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A friend of mine was with 12 RBC during a Balkan tour. He met a former PPCLI member who was a Croatian Army Officer who kept making disparaging remarks at the regiment trying to provoke him. I was in Croatia for a NATO meeting in the late 200s and I was quite nervous about it. I met one of my...

Such a cynical ploy. Yep, it is something any political party would do.

Note there have been numerous academic discussions with regard whether the US needed to drop the nuclear bomb on Japan to force it surrender. I refer to the LA Times article. "Allied intelligence had been reporting for months that Soviet entry would force the Japanese to capitulate. As early...

Remember all the political parties have your best interests at heart and will work hard for you, the voter. Caveats: 1. You must be a firm believer in the political party's ideology 2. If the party can't implement it's campaign promises it is because: the opposition party is placing its own...

I've just read the CPC Convention package for Quebec 2023. I won't go into a summary of the whole package, but I just to highlight in Red Italics two particular items of interest. V – National Defence and Security/ Défense nationale et sécurité A – 15- 1213 Submission ID / Numéro de la...

Movements is a sub-speciality like the Quartermasters Course. Usually you must be qualified Transportation. After one or two tours as a Transportation Officer you can apply for the Movements Course, upon approval of your Commanding Officer. Even of you are qualified as a Movements Officer there...

Perhaps the future PM. Mr. Poilievre, according to the latest polls, might support the procurement of AIP submarines, although I admit I'm not very hopeful. He does talk a good talk about supporting DND/CAF, but talking is not the same as actually doing something about it.

If you are accepted into LOG (Air), you will normally be asked for your preferences such as Supply (Sup), Transport (Tn), Finance (Fin), Human Resources (HR), or Food Services (Fd Svcs). Note Ammunition Technical Officer (ATO) is available only after your first or second tour as an Officer...

Excellent news reporting by 60 Minutes Australia regarding the purchase of nuclear submarines and the challenges facing both the American and Australian politicians. Hard questions were posed to the politicians and defence analysts such as: required growth in AUS defence spending and % of GDP...

I was discussing some things with friends over a coffee today and the topic many genders are there according to this website there are 107. I quickly scanned the list and was astounded by the variety and admitted I was confused. To me, there are still two biological genders: male and female. I...

When I was in Gagetown (mid 1980s) I ended talking with one of the old, old crusty Sgts in Range Control. Apparently a former BComd used a cherry picker to go deer hunting. Not sure if he was successful.

Two interesting commentaries about the PLA: competency; and corruption There is a comment made in this video which contradicts the second video - namely conscription. From what I've read the PLA is able to sustain itself through a process of voluntary conscription. The issue is that the...

Thanks. Hate to be the poor sailor hanging over the side to scrub the rust off. Cheers

As a retired Army guy who has never been on a real ship and only seen pictures of ships, I'm surprise to see rust already on a brand new ship that is on sea trials - I know that ships rusts because of the salt water, but is this normal?

Is he going to blame it on PTSD when he was depl on ops? I wonder if this recent behaviour is indicative of his real morals / honesty? Does he really know how to hunt? If he did he would know that the needed a hunting licence. Normally guys tend to hunt with another person - for safety reasons...

I was told that in 4 CMBG, almost every army unit had a coy/sqn composed of hockey players or guys who excelled in sports. These guys devoted themselves to sports and to were trained to compete to win in the annual 4 CMBG sports competition and hockey championships. I didn't believe until I...

Full disclosure. When I was serving I was qualified sexual harassment advisor and investigator. I would suggest that all of you place yourself in the position of the respondent with respect to any sexual assault or rape case. Both are physical, in which the complainant (victim) was physically...

There is also the possible negative perception by the public of getting news that money buying business class tickets is being "wasted" (extravagant luxury) for CAF members - normal people do not fly business class so why should any government employees be treated better. I think that federal...

I don't think the PM J. Trudeau or the current core Lib power centre ever understood that intertwined dependency of diplomacy, strong military power and prowess, and foreign aid - one can achieve their strategic goals by the adroit use of all three. You cannot skimp on these. A strong...

ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) on their proposal for the Walrus-class submarine replacement program - Future Dutch Submarine: TKMS Naval Group on their proposal for the Walrus-class submarine replacement program - Future Dutch Submarine: Naval Group's Conventional Barracuda Both...