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They're already there, maybe not exactly in their normal role but they do work in the TF/BG TACP.

Okay I'll take your word for it but I am very surprised I don't know them.  The ones I can speak to are coming/came almost straight from Phase Training.  AirForce Officers as well as Recce Pl/Sqn/Tp Officers/NCOs are another story.  They commonly get qualified due to their job. While the...

Agreed, but you have to look at it from the perspective of when the project was initiated.  At that time we had the ability to fire CM and we went after rockets anyway - therefor, regardless of what happened in the interim, the decision to buy was probably not predicated solely on the ability to...

First off I don't need a lecture on the reserves I was one for a number of years but you raised this a viable option and I am saying it has been thought of, tried and failed.  Maybe they picked the wrong people, however, as I said they tried and failed. I understand that but as your stats...

That is a question you could write a long staff paper on but suffice it to say that we have always had the capability to fire cluster munitions be it 155mm DPICM or aircraft delivered.  I hope that the CF higher-ups did not make the decision based solely that requirement. And we all know there...

Sounds good in theory but it's too bad reality doesn't work out so well.  This has been tried but the biggest problem is the individual Reservist's commitment.  The reserve FOO Course and Reg FOO Course are not the same and there is a requirement for the individual to make up the difference then...

First off, we have to keep a few things in mind about the political climate when CMTC was first conceived and contracted.  First, the thinking of our political masters at the time was that with the collapse of the Soviet Union the world was going to be much a safe place so much so that we could...

Right, well here's the scoop on Wx that most BG COs don't tell you. They don't care if you learn anything new.  If you do, great but if not, they didn't assemble the horsepower they did to assess basic soldier skills - they are validating the BG as a whole which means it is the CO and staff that...

Well said, I couldn't agree more.

And someone correct me if I am wrong but aren't they also sending one to 1 RCHA as a FAC?  Not CFR though I don't think. This is the point, with units promoting every mod 6 Cpl and even bringing back DAPS to promote Ptes straight to MCpl, I don't think there is an argument to be made that we...

Not all, but pint, come on... "I'll have a 473.18 mL" just doesn't have the same ring to it.

It's good to see there are still some sacred things worth fighting for!  :cheers:

But that is the point, there are very few academic challenges per se on BMOQ.  With the exception of a legitimate injury or illness all those reasons (esp VR) you list are indicators that the person did not have "the right stuff" as you say.  Also don't forget that instructors have seen course...

I may be new to the site but am by no means a newbie and I am calling BS on this.  It is not the mandate of anyone associated with this site to worry about training new recruits.  Do us all a favour and leave that to the CF training system.  This site just celebrated its 100 000th post (and...

This discussion is starting to get silly.  First when have we ever had the ability to control when the enemy will hit us?  But that being said, we certainly know when it is more and less likely which allows us to take calculated risks - it's why we have defile drills, VPCs, different march...

This new take on an old idea first raised its head on 1-08.  Then, the OMLT would be the ones responsible for the donkeys as they interfaced with the ANA who would ultimately watch over them.  No one had more fun with it than the OMLT clerks who were getting ready to do up pers files on the...

Well deserved! :salute:

Absolutely, when are people going to remember it is about "risk mitigation", not "risk elimination"?  It might be better to risk one guy taking one in the chest w/o plates than a section's worth going down dehydrated or with hypothermia.  Then again, we would never hear the end of it in the...

Far be it for me to ever recommend non-issue kit because if it was needed they would issue it right?  ::)  That being said, the current combat shirt is a terrible design... pockets that are useless once you put a Tac Vest on (oh wait, the buttons do make great pressure points for those that like...

Thank you for your sacrifice. :salute: :salute: :salute: RIP Brothers.