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Authorities question — why the Div Comd? QR&O 101.09 seems to state authority is Army Commander for CO, Brigade Commander for RSM. Or am I looking in the wrong place?

The elephant in the room for a Canadian manoeuvre division in battle is that when it is needed the bulk of one of its brigades will already be deployed to Latvia, and already assigned to a NATO Multinational Division. As such, a Canadian Division has a number of not-ideal options Fight with...

One capability that goes against small and manoeuvrable divisions is aviation. A US Cold War division had something like 70 helicopters. Nowadays a US division operates over a 100 helicopters, plus 12 or so MQ-1 Grey Eagles that need to operate from a runway. Does the Division need that many...

You can add maritime MTI to that list. Persistent MTI tracking every surface ship, everywhere, regardless of emissions state, is a huge game changer for anti-surface warfare. It makes task groups, especially small ones, exceptionally vulnerable to standoff weapons.

If the Army is taking back the 1st Division name, then what’s the CJOC formation headquarters in Kingston called? Is it going back to Canadian Forces Joint Headquarters? Or is the Canadian Army taking on the Deployable JTF/NCE task along with the name?

There’s some good information in that document that wasn’t emphasized in the panicky langauge of the media releases. Thanks for that, The Bread Guy. One thing that jumps out at me is the apparent reason for why the most dramatic (and headline grabbing) issues occurred in Francophone BMOQ...

Not quite complete. Word on the street is that Regiment de Hull is moving over to 33 Brigade once all ten of the CBGs come under command of 2 Div and the Ottawa River will no longer be considered a firm boundary.

There are certainly some odd things about the new army structure. One clear takeaway is that the Regular Army hates domestic operations so much that they are willing to devote enormous effort to a 2nd Division that will be only capable of the 3 F’s: Fires, Floods, and Fixing bayonets for...

One interpretation of the Canadian Constitution is that it doesn’t matter what the UK does, the King of Canada is still the King unless the Canadian parliament and all 10 provinces make a change. (Section 41(a) of the Constitution Act 1982) Another interpretation is that the requirement for “a...

Maybe. Maybe not. Usually when a Westminster-style parliament switches to a republic, they directly replace the GG with a ceremonial President with similar costs. The President of India’s official residence is the same residence formerly used by the Governor-General, and before that the Viceroy...

The amendment formula for changing the monarchy requires unanimous consent of the Federal parliament and all 10 Provinces, which means, in practice, that the Canadian monarchy isn’t going anywhere unless we are completely backed into a corner. One potential forcing function would be if the UK...

8 out of 12. The founding members of NATO not covered in leftover rubble from WWII were Canada, the USA, Iceland (where no fighting occurred) and Portugal (which remained neutral).

Fixing the Signals Corps/Communications and Electronics Branch is absolutely critical, because the capbadge most implicated in army modernization is Signals. The modernization plan lays out a requirement for 7 Signals Regiments within the Manoeuvre Division, plus Signals Regiments for both the...

The IRU role of the CARB is the most challenging one, as the timelines are so unforgiving. It’s a quick flash to bang that the Reg battalions have sometimes struggled to meet. It clearly needs a full time commitment for at least the vanguard company role. It’s possible that there is indeed an...

Lots of people are posted OUTCAN with one HLTA a year, that they use at Christmas. The February to October window for this specific program is incompatible with that. So some people are going to have to take an extra trip home, out of their own pocket, if they want to comply with the law.