

Former Gunner myself, not field guns though, cloud puncher.

9 mile sniper club Wild or the other name 9 mile drop short. or as my old gun sargegent use to say gunner do this gunner do that gunna get pissed as soon as possible