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I'm glad to hear that it may finally be happening. The quote I made above about the "great host" was made in 2005 by the panel doing a ten year review of the progress on the reserve restructure that was put forward in 1995. Ten years of nothing followed by 20 years of nothing. You'll need to...

This. And coming from an old guy like I am. Militaries in general, and Canada's in particular, take great comfort in the bureaucratic process where risk is spread around and failure hidden from the overseers in government. We have a military leadership - and have had such a leadership for...

I don't want another GWagon. IMHO, we need a large fleet of Roshel Senator Pickups as our multipurpose runaround fleet. It's on-the-shelf, and ready to go. To add to that build light, open ISV-like troop carriers on the same chassis for the light infantry. Let's stay with a keep it simple...

God, I hate quoting PET on anything but: Regardless, we will always be the lesser neighbour on this continent. There is, however, no need to become paranoid about it. 🍻

It was manpower shortages. At the time 2 RCHA had only one official battery - D Bty. And a second - F Bty - by way of manpower reallocation and borrowed Militia equipment. We basically ran out of people. Besides we knew ever square foot of Petawawa anyway. It was a really fun two months in...

It certainly looks like it. "Prepare to track the sun . . ." Did the survey officers course in 73 or 74. Went back to the regiment just in time for the survey troop to shut down. I don't think that they ever came back even to this day. Yes, but its changing. With guns able to self orient and...

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1 RCHA at Cambridge Bay Nunavut. 🍻

Just to support what @Czech_pivo has said, I've lived in SW Ontario since 2009 and since then have been across that border dozens of times. To say that the Moroun organization is aggressive in the protection of their monopoly by way of litigation is an understatement. There were numerous issues...

I'm not 100% sure about doctors and nurses, but one requirement for being a legal officer is qualification and good standing in a provincial law society. That's because that's where the evaluation standards and control take place. My guess is that its the same for various other professions...

PLA members' resumes are being spun up by the PRC as we speak. :giggle:

MTI I've heard of AMTI and GMTI are new terms to me and not very Google responsive. Ground or Air MTI? And if so what are the effectors brought into play? :unsure:

The only way that America can afford the concept of Golden Dome is if it seriously reduces funding for the other three branches of the Armed Forces. There are two indicators that it might. First, the great retrenchment to concerning itself with the Western Hemisphere (and the American...

It just so happened that I saw "The Judge" two nights ago. Powerful movie with some truly great performances - especially him. :(

Sorry to be Joe-Negative, but you don't create a battlegroup by mashing together a foot-borne rifle company with a light reconnaissance squadron with a handful of TAPVs. At the very best you are creating a stepping stone to something, but from where I sit on the outside looking in, any move of...

Actually along Erie Shore Drive there were about 30% full-timers like us (it was our principal residence albeit we did spend time in Florida during the winter) and the rest were cottagers. We sold out and moved inland about a year before the lake started getting a bit nasty for a few years...

I lived for five years on Lake Erie on what was essentially a very large dyke between Erieau and Erie Beach. There were windfarms pretty much everywhere but not on the lake which is quite shallow and windy and well away from the shipping routes - offshore would work perfectly there. BUT - if you...

I'm a bit of two minds about this. Golden Dome, unlike Iron Dome, is essentially a space-based system and still in its formative stages. Trump put out it would be up in three years and funding has been going on, but I seriously doubt it will make the timeline. Plus it starts a whole new arms...

Living in SW Ontario for the last 17 years we're no strangers to wind farms . . . nor the opposition to them. Personally I don't mind them but consider the concept of "renewable" resource questionable having seen abandoned wind farms in Hawaii. These things have a service live. Their dreadfully...