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True, but also it's not like upon mobilization we're going to turn off the lights and lock the doors of the local armouries because the units have been mobilized and deployed. That's not how it worked in WWI or WWII and I'm guessing it's not how it works in the US Army National Guard either...

If we had a clearly defined mobilization plan then these types of questions would become a lot clearer.

The civilian admin clerks in your local armoury would stay there when the unit is mobilized and remain to administer the new recruits that are brought in for mobilization at the local unit. The local armoury BOR is part of the force generation side of the equation not the force employment side.

Which raises the question of how much higher can they be and still be effectively coordinated? Divisional assets? Brigade assets? Regimental/Battalion CS Squadron/Company? Squadron/Company CS Troop/Platoon? Embedded in the Troop/Platoon? At the Section level?

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Keeping in mind that we're discussing a miniscule proportion of the potential members of a Mobilization Reserve and likely even a small sub-set of Civilian DND employees. What we're really talking about is sections on a base where there are mixed military/civilian members currently undertaking...

I think you misunderstand me with regard to the Mobilization Reserve. One person. One Position. He/She is a Civilian DND worker filling a position in a static base support unit. They are also a member of the Mobilization Reserve. They have received basic military training and do one week...

I suggested this when the US first started making comments about "needing" Greenland. Offer to let Greenland merge with Nunavut as a Territory of Canada. It would unite the bulk of Inuit peoples in Greenland and the Eastern Arctic under a single territory. For the US it would have Greenland...

Simple. Presumably the Base Service Unit that Mr. Bloggins is working at as a civilian also has military personnel. Simply make him a Reservist in that same unit so when he is mobilized he simply shows up to work at the same unit but in uniform. This might actually be a good role for the...

This to me is possibly the most damaging thing that Trump has done...unleash such uncertainty - even among former allies - that all countries are forced to consider developing their own nuclear weapons as the ultimate form of security. More countries having nuclear weapons will not remove the...

A report on evolving Russian tank tactics: https://defence-blog.com/russia-reveals-new-drone-enabled-tank-tactics/ It seems to me that these tactics would be very difficult to scale Coordinating all those other assets covering individual pairs of tanks working in a leapfrog fashion I think...

So it's just proud people blustering when the White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy and Homeland Security Advisor states that "the formal position of the US government that Greenland should be part of the US", "For the US to secure the Arctic region, to protect and defend Nato and Nato...

Or....she was hustled out with CIA assistance because of the upcoming Maduro raid in order to prevent her from being on the ground to become the focus of a popular uprising to overthrow what is left of the Maduro regime. An authoritarian like Vice President Rodriguez might be more willing to...

Several of these loaded with sea-gliders: https://www.navylookout.com/ai-enabled-underwater-gliders-could-enhance-royal-navy-asw-capability/

How about they instead build a Kia plant for continuous build of these? https://org-military.kia.com/en

Serving IN the government of another country or ADVISING the government of another country? I suppose we send people from various government agencies to advise other governments on issues such as policing, military training, judicial and legislative reform, health care, etc., but that's a...

Service to a country isn't measured only in uniforms. Citizenship isn't a hierarchy.

If Trump were to annex the territory of a NATO member that "continued large US military presence throughout Europe" would no longer be seen as a mutual defence partner but rather an occupation force to enforce compliance with American policies.

They won't be selling Venezuelan oil....they'll be shipping it to the US Gulf Coast for "inspection" and "storage"

I'm still on my holiday drinking schedule...