Recent content by daftandbarmy

RCR vibes, I am sensing ;)

Sweet Jesus... what in 'dog ate my homework' is this? Call transcripts shed light on military police's alleged mishandling of suicide Rare public hearing underway into death of Master Cpl. Shaun Orton Young arrived at Shaun Orton's residence and found him hanging at 3:33 p.m. — about six and a...

OK, hear me out, this looks pretty good.

Just hype up the potential threat from the US Navy, like they did last time, to justify spending any infrastructure money there ;)

And Kingston really deserves to be cut off from just about everything too ;)

Cue 'holier than thou' moment from a guy who shouldn't be chucking rocks in glass houses ;) Eby says Ottawa is rewarding Alberta’s ‘bad behaviour’ with pipeline agreement VICTORIA — British Columbia Premier David Eby says the federal government is rewarding Alberta for “bad behaviour” by...

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TFTFY ;)

"A bore is a person who opens his mouth and puts his feats in it." Henry Ford

I've worked in forest sector businesses that generated more than $12 million in product a week. This is less than a drop in the ocean, of course, and you can bet that the ones who will benefit won't be 'Joe Six Pack' in Prince George ... Federal government invests $12-million in B.C. forestry...

Wait and see what happens on May 26th ;) Ottawa should scrap unnecessary offshore tanker ban for sake of Canada’s economy On May 26, a private member’s bill (C-264) is up for debate in the House of Commons. The bill is short and sweet, with a single proposed action: “The Oil Tanker Moratorium...

Can we just go with 'Improved Bradley'? That thing is a frickin' beast....

I recall a fun little exchange between a couple of senior people about the 'Future of the Army'. First guy: "We'll all be zooming around in space ships" Second guy: "While the heavy armoured brigades occupy your capital city." ;)

I can see it now: LG1s and M777s removed from service. Mortars go back to the Infantry. 10 year gap in providing new weapons and equipment. In the meantime, all artillery reassigned to airfield D&S, and/or staffing the new XX HQs ;)

MBTs, and artillery, are the main sources of fire support to the Infantry. Everything else tends to be 'window dressing' to the main event and they don't last in a toe to toe punch up which, of course, is what decisive armoured warfare is all about. ;)