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Wives complaining of skid marks is a common thing. At the BBQ that I was hosting, while we were living in the PMQs in Petawawa, the wives got together and started going off about skid marks while doing the laundry. Meanwhile us, men gathered around the BBQ, looked rather puffed and proud and we...

Now, now ... I'm sure that our "Dear Leader" is still smarting from the closed door smack down that he got from the other NATO countries, notably the US and the UK, for not meeting the 2% goal for defence spending. His personality cult, reminiscent of the other "Dear Leaders" from another...

Damn it. You've just triggered unpleasant memories of staff school. "Pte Bloggins presented himself in front of the CSM ...." "2Lt I.M.Smart has been tasked to conduct a Summary Investigation ..."

I've been through both CPC and Lib gov'ts when the issue of northern sovereignty were raised in parliament and both times CANADA COM / CANOSCOM / CJOC were tasked to provide options. Both times, information was passed to the MND and nothing heard afterwards. Vacillating on difficult questions...

Concerns about Canada's northern sovereignty has been on-going since 1953 when the federal gov't moved inuit families from northern Québec to Ellesmere Island and Cornwallis Island. As I can recall, staffs at CANADA COMMAND and CANOSCOM wrote about military options to enhance Canadian prescence...

I direct your attention to LGen (Ret'd) Masionneuve's article in the National Post. He outlines the current state of the CAF. Key extracts from the article: “Strong, Secure, Engaged” defence policy released under then-defence minister Harjit Sajjan. Perfunctory public consultations closed at...

I wonder when the next Federal election will be? Will the LPC and NDP "coalition" continue? Are there any confidence votes coming up? I don't think that Mr. Jagmeet Singh will end the partnership with the LPC anytime soon. There will be disagreements, i.e. the David Johnston report on...

Strong, Secure, Engaged: Canada’s Defence Policy A review of the SSE is forthcoming as promised by the MND. See below: Conclusion While the federal government has not provided a timeline for concluding the current defence policy review, in June 2022, Minister Anand indicated that the...

I would not get too excited by this. This does not mean that the gov't is serious about replacing the Victoria Class submarines. I would start to pay more attention when the other AIP submarine manufacturers start developing Cdn partnerships in order to position themselves for a possible...

What do you mean by torn down? If you mean the broken up of the former Log Branch and return under direct command of the individual Environments, like in pre-unification then I would be against it. If you mean that you want more environmental training for the Logisticians, then I'm for it...

An article, quoting VAdm (Ret'd) Norman, succinctly sums up the position in which Canada faces with regards to submarines. In brief, the Canadian public and many of its elected leaders, are not mature enough to have a rational and open discussion about nuclear submarines and their overwhelming...

Concur with MJP's assessment on the Log O's (Sup Os) competencies within the Environments. Concur with captloadie's assessment on the Air Sup Os. A Log O's competence is based on several things: thorough knowledge; use of knowledge for planning and successful application; experience at the...

It would be foolhardy to compare Canada's naval forces to our major allies: the US, UK, France or even the Aus. The current and I daresay the future near and immediate Cdn gov'ts / DND will have a significant and difficult time to: (1) attract, recruit, train and retain RCN pers up to...

Thanks for the book recommendation. It makes me wonder how the war brings out magnificent characters like Capt (N) Fuller whereas in peacetime he would probably be disciplined for not following the archaic rules or dress infractions.

Ah, yes ... The never ending debate of which Service is more operational, better, more effective and so forth. I'm the best because .... May I suggest that it all depends on what the government decides is important for their needs at that time.

I agree black forage caps for the RCN! The RN brought back the black forage caps too but only for submariners. I remember seeing a Tan uniform worn by the RCN, prior to unification, at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa. Now this is what the RCN needs, another uniform to look even more spiffy...

The Army didn't want pips and crowns and the RCN didn't clamour for the executive curl but looked what happened in the name of tradition. When the Army gets its new khaki service uniform, people will start thinking now ... wait a minute, what about the RCAF and the RCN? Tradition demands that...

You will remember the 1990s. The most significant land operations that most senior CA leadership participated was Op SNOWGOOSE - Cyprus. The leadership based their ops experience on this peacekeeping mission and made the cuts accordingly with very little consideration given to CSS, since Cyprus...

I believe that the drastic budget cuts in the mid 1990s forced DND/CAF leadership to drastically reduce any type of reserve stock for many materials/eqpt. It costs money to store and maintain material/eqpt. Ammunition requires: specialized bunkers for storage; periodic inspections /...

The National Post published an article about submarine replacement : Canadian government noncommittal on new submarines as allies push forward with nuclear fleet plans In brief the government is facing significant funding pressures; historically military major capital projects goes over budget...