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What, world shortages driving an increase in activity here? We are weks/months away from the current government changing legislation, so whatever is happening is market, not politics driven.

I'm not sure it's not impossible to do a unit one outside of the RCN rules. I've seen senior people from other elements with "cocktail" nametags that had unit or CAF insignia, particularly those working with other departments/nations.

Ships are still commonly referred to as "she", regardless of the name. That said, in official documents it's either the ship's name, or "the ship".

The new standard is the Canadian Naval Ensign, and just two lines unless you are in a senior role. The rank and position stuff went away for people below command teams or Director because it was costing too much money every time people got promoted and posted. If you get no other replies, PM...

The net was cast so wide the data is essentially worthless. I helped my neighbour move a heavy object once, so that counts toward the numbers.

How many of those volunteer hours are parents volunteering with their kids activities? How many are charitable work? How do those types of volunteering in any way align with military capabilities/defence?

For some trades that might work, but there are other trades that don't do POET. This is why one-size-fits-all solutions to CAF problems don't exist.

I agree and disagree. Training that gets people civilian equivalent qualifications is attractive. Long courses in and of themselves aren't. If in your first 5 years you can walk away with a civilian equivalent certification, but did it in three shorter courses, rather than all at once, it would...

My point isn't that people should do a short courses then be expected to learn everything else on the job. My idea is that people should do a short(ish) course, go get experience in the real world, then go back for follow-on training. With experience, the knowledge gained in the classroom...

People used to aquire those skills over several years, why di we think they can aquire those skills in a year or two of classroom time? Why not give people basic skills with short courses, then get them into the field/fleet apprenticing? That way they can get experience, before trying to dump...

100% in agreement. The LPC has made it clear that it views all legal firearms owners as murders/criminals in waiting. I won't vote for people who think of me that way.

That also assumes that governments don't change between now and delivery... If Germany says, "we want all our boats now, Canada can wait", since TKMS will be making them in Germany, Canada will wait. Going with an option that has the production capacity to build our boats faster from the start...

The problem is, there is always a careerist who promises the moon to the bosses, knowing full well they won't be around to deal with the mess they've made. My trade did it 18 years ago, and appears set to make things even worse in the coming months/years. The CAF needs to stop pretending that...

How much is TKMS paying you?

I'm guessing most of us who see a problem, see it as a problem because the member likely used up leave to deal with issues of some variety that haven't gone away, and likely the member is likely to expect more time-off in the future. Since we haven't received any more information, there is no...

This goes back to US foreign policy that intentionally kept the European/Western aligned powers weak, so that they couldn't stand-up to America too hard. It was intentional policy, that was designed to ensure that America had the final say in decisions. America right now is trying to suck and...

Which was their plan all along. They forced the other powers to give up their empires so that America could safely stay #1. The people complaining now are the people who are living with the reality their predecessors set-up. We did it with America's support, right up until it was politically...

We should, which is likely why the 3.5% of GDP defence spending is getting support from even the LPC. In an increasingly dangerous world, Canada needs to be more prepared to defend its interests at home and abroad.

The world being dependant on the US made the world overall a much safer place. As the US retreats, other powers will seek to fill the power vacuum left behind, which will result in more land/resource grab wars like the one in Ukraine. It's less about wanting the US in charge, and more about...

You don't cut current pay, you make changes to future deployments. The same way they have changed SDA and other allowances for follow-on deployments in the past. The other 90% didn't stop deploying when their pay was "cut" so I suspect the 10% of reservists won't either. Particularly with the...