Recent content by markppcli

I mean that’s awesome. It I bet if you look in any of those JTACs log books F18 is behind about four other air craft. I’ve got more F16, A10, and B52s that F18 controls. Hell if you go off this year I’ve got more Raphael and Eurofighter controls. I did manage to get one a few months ago...

The Vandoos were raised for WW1, any trace back to French colonial troops is dubious at best. There’s legitimate very old French Canadian and English Canadian regiments though.

1 overseas, 4 in Canada split between two regiments / Bns / units.

Poland got K2 PLs for a fair bit less. I wonder what the production line for those is like now.

Well that’s an intense reaction to my suggestion that it was more practical when we had a unified set of rank insignia for officers based in the naval rank insignia. Please note I only ever said insignia, and absolutely not point did I suggest the rank themselves should change - or that...

I dunno that I’d ever describe a strat as “light”

Purple trades are self correcting ? I’ll be sure to pass that on to the sailor from 2 VPs UMS that just taught me combat first aid and the other sailors we have in RHQ. I agree it’s a sub optimal situation but I still think a unified system of rank identifiers makes sense. Convenience is a word...

It’s not a failed experiment, it’s our daily work environment. An infantry Bn can have Navy Log Os, Air Force clerks and vice versa. There is logic to ensuring they all have similar rank insignia. I don’t think that’s an attack on identity so much as it’s the logical response to the reality.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/politics-border-workers-kiosk-outages-9.6942640

I think the more relevant argument was having a unified set of rank symbols given how we work by default with members of all three elements.

I mean if it encourages re signing that’s a net positive no?

But you do need traffic cones

the questions isn’t the cost it’s the use case. What does that 80 lb Mach .7 missile do for us, and what do we give up to have people man and operate that systems.

At the bare minimum you should apply the same level of scrutiny and cynicism to the influencers and “independent media” as you do to CBC.

CANFORGEN with payment schedule also dropped