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But Adm Falls WAS incorrect.  In the quote you provided, he said "always".  I demonstrated an instance where that wasn't true.  Therefore, the WP didn't "always" initiate their exercises with a NATO invasion.  I don't decry the good Admiral's expertise on the subject...I'm saying that he was...

Adm Falls was mistaken.  In fact, I was in Germany in 1981, working at 4 CMBG HQ.  The Warsaw Pact exercise that ran concurrent with our final ex had nothing to do with a NATO invasion; it was, very much, a show of force intended to demonstrate just what the Warsaw Pact was capable of doing. ...

So, it appears that your argument, kilo32, is something along the lines of, the US was an aggressor, so the USSR wasn't.  Does this sum it up?  Because you haven't presented any evidence whatsoever to suggest that the USSR wasn't aggressive in its pursuit of foreign policy, including seizing...

This is an interesting, if specious, argument.  One could also share the blame for WW2 with the Commenwealth, France, the US and the Soviet Union...although few rational people would be likely to. As for the countries occupied by the USSR, I believe one would be hard-pressed to find one that...

Foot powder is handy for "drawing" things on the ground.  I've also seen a fellow carry little plastic bottles of cheap watercolour paint powder for the same purpose.  The disadvantage is that these things get used up, while wool, string, little army guys, etc. can be reused. Best way to...

If this is happening, then something has gone badly wrong.  Training level 3 and higher BTS implies exercising the troops, because, aside from some parts of the battle procedure (orders, recces), the troops should be fully engaged.  There are always concurrent activites needing to be done, and...

Another good point.  That's why, as a coy OC and later as a CO, I tried to ensure an issue of much-reduced scale of combat supplies (except water) at the start of an ex--for instance, one IMP and five mags only of ammo per pers.  As long as the ex was designed so that events didn't "overrun"...

Well, I'm not going to comment on the BTEs of Brigades I've never worked with.  However, a few comments below: [For a Bde ex, absolutely.  If the Bde is running annual BTEs, then planning for the next one should begin immediately following the one just completed.  The BTE AAR can form a...

Actually, one of the great weaknesses of our generally brief (about 2 day) Res F exercises (regardless of level of the PTA or EXCON) is that we tend to teach our soldiers how to live in the field for, well, 2 days.  The TRAINING is generally (not always, but generally) good, dynamic, interesting...

Well, this shows why I'm not a political pundit.  I guess the Liberals really like aesthetic Quebec intellectuals.  It will be interesting to see how much traction he gets in Ontario and the West.  It's also interesting that he now says that he would "consider" a withdrawal, per the CBC website...

I think you mean the "Troop Commander" in that first role highlighted above, unless you are such a fan of the WO that the Troop Comd is actually unnecessary.... And now we're getting into the respective roles of officers and NCOs.  That's a related, but very different topic, and a fascinating...

First point - it's all about the DAG'ing.  There are multiple ways you can get screwed up during the DAG process and, even if you DAG Green, there are things that can come back to bite you in-theatre.  Pay very close attention to what is being done and what needs to be done.  Since I presume...

This man is wise.  Listen to him.  My only revision would be: OCdts - should be seen, not heard, but should watch, listen and LEARN

In the Res Inf, in general: -OCdt - being trained and developed -2Lt -being trained and developed; some junior staff work under supervision e.g. assisting superiors with routine paperwork, assembling lists of names for various things, etc. -Lt - commanding a platoon; junior staff work, may...

Your not making any arguments.  A true argument consists of a thesis, and then a series of fact-based propositions intended to demonstrate the truth of that thesis.  So: That isn't an argument.  It's an unfounded assertion of something that might occur, based solely on opinion. This isn't an...

Very true.  A weekend exercise is suitable to do preliminary training, practice or confirm one or two BTS.

A weekend for a Bde-level exercise certainly is ambitious, but is doable, I suppose, given the close proximity of units in southern Ontario.  So it's hard to "port" that experience to other parts of the country (in the case of 38 CBG, for instance, bringing all of the units together in, say...

Where is this coming from?  Censorship?  By definition, censorship can only be imposed by the state, through application of legislation.  One could also self-censor, and I suppose that censorship can be imposed by violence or threat of violence.  Who is advocating any of these things?   Yes...

First, this reporter wrote the story.  If it was changed substantially by his editors afterwards, then he could have pulled his name from the by-line.  He didn't, so it's his story, and he shares full accountability for it with his paper. Now, as for someone saying "how can a reporter be...

Not so much an enemy, as an unpredictable, ill-informed and capricious neutral.  Probably more DANGEROUS, actually, as you can usually reasonably predict that your enemy is going to work against your interests.  The press tends to be all over the map, driven by market forces and individual...