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   Message 5,193 of 5,286   
   kopper@nbnet.nb.ca to eric lusk   
   Re: Army Brat Here   
   25 Apr 17 17:06:38   
   
   On Friday, October 23, 1998 at 4:00:00 AM UTC-3, eric lusk wrote:   
   > OK, Bruce McLellan tells me that the Air Force brats are getting ahead of   
   > the Army brat head count.  That stands to reason.........the Army Dads were   
   > generally off somewhere else, doing UN duties or quelling riots or fighting   
   > wars while the Blue Jobs stayed home. :-)   
   >   
   > Add me to the Army brat list........my Dad was Fort Garry Horse 1938 to 1946   
   > and then RCEME from 1946 to 1970. My PMQ days include Winnipeg (Fort Osborne   
   > Barracks and Carpiquet Barracks as well as the "modern" PMQs on Kenaston   
   > Blvd), Wainwright, where we were one of the first families in PMQs in 1956,   
   > and finally Kingston.   
   >   
   > There's more.  I joined the Army (RCEME) in 1963 and got married in 1974.  I   
   > have two PMQ brats of my own whose transient homes have included Shilo   
   > 75-77, Lahr 77-82, Shilo 82-86, Petawawa 86-95 and now Borden 95- present.   
   >   
   > Score three for the Clan Lusk, Borden Detachment.   
   >   
   > Regards,   
   >   
   > Eric Lusk   
      
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