Recent content by MacNav63

Happy Canada Day!

I'd been wondering that for a while but figured eventually forage caps would enter the conversation and that would at least bring it back to gunners.... It is army.ca after all. :)

Been listening to a recording of Fireside Al reading The Shepherd on Christmas Eve for close to 50 years.

Here's the link to the news release if it hasn't already been posted: Canada’s new government is rebuilding, rearming, and reinvesting in the Canadian Armed Forces - Canada.ca

As just a civilian with an interest in things military since I saw my first Sentinel in the early 70s, I don't see the harm in doing both. I thought the CAF's participation in the events of Monday and Tuesday demonstrated an impressive ability to do ceremonial on what must have been pretty short...

My bad although in my defence it is as you say peak army.ca…🙄

Great pics! I'm always curious about orders of dress on occasions like this so why is the one captain wearing a Sam Browne, plain shoulder boards and ribbons only? I know this is a version of Blues and have both sets of shoulder boards for my Dad's uniform but wondering why in particular he'd be...

Looking sharp in their Blues as well.

Thanks! That would make sense since I believe he played an Adjutant-General role of some sort as major at Camp Borden.

Been sorting through stuff in my basement and came across this brassard. It was my Grandfather's so Great War or later vintage. I'm guessing Second World War as he had a series of staff jobs during that one. Any help identifying it would be much appreciated.

Was reading George Blackburn's Where The Hell Are The Guns last winter and remember thinking that trilogy would make a great Band of Brothers type TV series about a Canadian soldier from training through to victory. I was also struck by the story of George Browne being captured at Dieppe and...

Great book, read it earlier this year. He really seemed to be the central figure among the hostages. I was struck by how little, if any, training seemed to go into preparing him for the job, even though he was armed. RIP.

There is political beauty in that as well in that neither AB nor QC really lose out.

Is it just Cold Lake or Bagotville as well? And how to resolve? Is there any capacity at existing flying stations more hospitable locations? Winnipeg/Trenton/Greenwood? I'm assuming places like Comox, Goose Bay or North Bay (assuming the latter could still support flying) wouldn't be any more...

Back to the topic at hand, a few questions about options. I get that we’re only contractually committed to the first batch of 16 F-35s but presumably that’s not a practical number to stop at as it’s just enough to equip a squadron plus. So assuming we were going to go with a mixed fleet...