Informing the Army’s Future Structure - CAMO Discussion

[Kirkhill]

26 Major Airports
42-55 NavCan Airports
1900 Certified/Registered Airports (1200 fixed wing land, 300 fixed wing sea, 400 helicopter)
6000 total landing fields

17 Ports Canada ports

500 Public ports

Coves galore

49,000 km of rail with inland terminals, marshalling yards and control centres
117,000 km of large diameter transmission lines
840,000 km of lines of oil and gas lines of all sorts with collection, storage and distribution sites and pumping stations.
430,000 km of high voltage electrical transmission lines

595 Hydro plants
39 Gas-fired power plants (major public utilities only)
19 Nuclear plants
8 Coal-fired power plants

1200 wind and solar farms.

4100 sewage plants
3300 water plants

56,000 cell towers

1100 hospitals.

Satellite ground stations..... and many, many more.

Defence of those assets competes with the need to project force in the national interest.

 

[OldSolduer]

Yes, I remember those days. Ridiculous. To be honest, we were overtrained.

At last glance, Army policy is reservists join 60 days prior to deployment - it has been extended to 90 days on some occasions due to calendar issues requiring some more time. Sometimes, it is also individual qualification requirements and not unit training time that necessitates earlier arrival.

Our Cyprus training was some PCF courses (mostly drivers) and a three day UN Ex.

 

[ytz]

Our Cyprus training was some PCF courses (mostly drivers) and a three day UN Ex.

Sure. But what was the total number of training days prior to get you trade qualified. I think that's kinda the long pole in the tent (aka critical path). Pre-deployment will be shorter the better trained and more ready the person and unit is prior.

 

[dapaterson]

Sure. But what was the total number of training days prior to get you trade qualified. I think that's kinda the long pole in the tent (aka critical path). Pre-deployment will be shorter the better trained and more ready the person and unit is prior.

Pre deployment would sometimes encompass doing the same thing 3-4 times that had already been completed because each person ordering it done didn't believe the others had done it right.

See: BFT.

 

[daftandbarmy]

Pre deployment would sometimes encompass doing the same thing 3-4 times that had already been completed because each person ordering it done didn't believe the others had done it right.

See: BFT.

Talking to those who deployed, there was a fair amount of blatant abuse as well.

Although some did mention that it was hard to tell if it was specifically directed towards the reservists, or was just 'the way we do things around here'.

Glass half full: it turned some good people off from ever wanting to CT to the Reg F

 

[Kilted]

All the other reservists and I had to report 6 months ahead for Op Reassurance, however some of us had courses to do prior, like ACSV gunnery for me for example.

Didn't some of the pre-employments for Afghanistan stretch out to 18 months? specifically 3-08?

 

[brihard]

Didn't some of the pre-employments for Afghanistan stretch out to 18 months? specifically 3-08?

I think there was an 18 month stream for 3-08, but I’m going by increasingly fuzzy memory on that. I was on that tour as a PRes augmented and most of us showed up at 12 months out.