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And Bill Shatner just keeps trucking at 95. I saw a recent interview with him and he was as sharp as ever. RIP Sir Patrick. :salute:

The trucks and launchers are relatively cheap compared to the ammo. I think if I had the choice of a HIMARS with double the pod capacity or two launchers with one pod each, I think I'd opt for creating regiments with more launchers or more regiments. I like redundancy. :unsure:

That still looks like wasted space. That said I'm not sure if one could up the load on the truck and still have functional crane/loader/launcher frame that could handle two pods and fit in a C-130 . . . or if its even worth the squeeze for doubling the load considering its manner of tactical...

There was off course the 1 Rocket Battery from WW2 and the 1 and 2 Surface to Surface Missile Batteries of the Cold War. If I have things correctly about the 9th Brigade RCA (Gananoque), it was redesignated as the 44th (Reserve) Fd Regt RCA in July of 1942. The 44th was amalgamated with the...

Yeah. The last one was under Paul Martin in April 2004. Securing an Open Society 🍻

I think that you are pretty much there with the green and black. There's something in the tan/brown that I can't quite put my finger on. It looks okay in most places except the left side. That area on the left side under the turret is a bit too large and that may be drawing more attention to it...

Aimpoint 1 is the current vision within the artillery branch. OTOH there is much work going on within 2 Div (who owns the ARes gunners) with respect to AD issues and Aimpoint 1 might not be the final word in this matter. There's a purpose in those hats - not only are they tied historically to...

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Came across a Facebook post from October 26th showing pictures and some information on the stand-up of 8th Air Defence Regiment, RCA in Gagetown. The new CO is LCol Lisa Nodwell. 8 AD will form the 1 Div SHORAD regiment while 4 AD will become VSHORAD. The hope is for the batteries to stand up...

Is anyone really surprised by these numbers? For most of the folks on the adversary list its reap what you sow. 🍻

Easy answer. It was the times. The Sixties had numerous surges towards young, fresh and exciting. Flower Power and all that. His opposition in the 1968 election were Stanfield and Douglas - about as old and stodgy as it gets. On top of that he'd just taken over from Pearson who was retiring and...

Interesting issue this. Back in 2006 when I was brought in to take over as PD on JAG CIMP, there had been a big bottleneck because the guy that I was replacing had not moved forward with the SORs for the systems that the project needed. When he and I first met he told me that his aim was to...

Not that I've heard although C Bty 1 RCHA is tasked as the stand-up battery for the HIMARS capability. That will all be adjusted in due course once 9 Rocket is officially stood up. 🍻

It appears in the Annexes at pg B-11/14. 🍻