It's not a question of rapid replacement, it's a question of structural deterioration to the point of being so unsafe sea that not even a NWO can wave it away.
Five years?
I admire your optimism.
I'd think it's closer to five months before the risk of an "unplanned conversion from surface to subsurface combatant" is so high that not even a NWO can ignore the risk.
Hercs are all subject to ITAR restrictions, as I understand it. Add the age and fact that the wing boxes were taken from USCG aircraft retired due to hours and cycles that were still younger than the CAF wing boxes they replaced, and you don't necessarily have the most attractive of sales pitches.
Given the hours and cycles on the frames, and that we cannibalized USCG frames retired for age to rebuild them, there's not a lot of life left in them.
The popular belief that "consent to serve" is universal for Res F members unless placed on active service has no basis in law, regulation or policy.
QR&O volume 1 chapter 9, article 9.04 (2) explicitly grants authority to order members of the Primary Reserve to train a maximum of 60 days Class...
Although, strictly speaking, NDA 130 does explicitly include NDA Part VII, so failure to attend parade could be the basis for a court martial (with maximum fines as laid out in the NDA).
The term "summary conviction" refers to the civilian legal system, not to the military justice system for summary infractions as laid out in regulations.
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