Recent content by Seyek

So they either failed to properly manage their fleet or they decided it was more useful providing spares that they presumably didn't otherwise have as they wouldn't have had to pull them if they weren't needed. That still sounds like a win, though you should be producing sufficient spares to...

That is a 100% self inflicted problem, God didn't descend from Heaven and mandate it, and we can solve it any time we wanted to. I like the continuous production of LAV rumours, I'd go so far as to extend that to tanks too. Build a few dozen gun tanks and support vehicles a year with surge...

In fairness - reservists working a full time job and then going out on weekend exercises + parade nights get paid extra for that time. A reg force member working full time and doing so gets nothing extra. I feel like building RSS schedules around working with their respective units is the simple...

Polands Abrams purchases: First batch: $4.75 billion USD for 250 plus training, logistics, technical support and ammunition, M1A2 SepV3 Second Batch: $1.6 Billion for 116 M1A1s, to be upgraded later K2s: First Batch: $12.4 billion for 180 K2s, plus 212 K9s and 48 FA-50s, and the myriad other...

We probably know each other then, shoot me a PM if you want to rant together - tracking the FTIC, which is one of the best things that's happened to provide some consistent staffing. There's been more than just Kevin teaching, (heck I've been course 2IC and an instructor on a bunch). The unit...

And from my personal experiences I wouldn't trust the vast majority of non-combat arms to run the SQ, and there aren't a lot to begin with either. If we brought SQ back for combat arms in general and stripped those elements out of our DP1s we could still achieve the same goal but open the...

If we can't get troops onto DP1 because we don't have enough staff (or equipment) to run the course, then I'm not sure how we expect to run an entire additional course as a stopgap until they can get into DP1. Unless the plan is to let units sign people off on certain things locally done on...

Honestly, that's pretty reasonable. Canadian troops in Latvia deterring Russia counts as defence spending for NATO purposes for obvious reasons, Canadian (or Canadian financed) drones, ammo, AFVs, etc, directly engaging Russian forces to deter destroy Russian forces seems even more applicable...

I'll buy a lifetime supply of whatever they drink if someone in Army G1 tosses the kilts out completely and just makes everyone wear pants. I'll put their kids through college if they make all the infantry wear the same cap badge, though that one's just for shits and giggles.

For those who haven't watched it, he stated a 20% raise. Which isn't quite what was in the screenshot posted earlier, and I refuse to believe anything until the money is in my account, but I'm excited by all the possibilities.

Latest Statscan numbers for DND spending in 2024-2025 is $33 billion, NATO (from the latest Defence expenditure report) pegs 2024 spending at $41 billion. All numbers $CAD. Per NATO, veteran pensions are included so presumably most or all of VAC get's bundled into that. I know it had been...

Did they say what our GDP was or how they counted it? That's in USD for the IMF number. That's about $3.19 trillion CAD, which aligns with this StatsCan page at about $3.15 trillion. 2% of that is about $63 billion, which would require a lot more than an extra $9 billion for this year or...

Base infrastucture would almost certainly fall under defence spending still. But for things like arctic facilities, maybe it would fall under the dual-function section. I guess we could sign contracts for major projects, but most of the big ticket projects are already budgeted. Maybe an...

I hate the man, and I won't say thank you, but I will acknowledge that 'Russia is our new friend and NATO is bad actually' certainly has motivated people. Thank you for the translation. I'm hopeful, but will try to contain myself until I see weapons in hand, and not just another dozen of...

I think higher % defence spending (or appearance thereof) is the priority here, not what does the CCG bring to DND and vice versa. This is almost certainly one aspect of trade negotiations and these kinds of details will simply have to be worked out. Understanding it in that context might help...