Update: Ceremonial guardsman impaled by bayonet in Hill mishap

That has to be one of the unluckiest freak accidents with a bayonet! I mean it's not easy to fall on your own bayonet. Hope he recovers ok.

I know a guy who managed to poke himself in the armpit during a shoulder arms. Ouch.

Leather soled boots are so 20th Century. Dress shoes for a formal I understand, but no one should be wearing boots like that when supposedly ready for action. I know these guys are ceremonial but I'm sure they're also expected to be soldiers if anything goes down. Hard to do that in slippery boots. Imagine what their duties are like on ice?

Someone says to rethink their parade route when what needs to be reconsidered is their footwear.

Oooh, yeah. I'd hate to be him when he gets back to the barracks. His chums are sure to hang a pretty wicked nickname on him for this one.

I don't know what the Canadian Forces wear boot wise for ceremonial but we wear Ammo boots which have the added bonus of hob nails in the sole. Makes marching on cobbles or any other slippery surface very interesting.

Oooh, yeah. I'd hate to be him when he gets back to the barracks. His chums are sure to hang a pretty wicked nickname on him for this one.

The worst I've seen is someone nicking their ear or nose when manoeuvring a rifle fixed with bayonet around their body in drill movements. Like my drill instructors always said, "Move the rifle round your head, not your head round the rifle!"

Look at the picture in the article. Leather soled boots with taps on the heels.

You had MSgt. Connolly, too, eh?

Look at the picture in the article. Leather soled boots with taps on the heels.

Ya, just had another look. They're a right nightmare. I was on one street parade in particular, the entire route was cobble stones and it had just rained very heavily. Not good.

I hope he makes a full recovery. Freak accident for sure and a safety review is a must.

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I mean... seriously, what is wrong with people?

Probably the same thing that makes people rubber neck at car accidents.

Seen a troop once impale his hand on the weapon of the guy next to him!

That's why you find any tasking available to avoid parades.

We did an honour guard for the Lt. Gov. in Halifax and a friend of mine(a highschool friend who went through basic three weeks after me and ended up on the same TQ3) passed out...no breakfast and drinking the night before. All I could see was the MS gesturing, quite animatedly, in my direction, as he(the fainter) was beside me ...I thought I was in trouble. Out of the corner of my eye I saw him going down and I grabbed his FN by the bayonet and pulled it out of his way as he went down like a limp noodle. He was gone the following month to University in Brandon.

It will be interesting to see the nicknames this Guy is going to get.