Recent content by boredtoon

Practical reason? Doesn't exist. But I am a soldier, and I like the parts of my uniform that tell people I'm a soldier and not a generic CAF member. I would like more aspects of my uniform to tell people I am a soldier. One of the reasons I like the new Service dress is that it is so clearly an...

They did this, with the Vimy star a few years back, replaced the 3 crowns at the centre of the pip with a maple leaf. called it the Vimy Star, as opposed to the Bath Star. Then quietly reversed it. I still have a bunch in a box at home.

No. "Ceremonial and Service dress (No1 and No3). Former CAF members are not permitted to wear ceremonial or service dress uniforms after release without specific authority."

It's on sharepoint. Just search 'Service dress'. Everything I have said I have gotten from sharepoint, either direct from Regimental polls and slide decks, or DLR 5-4 sldie decks.

The standard will be the army blue beret. Corps/regiments may choose to wear a different colour beret, for example the RCR polled its guys and they had to decide between blue or khaki. The full colour forage cap will be for each individual regiment and corps to decide if they will wear it. At...

While I don't know if NDHQ or other similar offices will go back to No. 3/3B, the army DEU shortage is real. At my unit we just went through the process of sizing new troops at clothing stores for DEUs. We were told there is no expected delivery date, as logistik is not manufacturing any army...

APS 26 according to the draft CAMO and MiD. The CCA selected what was termed as the "lightswitch COA", where the current divs all switch at APS 26, and then between APS 26 and APS 28 the brigades and units switch so that they are reporting to who they need to under the new structure.

Theres a slide-deck on Sharepoint that discusses the different COAs, and some of the points for maintaining 10 CBGs was that it was the path of least resistance, there is a strong desire to keep the CBG Comds AOR within an 8 hour drive end to end, and to maintain ARes Col positions that actually...

No sweat. The ROD is stamped from like, last Wednesday.

This is incorrect. The Continental Division is 10 CBGs, and a Canadian Ranger Brigade, reporting directly to Div. They got rid of Area HQs during COA selection as it added an unnecessary level of bureaucracy.

Maybe! SQ was a bit before my time. I taught either the last BMQ-L or the second last BMQ-L to run in the brigade, and only two of the staff were infantry, myself and the Crse 2IC. The rest of the staff were a mix between armoured and artillery (which make up the bulk of the reserve units in...

No details yet on the proposed SQ that I could find. But based on the broad scope of the course, I would be confident betting that staff who can teach BMQ can teach this. At least on the ARes side, we aren't struggling to get troops through BMQ. Its the DP1s. When you look at staff...

Having read the draft canadian Army Modernization Order, seen the approved army restructure, we can all calm down. No PRes unit is going away, or being reduced in size. the CAMO specifically states that healthy reserve units may be tactically grouped with under strength units until they can grow...

As per the DLR slides on sharepoint, the FS rifle will have better accuracy, and an effective range at the individual level out to 600m (? I can't remember the number right now, I can check when I am back at work). The GS rifle will be slightly less accurate than the FS, but still more accurate...

-This initiative is brought to you by the Council of Honourary Colonels Joking aside, I don't think it will be anything related to pay. A couple months ago the CDS stated that details on the pay raise weren't coming until the fall. I think the announcement will be that the government is going...