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Very true.  While my particular squadron has never been in a position where we were desperate for staff, we've had an official policy that cadets need to wait at least a full calendar year before even inquiring about joining the staff.  They need to get out there and "get a life" outside of the...

Well, I'm in the CIC with 20+ years in and I don't agree with everything you've said either. The use of CIs at summer training centres is a special case, and are treated in regulations as such, because those placed in leadership positions are hired because they have specific qualifications that...

I don't think "tactical" is the word you are looking for. Okay, let's clear up a few things first.  The terms Civilian Volunteer and Civilian Instructor are not completely interchangeable..  Civilian Instructors, at the corps level, "shall only be employed in instances where there are no...

Just out of curiosity, and for the sake of clarity, what's your "role"?

If there was trouble coming down the pike directly to related to squadron activities, and one or more of my direct subordinates knew about it, yes, I'd like to think I wouldn't be caught napping.  And if I'd given directions to fix the problem, I'd be sure to follow up to make sure it happened.

This is where you lose me.  Since being elected, more and more threads of communication and information have been gathered in by the PMO and the PM to the point that an MP can't sneeze without it being reviewed and approved first.  The claim that the PM knew nothing about what would obviously be...

Got that out of your system now?  Good.  The tac vest issue has been addressed earlier.  If someone in the CIC was issued one, they shouldn't have.  The vast majority of us in that branch would agree on that point.  On the other hand, other than looking foolish, if they managed to acquire one...

Only to a point.  We have available to us, in cadet stores in Borden, 82 pattern webbing and rucksacks.  When we're out for the full weekend, we'll draw them for the cadets to use so they'll have a handy water supply, someplace to keep their rain gear (if the weather looks like it'll be needed)...

Sorry, but I have to pedant for a moment... About the only thing common between the kit I was issued and what cadets are issued is the wedge, the boots, the SS shirt, the tie and the socks.  Everything else is *similar* but not the same.  If the cadets and the staff were expected to dress...

I've been in the CIC for 23 years and, despite working at a couple of CSTCs and a few squadrons, this proverbial tantrumming CIC member is beyond my experience.  I HAVE seen OCdts getting offered kit far beyond their entitlements - not because they were scamming it but because the supply tech...

Well, if you are looking for feedback, I'm far from sick of Kilo's posts.  If it seems it's one guy, alone, it's because there's nothing that needs adding to his posts - he's pretty much spot on. For future reference, how does one debate those who oppose AGW without saying that they their view...

Continuum fallacies are not valid arguments.  Using the word pollution is imprecise but not completely incorrect within their argument as to the effect of excess CO2 in the environment. 

Invoking circumstantial ad hominem arguments questioning the motives of the scientists is a dead end.  The "easy money" you speak of isn't there in any kind of quantity enough to motivate all of the thousands of researchers within the hundreds of teams - more than a few of whom work for agencies...

And your proof for this assertion is? 

Back in the day, once I was issued my kit, whenever I had to wear coveralls, I had to wear more than issue underwear under them.  They are meant as a cover for clothing and not clothing in itself.  You should be able to slip in and out of coveralls, as required, without having to hit a...

Local orders being the thing to follow being a given... Three times in my career I've had someone tell me that air force officers don't wear ankle boots unless specifically ordered to.  The first time was when I was a fairly new 2Lt and the 3-ringer father of a friend of mine popped in for a...

On the other hand, the 201 says this in the section on compliments... Chap 1 Sec 2 Para 19b.

To be absolutely clear, antarctic sea ice is increasing but the land ice is melting at an increasing rate.  The loss of the mass of land ice is not being offset by the increase in sea ice mass.  The net result is a loss overall.

Just out of curiosity, why do you suppose that it's the "Eco Greenie Industry" that's perpetrating the scams and not the multinational corporations like those run by the Koch Brothers perpetrating scams to spread disinformation to protect their bottom lines? 

Williamson F.24 AM 14/A 720 aerial reconnaissance camera complete with 8" lense, film magazine and wooden storage box. This camera was the main air recce camera for the RAF and RCAF at the beginning of WW2. It was mounted mainly on Spitfire and Mosquito reconnaissance aircraft but also saw some...