Recent content by Marlin Spike

I'm reading the refs and its complicated.  Brookfield seems to only say read the refs, its not our job and look it up

Pat I've tried to crew these with naval reserves and it is like pulling teeth.  The vessels are actually very complex and trying to man them are a challenge

I brought it up because I look after them and thought. I could give an educated response to people's thoughts

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These vessels operate year round in B.C. coastal waters and are frequent visitors in many of the smaller ports both on the Mainland and around Vancouver Island. In addition to their training mission, our naval tenders support regional community relations by appearing in local festivals and...

The primary role of these vessels is “to conduct basic and advanced at sea training for Regular and Reserve Force naval personnel

The stack size changes depending on the boarding.. A ship normally carries a 20 sailor team that is lead by a LT(N) to LCdr and the 2 i/c is a PO2 - PO1.  On a big ship the IC handles the Master and the Vessel while the 2 I/C handles the team and the search. Like any other military mission the...

NBP does use the term stack as part of their tactics..  the weapons are no big secret although they are changing  P225 Sig, MP5, C8, and REM 870

Pat,  Great question.  The Naval Boarding trainer in Fleet School Esquimalt is indeed an outstanding mock up of a ship. It is used for all sorts of NBP training and is an active CEASS range for "force on force" UoF training.  As for you question regarding the CNOS getting a trainer. The answer...

Sounds good... Hey I'm up for a chat on Naval Boarding if anyone is into it?

Sorry for being a new guy on here.. It seems I'm trying to get involved with a conversation that is near and dear to my heart and i have just received an email saying I'm docked 300 mil points..  If I've offended anyone i apologize..

You are partially right. there were specific tasks for NBP qualified personnel only, however there were force protection and close protection tasks and many others that were filled by several other sailors. I can confirm this as i have 5 sailors currently employed by me who were there. 

understood... not the right forum to discuss the correct spelling of Boatswain..  however I am willing to discuss NBP with anyone. 

its accepted or used,  but the correct way is Bosn

for the record, short version for Boatswain in Canada is Bosn and Bosun is American..  microsoft office has really messed with tradition