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I'm not sure I follow. NES is a process whereby the individual has stopped showing up and the unit takes administrative action to recover their kit and have him released. The individual would remain liable under the CSD within the provisions of s 60(1)(c) until their release goes through...

I obviously don't speak for everyone but I do remember myself as that bright-eyed 16-year-old whose buddy dragged him down to the armouries. I knew I was joining but the fact that they gave me a scratchy battle-dress uniform and let me play with rifles, howitzers and trucks far outweighed any...

The "voluntariness" of reserve service is greatly misunderstood by many people including senior military leadership. I used to give lectures on this to COs of both the reg and res components and for the vast majority what the full impact of the law is was an eye opener for them. It's no surprise...

It's amazing how far the "he may be an a**hole, but he's our a**hole" will take people. 🍻

An order to train, if disobeyed, can be enforced by way of s 294(1) and (2) of the NDA by charges being laid and tried before a civilian court. In my several decades as a ResF legal officer, this provision has often been talked about but never been used because of its impracticality. 🍻

The threshold for what constitutes insurrection is much higher than what you think it is. January 6th was a real attempt at insurrection tacitly approved by this president. The fact that the insurrectionists were pardoned very early on in this president's current administration means that he has...

The military is a mirror of the society that it comes from. It's virtually impossible to weed out the morons and the incompetents that come through the door. It's the same way in every business and institution in the country. Just like every other organization the military needs to pull out...

The reverse is also true. America's problem is that the core middle ground factions in both parties are so evenly split that each party is dependent on courting the extreme wings to come out to vote in order to win elections. While there may still be a middle-ground public in America, the...

Two and one half months to the end of the FT. Are we gonna make 2%? :unsure:

I'm not so sure that it's just policies that matter . . . but the speed of action. Congress, like any parliamentary system, acts slowly with lots of deliberation, and, if functioning properly, time to work out compromises. Executives can, and do, act quickly, often shooting from the hip with no...

Before one gets to 2A one would think that Congress would use it's funding power and law making powers to strengthen and give effect to the constraints that the constitution already places on the Feds domestically. They've already had one civil war to determine where the line between state and...

I'm surprised - but shouldn't be - that anyone actually thinks that things have gotten better in any of these categories. :cool:

Only if its a three-stage training program - soldier first - then security - and finally, for the rare few; police. The ratio of cops per population in Canada is 1 in 184. The ratio of RegF MPs to total RegF is, apparently, 1,316 of 68,000 or 1 in 52. (according to DND websites) By that...

Yup. My mom's house and number's in that. Memories. :giggle:

(y) That's why they need to build a defence of "The Don told me to do it." How many angels can dance on the head of the pin "manifestly unlawful or not?" 🍻

I think regionalism is a factor in any large country. Bureaucracy on the other hand should be something one can control. It's a problem whenever a a government tries to tweak things that go on under their jurisdiction because of the special interest groups that arise out of any democracy. The...

Hey. I'm in the room. :cool:

Maybe just setting up a superior orders defence for the future. ;)