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The real shame is we aren't sending all of these fighting aged folks to go take their points to the IDF personally.

New Request for Proposals out today, lots of the same info in there not much has changed. RFP here I did notice under Annex E Performance Evaluation it now says Depot Firearms instructors and ERT members will not be part of the evaluation and a PSPC fairness monitor will be, so I'm starting to...

Anybody remember my arguments? No? Cool...

Having very recently had dental surgery that did not go as expected and engaged me in a significant recovery period in addition to a significant bill post benefits, I wholeheartedly agree with this message.

Fair enough. I'm going to bow out of this discussion because I don't really have any new points, and I don't want to circle around. I'll leave you with this. When I joined, there were members of my unit fresh back from Afghanistan, who had served on the Leopards. That's all I've ever wanted to...

Only under the best of circumstances, given its height, ground pressure and lack of credible armament (or in slick top versions, any armament) They can't fix them because spares don't exist. Not a them problem, or a staffing problem. Just a funding and obsolete platform problem. Fixable, with...

I'd agree with you, but I just know some ERTling somewhere will complain bitterly that they have to carry a GD gun and they'll find a way to change something whether it be the sight, flashlight, frame size, what have you. The lengths literally every unit no matter what they do will go to in...

There has never been a unit called the British Columbia Rifles. You're summarily dismissing the weight some people, including myself, put on what came before because its not your what came before. That's fine, I'm not going to argue that point any further because I've already conceded its not a...

I'll go ahead and ruin that dream by saying even the different branches of the RCMP need different types of pistol, let alone all the branches of the Federal Government. There no reason we couldn't all have the same manufacturer with specific models, though.

Yes, the parts where troops went into battle and some didn't come home. Send it to Ukraine, buy something better. Its closer, a lot easier to sell to my troops. We get much better attendance on a US trip than any other ex. Why? We've bounced off the perimetre fences of our local training areas...

The history of the Regiment is full of amalgamations, but very few of those units ever fought. The 6th Regiment (Duke of Connaught's Own Rifles) contributed members who fought in South Africa. The 7th, 29th and 102nd Battalions, Canadian Expeditionary Force fought in WW1, and the 28th Canadian...

I fight that battle every training day. North Langley to downtown Vancouver is usually a hour and a half plus commute, plus the $16-35 parking depending on if its an event night or not.

Trust me, I know objectively the way we do business is stupid and desperately needs to be changed. The BCR itself lives in a decrepit old building completely unsuitable for its purpose, and its nowhere near large enough. Half our vehicles and most of our POL are off site. But that place is a...

Is your plan to remove Armoured units from the reserves? The BCR has been armoured since WW2 and despite the fact the cap badge still says Duke of Connaught's Own Rifles, the Rifles part hasn't been part of the official name since the designation change. Its just the British Columbia Regiment...

They are, they're laser etched with RCMP GRC and the mounted rider.

Interesting, I'd have thought it would have been more recent. EDIT: Wikipedia would suggest (not a good source, I know) 2001 as an introductory date.

For a general service pistol maybe, but how long have the MP's carried a Sig as their duty pistol?

Meanwhile, the RCMP continues to drag ass through their own pistol procurement...

Fair enough, thanks. Just seems dumb to me that we would run things that way instead of just buying enough to do the job and extend the service life of all the airframes, but as you so helpfully pointed out we're not the ones writing the cheques. And this is definitely not the only part of the...

So how often to aircraft fly from one coast to the other? How many P-8's would we need to buy so the Squadrons wouldn't have to share?