RudyardJones:  When I think of an RCAF, Royal Navy or Canadian Army Officer I think of career officers like the Army Colonel who was the father of a close friend in high school or the Air Force Colonel and QC...my uncle...but not a graduate of RMC or for that matter ROTP who having fulfilled his minimum  contractual obligation of  5 years service after 4 years taxpayer university education, then switches to the reserve serving again on the public payroll for another 3 years while obtaining a law degree...that individual I'm convinced having read so many right wing and conservative comments at the Globe and Mail these past couple of years sounds more like a left wing Liberal at the public trough and Conservative for convenience...you've all convinced me...I'm buying into all your arguments and...you might want to delete your earlier post where you spelled the surname O'Tools :)