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  1. Oldgateboatdriver

    AOR Replacement & the Joint Support Ship (Merged Threads)

    You'll see Preserver who will take her place.
  2. Oldgateboatdriver

    Justin Trudeau hints at boosting Canada’s military spending

    Sorry all, but that, above, right there, is it. The only thing I would have added, at the end, is "as directed by His Majesty's government" If we were one of those businesses that posts its "Mission Statement" on the walls of every reception area, conference room and break room, that would be...
  3. Oldgateboatdriver

    Potential Collapse of the Assad Regime?

    In the Middle-East. Need I say more?
  4. Oldgateboatdriver

    The Great Gun Control Debate- 2.0

    Next you'll want to add Alcohol and Tobacco? No, I don't think it warrants a whole department. And I would like to emphasize that the type of legislation I envisage her would be mostly encompassing of the rules, with very little left within the purview of regulations or orders-in-council so...
  5. Oldgateboatdriver

    The Great Gun Control Debate- 2.0

    When (if?) the Conservative are back in power, they need to put this whole matter to bed once and for all so that the Libs/Dippers can't keep bringing it up all the time. The way to do it is through a comprehensive, thoughtful piece of legislation based on verifiable facts that emphasizes the...
  6. Oldgateboatdriver

    Logistic Vehicle Modernization Project - Replacing everything from LUVW to SHLVW

    Wait. Were bikes considered for the Logistic Vehicle Modernization Program? That's it! Guilbeault has to go.
  7. Oldgateboatdriver

    The Great Gun Control Debate- 2.0

    Of course we do. Want proof? U.S. senator Bernie sanders says he approves Trump's making Canada the 51st state IF all other 50 states get state run universal medicare and cheap Canadian (subsidized) prescription drugs and Canadian labour standards and employment law. :)
  8. Oldgateboatdriver

    MCDV Brow phone

    It's not a phone. It's the God-damn PA system microphone.
  9. Oldgateboatdriver

    AOR Replacement & the Joint Support Ship (Merged Threads)

    Do you mean not even jam sessions in the helo hangar anymore? That would be sad. Some of those "amateur" musicians were just out of this world. Yes, some of us officers snuck in hiding in the far corners. That's how good some of those musicians were.
  10. Oldgateboatdriver

    Hunt for Red October

    And some other people want to go to Montana ... to get out of the Navy. ;)
  11. Oldgateboatdriver

    Naval Reserve coming to Whitehorse YT?

    Yukon could also resurface (see what I did here) as a River class destroyer - Only the first three names have been let out.
  12. Oldgateboatdriver

    Naval Reserve coming to Whitehorse YT?

    I think Daftandbarmy is thinking in old British Regimental terms: You have the training battalion at the regimental home base and the deployed battalion in the colonies doing Wog bashing.
  13. Oldgateboatdriver

    Naval Reserve coming to Whitehorse YT?

    How about HMCS HUSKY? Badge and honours already exists, and as an armed yacht, it was reserve crewed.
  14. Oldgateboatdriver

    CH 47 Incident at Petawawa 20/June/ 2023

    I can see why. IIRC, masthead height on the IRE's was 96 feet, and on the pre-Trump IRO's, it was a few feet higher.
  15. Oldgateboatdriver

    Do artillery officers still do BMOQ-A?

    Here's the difference: https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo?&q=Stripes+the+movie+Coordinates%2c+just+shoot+the+damn+thing&&mid=BFEA36D91AD284A9206CBFEA36D91AD284A9206C&&FORM=VRDGAR
  16. Oldgateboatdriver

    Trump administration 2024-2028

    Sometimes, QV, when it looks like a duck, walks like a duck and quacks like a duck ... it is a duck. We'll see which Patel we get: the one from all those past posts and statements, or the one from a single post-appointment podcast statement.
  17. Oldgateboatdriver

    NORAD Ready to Track Santa

    Personally, I'd like to know how NORAD has systems that can't track hypersonic missiles, but somehow can keep track of Santa - who is travelling at multiples of that speed. :giggle:
  18. Oldgateboatdriver

    Arctic/Offshore Patrol Ship AOPS

    No. Whilst there are tons of autonomous systems and "fixed" systems in existence, you must always think of the Arctic environment in binary terms: Ice Period (IP) and No Ice Period (NIP). During the NIP, systems found in the South will work fine up there, including such systems as a standard...
  19. Oldgateboatdriver

    CH 47 Incident at Petawawa 20/June/ 2023

    I see the Griffons fly super low in my front field here in the Richelieu valley all the time. I still don't know how they manage to fly so low safely. It may be a CFIT, but I wouldn't blame anyone. It's got to be an accepted risk of such low flying. Personally, I'd rather do a RAS at night in...
  20. Oldgateboatdriver

    Potential Collapse of the Assad Regime?

    A French politician (can't remember his name and his book is deep in my used book boxes) wrote a book titled "How Democracies Perish". Someone should write another one titled "How Dictatorships Disintegrate".
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