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You are describing the Continental Defence Corvette. The Orca replacement will still focus on bridging the gap from simulator to actual at sea experience. It will be able to handle the seas outside of inshore waters but it will not be combat capable.

The UK monarchy will always matter, but as long as they hold the fascination of the USA they’ll be top of mind in the social world.

The way Hellyer conducted unification guaranteed that it would be fought tooth and nail and none of the supposed efficiencies were ever realized. Hellyer used the USMC as the basis of his plan. The fool didn't realize that the Marines/Naval Infantry (not just the US one) worldwide historically...

That’s my situation. I have no break in service when I went from Reg to Reserve.

Sea keeping is a must. I seem to recall one tried to go past Buoy J and got the shyte kicked out of it. Something that can survive the west coast of Van Isle is a must.

I doubt that will happen. At worst they’ll become very minor appendages similar to the other royal houses in continental Europe.

I wear 3B 3 days a week, NECU on Wed, and then there is civy Friday. Fashionista is I! :)

Was 2013 the year the pips and crowns came back? If that is true, we have officers and NCM's who have known nothing but pips and crowns, Executive Curls and Pearl Gray RCAF stripes.

Thanks be to Neptune that the Navy got rid of the shoulder straps on the jacket.

The War Museum made the same mistake a few years ago. I pointed out the error to the staff and when I was at the museum a couple of months ago I noticed they had corrected the error.

Touché!

I think the Canada is the outlier. I picked navies from around the world and they all have some sort of variable of the square rig for their junior sailors. They are not for kids or for costumes. Ukraine UK Thailand Nigeria Argentina USA

I think a jacket for the MS and below that had a square rig flair to it would be fantastic. But then again, I'm just an old fossil screaming at Moby Dick as it smashes my whaler!!

Was anyone happy with the Rifle Green unibag that was introduced in 1968? Has anyone been happy with what we've been given since? DEU was a bit of a half assed attempt to right some wrongs. Finally, uniforms have evolved over the centuries and will continue to evolve and the changes will...

So which statement is true? The Navy has an Air Force problem. The Air Force has a maritime problem. The CAF has an Air Power problem.

I remember the HS Symposiums but never went. We were never encouraged to go and in hindsight that was very shortsighted thinking. It seems to me that at times the Air Det was an inconvenience to the ships company and we still treat the air asset on our ships as something to be tolerated and not...

I remember getting to Fraser in 1991 and thinking “I read Hunt for Red October while hauling grain during harvest a dozen times. I now realize that Canada was sending its sailors to a needless death if the balloon went up during the height of the Cold War.”

Off topic somewhat: The Sea King/EH 101/Cyclone saga would make Pentagon Wars look like a case study of proper procurement management. But this is Canada, a nation that never holds anyone to account for boondoggles, scandals, business screw-ups or even Mass Murder (Portapique) . Where other...