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Agreed.  Getting something like the Izumo would propel us back into the carrier business, give us a forward strike platform for whenever we get the F-35 and allow us to have a base ship for infantry assaults.  The crew compliment beyond the embarked troops is only double a CPF.

Have people been having issues getting into the DND website dnd.ca?  Every time I've tried for the last week or so, it takes forever to try to download something...and in the end, I get nothing.

Does anyone have a date for the planned launching?

Regardless of his original job, if the candidate is good in what he's elected to become, then it should be alright.  Not every celebrity is going to be like Twumpy is now.  :facepalm: As for the idiot in SC that got nominated, I'm sure the good people in that state will make the right choice in...

Just saw this article at the DND website: http://www.rcaf-arc.forces.gc.ca/en/article-template-standard.page?doc=from-tholthorpe-to-trenton-the-history-of-434-bluenose-squadron/jhf5kq9w 434 Squadron's coming back as a Test and Evaluation Squadron at Trenton.

Now that is nice.

Does anyone have pictures of the hat badge and collar dogs the rank and file wear with the new DEU?

I'm rather ambiguous concerning the issuing of a special "DEU" for the folks at CANSOFCOM.  Technically, it's not an independent service but a joint service command, so the fact that personnel from the Navy, Army and Air Force are serving in it should be acknowledged.  Everyone had either the...

Oi, there's such a thing as too much amalgamation here! Shades of 1968...!

That would actually be a good idea.  It saves the extra nearly thousand kilometre trip from Halifax to get to the area of operations and would be a extra boost to the local economy.  But given how narrow Saint John's Harbour would be, a wiser idea would be to reactivate the old Argentia base the...

Agreed.  The gentleman wrote a pretty article, but the facts were wrong in several areas.  Much that I've often liked EdC as a good way for the lower ranks to get a chance to vent on things, I honestly wish that a little more research was done.

And I just noticed that on the Remembrance Day pics that the commander of the Army is wearing the 1st Canadian Army patch on his left shoulder. Okay...!

LOL!  Silly me!  ;D I should have phrased that "When was it authorized?" Haven't had enough coffee this morning . . .!

I'm not sure this is the right conversation to post this in, but I just noticed this when I went on Facebook:  The people at the CADTC are now wearing what looks to me like the I Canadian Corps formation patch.  Is that authorized?

Quick question:  How does the Air Force decide which squadron is allowed to come back into active service again?  Is there a set list or is it just random?  401 Squadron was always a reserve squadron based in the Montréal area; I'd suspect 416 or 441 would be brought back first.

You fought for what you believed in, sir.  Rest in peace.  :salute:

Only did see him in WFRR.  God, they're dropping away, aren't they?

Another one standing guard for eternity.  Soldier on, Sarge . . .  :salute:

Agreed.  BZ, Mr. President!

I honestly didn't know that, Pusser.  Do they just use the basic post-nominals, i.e. "CD"?