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One of the most skewed interpretations of our military I've read in a while...

If you are looking for a more modern 'Canadian' film there is a made-for-TV one called 'Peacekeepers' that came out in 1997, starring Gabriel Hogan, and Jeremy Ratchford.  Not the best depiction, heavily stereotyped, but it was 'Canadian' and did show some of the issues soldiers deal with on...

Well said!

Towards the gap - I hate to bust your chops but guard duty at an overseas base and guard duty at a base in Canada are two completely different things.  Use of force overseas and in Canada are two different things.  So are liability issues, and the government and the Solicitor General are going...

Okay, you don't seem to get where Im going, so I'll spell it out more clearly. You believe that a VBIED attack (or similar scenario) is probable, or has so great of an impact that even a small possibility of occurance should be guarded against.  Now to actually guard against this possibility...

Infanteer seems to have been batting the balls out of the park since I was last here, so I'll just address these points here: The skill sets required for a gate guard:  The guys who think there is an imminent ongoing threat to every base in Canada cant seem to get their requirements straight. ...

That looks awesome - has anyone here ever actually tried one?

That's another subject entirely; or perhaps they have an online tip sheet for that too...?

I think you've mentioned the two biggest issues with using soldiers instead of hired security.  Young soldiers are good gate guards for short durations, but after too much time become bored and disullissioned with manning a gate where there is no 'action'.  No amount of leadership or attempts...

Law enforcement requires knowledge of how to use both the carrot and the stick - and the Marines I knew were all stick.  Hard to imagine this concept working...

If you are going to include all Disney incarnations, then the princesses as depicted in the Shrek movie series were effective butt-kickers...

Do you take debit cards?

At the same time, what you or I might conceive as effective base security is not what the contracting authourity conceives as effective security; which is why they use Commissionaires instead of soldiers... As a second point, do you really think reg or res force soldiers would do a better job? ...

Good choice - with a history of dealing with insane opponents (most of them seem to end up in Arkham Asylum), he would have one of the best CV's for this type of op...

A lot of what the VAC does is similar to an insurance company.  There's a lot of crossover, including types of services, legal processes, admin process, types of epxerience, staff training, organizations they are members of, and conferences they attend.  I wouldnt be surprised if prior...

Ive found that shoppers are equally rude to employees at a store regardless of the border.  But would agree that American store employees understand customer relations much better than Canadian stores, especially at larger big box-style stores.

Far too simplified.  And also ignores the tenacity and fighting strength of many of the Disney characters, many of whom have fought and survived witches, giants, evil spells, dragons, pirates, dog-nappers, crocodiles, poisoned food, etc....  Some of them have even been shown to be quite...

Speaking from inside the private security industry, of the many security companies out there, the Commissionaires have a fairly good reputation, and are better than average.  But they are still static/mobile uniformed positions, which means they are regarded as almost the bottom of the totem...

It's all perception and experience; Ive found several airlines to be better than Air Canada during my travels, but it's no surprise if others had good experiences... 

Quote from: future_captain on April 12, 2011, 13:39:51 also it is a natural skill either you have it or dont have it to be a leader. either you are a Shepard or a sheep. Following on from T2B, many persons have natural leadership skills, but that doesnt automatically make them good leaders. ...