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Given the nature of the charges, I wonder if there is a lot more to the story. I'm looking forward to hearing more as this unfolds.

That is 90% inaccurate. The men-at-arms were heavy infantry in plate harness, the archers were a separate "type" of soldier. While it is true that the archers did eventually get into the melee, it was only after their arrows were expended or the French men-at-arms closed the gap. The archer...

You have inadvertently disproven your own argument. While the archers were important, dismounted men-at-arms were the key to victory. The English way of war beat the heavy cavalry charges of the French because the English would use field fortifications and funnel the French into the English...

Have you considered that there is a massive difference between what a warship will be tasked to do during peace-time, and during war? The talk of CDCs patrolling along the ice edge is a peace-time tasking to establish a well armed presence in the Arctic, not a description of the tactical...

There is a "plan" to have all members MCpl and up in some trades, in some regions be bilingual. There is also a "plan" to have all members WO and up BBB... Without adding extra resources to language training. If you're in and not bilingual, expect it to become a limiting factor earlier in your...

I don't think the RCN, or RCAF should be advocating for traditions to be ended... They haven't shut up about their traditions being lost/cut since 1968.

They really seem to not like their own tourism industry... Or want to isolate the American population from the rest of the world, so they can do as they please...

The people responsible for that should be on RMs at the very least. Shit "leadership" like that is exactly why people quit, and tell their friends how shit the CAF is.

That was a long time ago now. There is no way the GoC or Canadian public would go for a religious regiment in today's world.

Handy isn't the same as necessary, and money spent there is money not available to be spent where it is needed. Borrowed money or not, it adds an opportunity cost. Every dollar spent on an unnecessary hangar is a dollar not spent on needed things, like training, personnel costs, or spares to...

I suspect it was more a case of over zealous investigators looking to "catch some bad guys" rather than do their job diligently. The political and social climate at the time was very much "march in the guilty bastard", not "innocent until proven guilty", and I guessing CFNIS fell into that trap.

I'm guessing Stony Mountain Institution... the Federal prison north of Winnipeg. I had a friend who worked there for a time, he left as soon as he could reasonably get back into the CAF.

I don't think "thinking" was involved, beyond "thinking" it would make them look good to the Twitterati.

I think people arguing for a hangar and helo are seriously underestimating the additional costs in money, space, and personnel required to conduct flight ops from a ship. If you add an air det(and it's required enablers), you're nearly doubling the crew size that the RCN is shooting for.

The real problem is the parents perpetuating this silliness...

The CAF is fine.... Recruiting 10K more boatswains when we need 200 more MarTechs is peachy. Between "own goals" and poor messaging, we fail to recruit the support trades me need. I distinctly remember an idiot MWO in my trade talking about how the next trade video with all the cool "high...

My understanding it that things have been pushed back a bit, but are intended to move forward soon(ish).

Support Occupations/systems fell under multiple layers of Admin below the L1 level. By making a new L1 responsible directly for the FG of personnel and units, it gives them a seat at the adult table where the money decisions are made. There is no guarantee that it will work out, but as you have...

That is a very positive bit of news. Sounds like people are thinking about how to cut the admin bloat, rather than the outputs.

Good luck getting a base Rav4 hybrid at that price. Also, the Rav4 LE(base) is not particularly well equipped when compared against the GMC. People aren't cross shopping those models, because of they want a base model SUV for cost they will go with a Chevy Trax, Hyundai Kona, or Kia Seltos.