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Fully agree E17. But if you think this is limited to skilled trades, then you haven't been looking for an entry level job lately. It's a North American illness: Everyone who is looking for university qualified employees is asking for "five years experience", and no one is willing to be the one...

Dude! There were never any AOPS called for in any ConOps. That was a GoC thing pulled right out of their arse. And even then, it was for three (underline three) Arctic icebreakers with weapons for the military.

I have two traditions. First, every year, for Christmas I put a pair of socks in everybody's stocking. Second, in every Winter Olympic year, I put a Canadian Olympic team's piece of gear in as a gift to everyone n the family. This year, Lululemon let me hit both traditions in one shot because...

Pretty sure IPMS is also a very Canadian thing now making its way in multiple navies.

I think it was the same for Sperry: They taught the people at Paramax a lot about combat and weapons systems when building up the Canadian side of things, but in turn, learned a lot about integration of those when working on the CPF, then took that knowledge back with them and it worked to...

In war time, things can go up pretty fast.

I believe the first one is already sailing the halls of Ottawa.

I agree with Czech_pivo here. From the start, I saw the actions of SK as an attempt to offset some of the risks to their facilities from China. Think about it this way: If war with China breaks out, what side is Canada going to be on? And then, would Canada object to SK transferring to Canada a...

So you have the third one in the water before ISI has even started putting the mega blocks of the first one together. Do you want a contract for the CDCs?

Well, at least he is not using an Auto-pen.

What else is new?

By the third video, they are ready for the Cirque du Soleil. :)

@Navy_Pete , don't you think that if we could get a couple CDC with capabilities similar (or close) to the HALs in, say three yeas from now, there wouldn't be a HAL nearing 35 that would be in such bad shape that it could retire? In view of the differences in manning levels mentioned, one Hal...

In my defense, I did not specify where, when or how the Cox'n would come down hard on the poor chatty OOW (nor any of the other people I mentioned). Closed door in the Cox'n's office is not a place I would want to be as a junior officer.

A proper Cox'n would never do that. He would very kindly and gently, away from other hears remind you by that "chatting up " the on watch personnel, you are preventing them from doing their job, which consist on being "watchful" of any possible thing popping up unannounced, and therefore not...

Here's the caption we had for Dave Gardam in our MARS graduation yearbook: "You can take a Pongo to water, bu you can't make him take off his combat boots."

As a NWO, you also shoot people. You just do it from a much greater distance, and when you succeed, kill a lot more than one at a time. Yes. You don't just "drive" the ship as a NWO, you also fight it. You will interact with a few trades directly (like, Bosn, Signalmen/radio operators and Ops...

No. I am not.

Quite right DP. But someone mentioned the US forces in Alaska earlier. Did you know that their posting to Fort Wainwright is considered a "foreign posting" in their system, with all the extra perks that come with it? Maybe we need to do the same for our forces North of 60.

Will he try to sell them on gun buy-backs?