Recent content by Ludoc

You are preaching to the choir. The Canadian Citizens only thing creates a lot of other problems. We can't even give a radio to a mutual ally participating in a Canadian exercise. When we used to run MAPLE RESOLVE, we planned to have some Aussies show up and act as OCTs. But as non-Candians we...

Although I am quoting you, this is also trying to clarify why we can't just keep PRs away from the crypto fill devices and call it good from further up in the thread. ------------------------- We can get non-Citizens TS clearance. That isn't the problem (it takes too long to get anyone TS, but...

While I agree with you, we should probably teach our pers to actually shoot with rifles first. After that we can worry about pistols.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/blue-hackle-mafia-army-commander-resigns-1.7595912 The scandal has swallowed the Bde Comd. I don't want to speculate too much but I think there may be more to it than has been released.

But if we don't Canadianize things how is GD supposed to afford to employ retired Sig Os to design radios that aren't compatible with our allies?

Or we could align them with staff functions. The Div doing operations could be 3 Div. The Support Div could be 4 Div. The Training Div could be 7 Div. We would still have to find a number that makes sense for continental/reserve Div. That would make it easy to remember which is which, I still...

Source We could probably learn some things from the Swiss system but let's not canonize it. In addition to how they have historically treated women they didn't legalize gay marriage until 3 years ago. I'm not sure everyone that isn't a straight white guy would agree they have been "making it...

They have already leaned forward, adopting the Navy's black berets.

Every time I see RCD I read it as Royal Canadian Dragoons not River Class Destroyers. It always takes me a second to parse what someone is talking about. Internal monologue: "Wait, the Dragoons are getting tank destroyers with missiles?! Ohhh...the Navy's new ships will have missiles. Well, good...

We have, presumably, a whole bunch of canisters for the old gas masks. They fit on the new gas masks. In addition to all the canisters we already have we bought two more canisters for each mask, so they can each be immediately issued with two canisters. The sustainment contract is different...

They are backwards compatible based off a NATO standard. The plan is to leverage the existing supply in depot and if they run low use the standing offer to buy more.

Why the Maritimes? They already have most of CCSB and parts of 2 Bde. BC, on the other hand, has basically zero reg forces army presence. It is a province with a population (read: recruiting base) of of two and a half times that of the Maritimes. Where will they put the base? If we are hand...

There is also an institutional plan to life cycle blue fleet vehicles. After a set amount of time/kilometers/repair dollars each vehicle is retired and a replacement is procured. With green fleet vehicles you are stuck with what you have until the next project delivers (20-30 years). If someone...

But in, many cases, that is the point. We always endeavour to help Canadians as much as we can. However, we are not professional wildland firefighters nor flood mitigation specialists, we are a poor tool to respond to these crises. Quite often, by the time are deployed it is too late for us to...

$40,000. We don't issue PRRs anymore, we haven't been buying replacements for over a decade. Anything a unit has that dies is not replaced. Instead we use Harris handhelds. Modern communication systems are expensive. If you want a vehicle you can take into a training area or use during Dom Ops...