Search results

Even President Trump supports the LPCs leader sort of. https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/article/trump-says-he-would-rather-deal-with-a-liberal-than-a-conservative-calls-poilievre-no-friend-of-mine/

That concept can match the concept of a 3:1 Res to Reg army. Part of the uniqueness of the Canadian military problem is that internally the military is used to being starved for money, personnel, equipment and attention. Hence when there is discussion about a certain segment getting more of...

The interesting thing in Canada is that policy reviews and even internal restructuring plans rarely focus on the capabilities of the various force structures to fight and win Canada’s wars. There is some consideration to NATO remits and NORAD remits but only as contributions. There is a...

I think there needs to be some general discussion of what people are thinking when they say more pay. Were the LPC candidates in the ball park throwing out stuff like a 50% increase across the board? Ie Sgt going from $7043 to $10,564. Edited to add: This is a good BAH primer. Currently US...

Being short personnel does not equal a retention problem. A failure to recruit at a replacement rate for a decade can generate the problem we are seeing. I agree to some degree, however a number of people believe that the pay is an issue so I am curious what pay they think will make it not be...

The macro numbers for the CAF don’t seem to show a retention problem that has increased in size over the last decade nor are the numbers outside that experienced historically by us or other forces. That’s not as true for some specific trades but overall the numbers aren’t showing a retention...

Given the current pay scales as a start point, question for those that want an increase. What is an acceptable pay scale in your opinion? NCM and Officer. Current pay scale as per @childs56 Private 1 $3614- $5304 $21.34- $33.15hr Cpl $6069- $6493 $37.93- $40.58hr Cpl Spec $6731- $7142...

CAF 12 gauge 2 3/4 buckshot is usually always 00 buck with 8-9 pellets. #4 buck can go as high as 21 pellets but BB 3inch loads are typically between 50-72 pellets. Hence why aerial targets aren’t typically engaged with Buckshot, pattern density is much much better with pellet loads vs buckshot...

The NATO Combat Readiness Evaluation is a comprehensive look at between 600-700 different criteria/metrics. These points range across all aspects of a unit, some are very specific binary questions like “Does the unit have a vehicle mounted ATGM system” or “Does the Unit issue orders in English”...

Yes, validated on Cdn Level 6 BTS but not CREVAL. I am very very familiar with what was briefed during Ex OAK RESOLVE.

Skeet shooting or similar engagement of aerial targets is normally done with ammunition designed for engagement of aerial targets vs buck shot though. It would be interesting to see how many clays or UAS would be hit in the air by buckshot. I guess they are just making do with what they can get.

No, there was no CREVAL of anything other than the MNBG. The MN Arty Bn was validated on very limited non Arty Cdn Lvl 6 BTS.

An interesting thought experiment. What would be the time delay, in such a pivot, to the overall recapitalization of the various fleets? A SWAG is minimum 3 year delay to all projected IOCs.

If we think that we need to do this with the F35 are we doing this with the MQ-9B, the P-8, the River Class Aegis and weapons suite etc etc. If we aren’t looking at all the systems then this is not an actual serious military concern but rather a political chest piece that happens to have a...

Yes, Ex OAK RESOLVE achieved the MN BG Latvia both their CREVAL certification as well as a Cdn Level 6 validation.

One other consideration for these loitering munitions is that it’s either range or endurance over a target area not both. The 300 has a range of 10km OR an endurance of 15min. The 600 has a range or 40km or an endurance of 40min. A Bn might value a 600 being able to launch from 4km back of...

Fair enough. However the record of the institution successfully managing change in the last 30 years is not super robust. Therefore a perspective of deeds not words is not invalid. The CAF and the CA need to demonstrate by robust concrete and decisive action with consistent and persistent...

I don’t get a sense that the Canadian Army does much without at least a majority of Army Council agreeing. CCA is a key driver but if the other parties on the Army Council and others such as Corp Directors don’t cooperate it seems to fall apart.

Agreed. I don’t get the sense that the working groups were thinking about the number of Res units. I’m getting the sense that it’s the too many people for what the reserves offer, hopefully I am wrong. It would be a terrible move by the CA to give up on reforming the reserves to be an...

It will be interesting to see where this goes over the next few months. They have conducted a number of surveys, senior leader interviews and working groups. From that there seems to be consensus that the CA is badly broken and needs to be completely rebuilt. However there is also almost no...