Recent content by FJAG

The commander in chief is the GG as the representative of the King. The PM is "Mr Moneybags" or "Daddy Warbucks" and thus the most influential person the CDS listens to. :giggle:

Still paywalled. :(

Paywall! :(

Fully agree You obviously have someone in mind. :giggle: The CAF is between a rock and a hard place when stability comes from low competence but high competence is transient and therefore creates a lack of stability. 🍻

Agree 100% with everything you say and will just add one thing; PRes units of under 450 people simply shouldn't exist at all. I don't care if 4 "battalions" each contribute one full company to an aggregated unit, but these organizations must be staffed with all the same personnel (albeit mostly...

I see planning as a subset of doctrine. Doctrine needn't be or ought to be calcified. Micro matters such as organization and materiel can grow and change with the times and technology without a revision of doctrine. Overarching macro elements should be a guide and not a constraint. They too must...

I like this vehicle but not as an IFV, but as a cavalry vehicle. IMHO there are two types of ground elements - those that fight mounted - (i.e. up to this point mainly tanks) and those that fight dismounted - (i.e infantry in its various forms) For many, many years we have teamed these up into...

I tend to see "planning" as an enduring doctrine that shapes: how we approach the various concepts of operations at any given time; how we teach and practice those concepts; how we organize or structure the force to give effect to the concepts and procedures; how we equip the force with...

I agree a bit with that . . . but mostly not. Even when there isn't a "credible" threat, an army must continue to exist in order to retain the nation's capability to fight. The size and structure may be reduced if the threat is low but the core capabilities must be kept alive. It is almost...

Actually its not. A few months ago I interviewed several of the folks at the heart of army modernization who said exactly what I said about the priority of effort going into 1 Div while 2 Div was left for later. As to the "riff" comment, I stand by it. Force 2025 COAs 2 and 3 proposed an...

At the risk of being one of those guys . . . again . . . I think a little criticism is due. Force 2025 studies are several years old and, let's be honest, army modernization is just a riff on those studies. So the estimates were, or ought to have been done, years ago. I'm quite sure that the...

I'm just proofreading Mark's chapters on TF 1-10. I wrote 2006 and 2007 and some of the chaos in equipment and ad hocery then were understandable considering the times. Unfortunately I was unsurprised that even in 2010 it continued. We constantly congratulate ourselves for being able to coble...

There are several good points above that need addressing. 1) to get candidates make their education/training free and locate it in their own communities (that means the larger urban centre community colleges) tie that to obligatory terms of service with the RegF or PRes followed by the SuppRes...

We couldn't agree more. I tend to see things from a filter of my last three RegF years with an M109 battery. We had tracks, lots of them, but they stayed on the road because I had a lot of techs working for me and we had the parts and did the crew maintenance as well. My guess is that I probably...

I think that you'll find that the army will be turning to 2 Div matters in a large way starting early this fall. Plans should fall out after that. 🍻