Quote Originally Posted by kiltedwolfman View Post
I am currently employed with the Lord Strathcona's horse ( Royal Canadians ) but was previously a proud member of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. I can honestly say that when it comes to moral, and espirit de corps that I have never experience greater then when I was an Argyll.
The unit cohesion always seems higher among reserve ( militia ) units then with the full time ones and I think this can be directly attributed to the vast amount of history and pride that the reserve units have over some of the younger full time units.
The Strathconas have a pipe band (Mackenzie of Seaforth tartan) in honour of the regiment's founder, Donald Smith, Lord Strathcona, a Scot from Forres:

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/bridgefor...trathcona.html

Regards,

Tpdd