Recent content by captloadie

I'm not sure why everyone thinks there will be changes from the way things are now. Take a look at almost every Court Martial in the last ten years where there is a Sexual Assault charge. 95% of them plead guilty to a lower offense and are found not guilty of the sexual assault, or are found not...

The question that needs to be asked of the new law is does it give civilian policing authorities jurisdiction on DND properties? If so, then there should be no issues on where the assaults happen. Where we the CAF might have to figure things out is where the decision not to lay charges is made...

I wonder what happens if the majority of the large projects have progressed to the building phase, we're at 3.5%, and the economy is trucking along, and for some reason the Conservative Party wins the next election. Would they just continue on, or roll back progress made for the sake of doing...

While I'm sure that it was calculated in the engineering, can you imagine what it will be like when 17,000 people are jumping/stomping/dancing in those stands? Or swaying side to side?

One needs to be careful about fawning too much over the A400. Take a look at what they are saying about the maintenance costs to keep them in the air, and the durability of the engines. Also, efficiency is a real thing in Air Movements. It is always better to send the smallest asset needed...

We can fantasize about what the "needed" fleet size is all we want, but the reality is that even if money is no barrier, personnel and the training pipeline is. If the C-17 production line were to reopen (which to be honest is unlikely unless the aircraft manufacturer is allowed to sell units...

It will only look as sharp as the individual donning it.

Just like it shouldn't take long for a tank crew commander to go from a LEO 1 to a Abrams M1A2 and learn how to effectively fight it right? And, while the RCAF transitions to new fleets, we still need to maintain and fight the current fleets. The CP-140s, CC150s, CF18s, and the CH146 all still...

Getting back on the homesteading track, wrt firebreaks, and fire prevention management, are your new digs in an area prone to fires? I'm always torn between the advice of clearing so much of the forest to keep your dwelling safe, vs. some sort of watering/wetting system so you can still feel...

I would say incentivize vs. coerced. To be honest though, is it not an MPs job to represent their riding in a way that best provides for their constituents? Call it pork barreling or whatever you want, it has been the way of politics since the beginning. I would draw the line at any offers that...

HT - Not directed at you, but wanted to quote your sentiment. Take this argument and apply it to First Nation demands vs. pipelines, or expansion of military training areas, and do we all agree the same should apply?

I'm sure the NCC will somehow get involved and forbid it from going anywhere useful, so probably not downtown. :cautious:

Zooming in on the pictures, it seems the officers pips are also colour co-ordinated.

One of the key pieces to European success with their HSR is that there also exists strong intra-city public transportation which becomes an extension to the intercity HSR. The stations also arrive in areas of the city that allow either easy access to city public transit, or you come out into the...

I'm not expecting to get it. But when all the Army folks in Ottawa are finally issued theirs, I imagine the CDS will reverse course on their decision to wear operational dress in the NCR. And yes technically it is the Comd CFSU (O-G) making the dress Regs for the NCR, but this was a CDS decision...