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Sure, it might be useful in basic training, in order to give them... something that you can yell at them about. But there's a lot of things we do on basic training that we don't ever touch again once they graduate basic training, or perhaps never touch again once they're done their basic...

C'mon people, it's not the 17th century anymore. You don't conduct warfare by lining people up on the battlefield and moving towards the enemy in unison. Drill had it's time and its place as an actual useful skill, but that was then, this is now. It serves nothing more than a purely ceremonial...

Yup, another fine example of the whole "petty tyrant" thing cropping up. Now this is just asinine. There's two different hair styles outlined in the dress instructions. Does that mean that every person in the CAF has to have a hair style that matches that hair style exactly, and no deviation...

If you're exempt from Y, you don't have to do Z doesn't mean that Z suddenly means Y. Clarifying that someone who is medically exempt from engaging in directed PT, also doesn't need to do participate in a unit sports day doesn't mean that all directed PT has to be done in the form of a sports...

Well hell, petty tyrants just making crap up to suit their own personal opinion of what the regulation should be rather than what the regulation actually is is hardly a new thing in the CAF. Also, petty tyrants making crap up is one of the primary things which is driving our ongoing retention...

You're not supposed to just quote regulations. You should actually read them first too. "It shall be neatly trimmed, especially on the lower neck and cheekbones" are different words than "the lower neck and cheekbones shall be clean shaven". Words have meaning you know? If they wanted to...

I'll be frank here. Your embarrassment sounds like a personal problem. Because this is definitely the type of stuff that only people in the CAF ever seem to get worked up about. The public doesn't have a massive preference for seeing people in their DEUs rather than combats. They're just fine...

I highly doubt this. From what I know the only aspect the city's involved in the planning of this event is the stuff that they're proposing they get paid for: shutting down roads, extra police presence, etc. The two primary organizations in charge of running the event would be the Legion and...

I still haven't heard any decent arguments about why the expenses for such events should be the responsibility of the municipal level of government. I mean, I get that a lot of folks are pissed off that the city wants to change that, but what's the justification they're bringing in favour of the...

Personally, and I think for a lot of other people, it's less a matter "if we can't get the simple stuff right", and more so "why bother putting effort into things that don't matter"? What's the operational impact of having shoddy drill? Zero. How much time in the week would be suitable to...

I don't expect to see much in the way of changes to how summary trials go, considering that folks handing out sentences at summary trials seem to be in the habit of completely ignoring precedent and instead like to just give what they feel like giving, regardless of what everyone else is doing...

I'm not sure what sort of distinction you're trying to draw between duties and work is? When one is told to do work, you're either "on duty" and thus required to do said work, or not on duty and thus not required to do said work. I fail to see how the phrase "to concentrate solely on...

Honestly, if informing your CoC of the regulation in question doesn't work, and they continue to assign you duties as they see fit, I that that ultimately your only real course of action would be to just go about focusing on your release administration, and see what they do. Maybe try talking...

You might have some QOL issues, but the same ones? A bit of overtime doesn't, for example, force you to live in Cold Lake, it doesn't cause you to move so often that your spouse is unable to obtain decent employment, it doesn't waste your time with unnecessary secondary duties, etc. It doesn't...

I worked briefly on the DRMIS project (thankfully not doing any actual implementation), and I suspect the same bloody thing happened with Phoenix that happened with DRMIS: the government set up a contract, gave the contractor a set of requirements which they set about fulfilling... and then...

The crux of my argument is that we should be focusing upon two factors: whether or not if affects operational capability, or whether or not the public (being our bosses and all) care. And that we should stop focusing time and effort on things that only people in the CAF care about. The fact...

Again, I strongly believe that this is an example of CAF members focusing on things that only other CAF members consider to be important. The public doesn't care and it doesn't affect our operational capability, so why are we getting worked up about it? It's operational dress, people are...

I doubt that they would respond in such an unprofessional manner. And even more so, I highly doubt anyone would notice or care enough to ask. This is inside baseball. The only people who give a hoot about frayed collars are other people in the CAF. The public doesn't care about a bit of white...

Fraying at the collar is nothing more than a cosmetic issue. The item is still perfectly good at doing what it's designed to do.

I don't know of any definition of "serviceable" for which said fraying would render it otherwise.