Recent content by MJP

Yea I saw the whole exchange. It is a nothing burger. Environment doesn't play an issue for LogO we largely stay within environment. Other RCLS trades maybe have different employment patterns but that is usually NCMS but that is a different conversation.

You are fiddling to nothing. No RCN Log O is working in the the CA less a few (mostly purplish) exceptions. There is larger issue of logistics folks being spread among environments but officers are largely exempt but CA LOgO are CA DEU

They have moved back to trg in Borden.

There is no posting allowance associated with a IPR move or local move https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/corporate/policies-standards/compensation-benefits-instructions/chapter-208-relocation-benefits.html#sec-208-849 208.992(5) (No Entitlement) There is no entitlement to...

They do, I am merely commenting on the subject of dress overall.

Indeed, which is why like @markppcli I giggle when someone tries to tell me I got my honour back when we roll back to some 1960s dress thing despite generations of serving folks wearing post unification uniforms. Nothing screams unserious military more (IMHO) than focusing endlessly on a dress...

It is hard to adjust to having resources. Where I work we had to send out a wide ranging email saying spend spend spend. Even then we had to clarify we meant spend regardless of what flavour of money it needed as people were hesitant to spend what they didn't technically have.

Meh, that is the weakest part of the AM plan. I would be surprised if it survives contact. There will be very little actual 3rd line work (actual repairs), so why have more people doing 2nd line maint? You could split out aspects of current 2nd line maint (powerpack rebuilds as an example) but...

You are mixing up our need to know where something is, with having to account for it. A enterprise resource system is useless if you can't pinpoint who is holding what. Hence parts that every level of the CAF are holding are in the system and we can quickly determine who has what. Now...

We can't even issue a driver's license properly

They are second line brigade asset, but we have blurred the lines at times because we don't do 3rd line well because they simply don't exist in a meaningful way (Sorry CFJOSG, but it is true). In a tactical situation 3rd line provides theater level sustainment, ideally in the form of a...

An infantry Bn has a basic load of ammo, rations/water and POL (Class I,III,V) for three days (3 DOS) because that is reasonable to carry and can fit within their means to carry it. CSS elements should do the same for parts (not necessarily 3 days, just carry within integral means). 2nd Line...

No, they do. Considering most of our vehicles are now capable of carrying sea cans we now take way too many into the field. We also bring a whole bunch out and just leave them in situ or pile them on base and go back and treat it like it's a mini "2nd or 3rd" line. We are addicted to having...

There are probably a few HLVW bin trucks hanging around still domestically. We also have bin SEVs but generally most parts sit in sea cans, some modified by ends users with shelves and the like for holding parts. There are some other side loading ones that are better suited, but in general...

Simply put no, DGLEPM has failed to provide proper scaling for years and the CA has been agnostic about doing anything about it themselves. There are local initiatives some supported by various EMT inputting min/maxes but that is not truly scaling, just people making the best in the absence of...