Recent content by Furniture

The CAF has clamped down pretty hard on retaining people with PCats that prevent them from functioning at a base level. The era of automatic retention, and indefinite extensions of retention is over. I'm sure there are still exceptions, but for the most part people are now shown the door if...

Top of the priority pile... Even if not explicitly told to make PRs the top priority, some people seeking to look good to the bosses will take steps to make themselves look good by overzealously pushing the new thing.

True, and these changes are being made to close loopholes people have been using to get away with crimes. At least according to the article that was posted. It seems a bit excessive to me, but I'm guessing there is at least some rational behind the changes, because they are so specific.

I'm guessing so... The lower mainland has some serious organized crime issues.

When you're being threatened by people driving up to you and waving around guns, you don't have time to do an in depth analysis to determine if it's airsoft or a real gun. So, criminals use them to intimidate, and when stopped by police they don't have real guns on them. BC's new laws seem to...

Fair enough, but from an economic perspective and operational, how much do you gain from a having a well paid pilot sit on the ground and have less awareness vs. a well paid pilot in a modified crop duster on scene with more awareness? UAS make a lot of sense in environments where aircraft...

For emergency services all over the country there is a near critical shortage of suitable applicants... Given the TPS and other services have been lowering standards and offering new incentives, I would suggest that your experience is no longer relevant in matters of recruitment and retention...

As the article states, it's potentially down to the fight in the Indo-Pacific not being suitable for the aircraft. If you're doing lots of fighting in Africa against people in flip-flops, the Skyraider II makes sense. Against the Chinese, across vast expanses of ocean, not so much. UAS are...

It's the next logical step in process of looking for less expensive and bespoke military options. The ISV makes a lot of sense as the new Jeep/Iltis/G-Wagon, and the ISV-H looks like it makes sense as the new LSVW/5/4 Ton. I believe that GM Defence has been pushing other Colorado based ISV...

In fairness, I don't think anyone is intentionally trying to stifle discussion, but it has that effect at times. Fair point, and as I said, when it wanders into the realm of suggesting that a crime has been committed, it is very useful to have people around here who have the knowledge and...

I agree, which is why I made the same distinction in my post. The tendency to jump immediately to legal definitions, when the person using the language isn't explicitly calling for legal actions, stifles discussion and results in pointless derailing of topics. This current derailing is a...

I'm with @Halifax Tar on this one. If the bar for discussing behaviour is criminality, let's just shut down this part of the forum. Attempts to limit discourse with legalizing everything is just gatekeeping dressed up in pedantry. There is a difference between saying "that's bribery", and...

It was in an email from the RCN dress committee I think. It made the rounds in C Navy, but my not have been pushed by other CoCs. It's pretty pedantic, but I suspect it has to do with references to Naval Combat Dress in orders or regulations. Sending an email saying "Call NECU NCDs from now...

That direction came out in 2024 I believe, when the entire navy had switched to the new pattern.

How do you know you don't have a "Space force abomination" until you release it to the public? By going with the international standard, in a pretty standard colour, the CA avoids embarrassment and gets a uniform that looks sharp.