On Saturday night another year will end and a New Year begins.In fact a Leap Year for any females that are interested in Proposing to their significant other.
HMCS Vancouver and our Troops in Afghanistan will celebrate the incoming year while remaining Alert. They will not let their guard down due to the New Year. They will celebrate on leave later in the New Year.
Task Force VancouverTask Force Vancouver is the deployment of HMCS Vancouver in the eastern Mediterranean Sea as Canada’s current participation in Operation ACTIVE ENDEAVOUR, the NATO counter-terrorism operation in the Mediterranean Sea and the Strait of Gibraltar.
NATO launched Operation ACTIVE ENDEAVOUR on 26 October 2001 as a counter-terrorism initiative under Article 5 of the North Atlantic Charter. Its primary objectives are to demonstrate the solidarity and resolve of the NATO allies in the fight against terrorism, and to detect, deter and protect against terrorist activity in the Mediterranean Sea and the Strait of Gibraltar.
http://www.cefcom-comfec.forces.gc.ca/pa-ap/ops/tfv-fov/index-eng.asp
As for our Trainers operating in Afghanistan, they will be as vigilant as ever. The taliban respect no holidays, nor indeed any type of enjoyment.
I find it difficult to understand why the Afghan people are not changing their old ways for more modern ones. The non education of girls is despicable and the early marriages into slavery is archaic at best. This story on CNN turned my stomach. The worst part is if the husband is caught he will never be tried as wives are no more than Chattels in Afghanistan.
This is the headline and the story that caught my eye.
Afghan girl, 15, locked in basement, starved, tortured:
http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/28/world/asia/afghan-girl-mistreatment/index.html
So as New Years approaches I Pray that our Troops are safe and healthy. I pray that they return safely to their loved ones and friends. May the New Year of 2012 AD bring our Troops safe travels, smooth sailing, blue skies, and a Bountiful New Year.
The attached PDF was submitted by a former Apprentice Soldier. Buzz Buzzell
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Robby
Hae a Guid Hogmonay my fellow Celt. As you say people change people not armies. This to works in Government. People can remove the Libs and create a better healthier Government on PEI You take care of that rebuild in your chest and I look forward to sparring with you via the Blogs in 2012 Robby