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I suspect Germany is counting on the fact we are the "same" people, and have always leaned European. I hope their assumptions are proven wrong, and we choose the option that gets us capability faster. I bet the CD212 is an awesome boat, but like the Panther, "awesome" too late is useless...

Or told that no, they can't be a ninja sniper seal posted to Toronto.

Triremes were for fighting, biremes were used the training squadron.

I suspect its a case of people joining with that as the expectation, not having a new pay scale foisted on them partway through their careers. Im not arguing for or against anything, I simply pointed out that it was an obvious issue that would come up. Edit: There is also a big difference...

Who'd imagine paying Capts more than Majs, in the same occupation, would lead to issues?

That shows just how low a priority CAF members are to the GoC. Despite the announcements, and constant mouth noises they make every year around this time.

Great idea, the CA can switch to RCN names, insignia and uniforms. markppcli can become markcaf or markhmcs, and wear a navy uniform. Every time the unification thing comes up, its from army types who envision their ranks and symbols as  the standard everybody else has to adopt. People...

100% I was just offering a possible reason for going the route that was rumored above. My guess is it will be a straight "years of service" thing.

Further to that thought, I can see an argument for basing it on the last enrolment date, because it's for retention not re-signing. I don't think they'd go that route, but there is a logical argument for it.

There is nothing "uniquely Canadian" about the unification ranks for officers. They were pretty standard "anglosphere" navy officers ranks. I worked with a lot of other countries, none ever commented on ranks being easy or hard to understand. Except I wasn't just refering to NCM ranks, and...

People who can't read the army ranks also tend to be the ones who don't know the navy ones... so, its a fault in the member, not the rank badges.

Fair enough, I have spent enough tine in damage school learning about the lessons from the RN in the Falklands. My point was more about the reality the CAF faces. As a single service, the base standard needs to be applicable to all three elements, not just the light infantry. I'd love to see...

Makes sense for the army... How did the RN and RAF fitness tests change after the war? It might be hard for this particular forum to understand, but the CAF is more than infantry. Does making a maintainer ruck longer and harder make techs better, or does it make army centric thinker believe...

100% You'd get people to sign-up for a local "civil defence" group much faster than you would for a national one. The Average Islander or Albertan doesn't care about the issues the other is facing.

I can point ot lots of fit people who are toxic and useless, but they aren't that way because they cut a fine figure in their DEUs. I never said fitness wasn't important, just that it isn't as important as some of you pretend. The PRO fire highlighted a lot of issues, fitness was way down at...

I'm more inclined to think that it's a case of more experienced people swooping in and taking the "entry level" jobs. If I was an employer, I'd take a 24 year old with rent to pay over a 19 year old living at home and going to school.

As pointed ut by @dapaterson, the test exists to show people meet the minimum standard to serve. Nobody thinks that the person struggling to pass the FORCE test is "fit", just that they meet the minimum standard. So, the real issue wasn't that they were unfit, it was that the person was a POS...

So you watched someone pass the test, but still wanted them removed? The increased number of failures of the FORCE test when it was initially released kinda indicates that the standard was raised for some. I watched people who "exempted" the EXPRES test struggle and fail the BFT, and watched...

I'm not so sure. Esquimalt switched to NCD for daily wear ashore as well, and it isn't because a few soldiers on base would be in CADPAT. So what exactly would that look like, that isn't a copy of someone else's uniform? There is nothing wrong with a uniform that reflects our history, made in...

The CAF is different and does things differently for a few reasons. 1. The CAF wants to generate interest, so they post a lot of routine things. Nobody wants to watch Day & Ross trial a new system, but lots of people want to see the CAF do basic things. 2. The CAF has procurement processes...