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Give them armed boarding parties, deck guns, high-performance Navy-type ships, give them armed ice breakers, and helicopters with door guns. Give them the civilian Search and Rescue role as well, and possibly surveillance aircraft. Integrate them directly with Border Services and the RCMP. We...

There seems to be more than just the basic Fatah-Hamas animosity here. The existing government structure (beside the fact it was set up and manned by Fatah) doesn't trust Hamas since Hamas accused them for years of being collaborators and attacked them as such. The police and security forces...

Good points Edward. However, many (including myself) see Jean's appointment as a politicized grasp at popularity by a dying government. As such, is not the onus on her to prove herself in all facets of the position? C-in-C of the CF is significant part of her duties, especially when there are...

Interesting adjustment of priorities. Could the trimming of Reserve combat support be related to increased use of private logistics companies? Or does he just want to trim the fat? Bush to Propose Trimming Army Reserve By LOLITA C. BALDOR, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON -    President...

In the short term this is very bad. However, in the long term, I see this election as recognizing the reality of power. Hamas has - or will - exterminate/absorb its enemies and unify the Palestinians. Rather than trying to create an artificial political arrangement through negotiation, the most...

With 7 casualties in such a short period of time, shouldn't she have been more visible? Time will tell, as always. It is early to judge, but she has seemed absent of late. Saw an interesting commentary today by a Toronto Sar columnist that said that Paul Martin attempted to use the GG...

Oh no...  coffee all over the desk...crap.... ;D (italics added)

Why? Is it legal to shoot a person for running? I am actually curious - the idea a cop needs to identify if they are armed or not is quite outside the North American reference. I understood that while the patrol constables are not armed, there are a large number of 'tactical' or 'firearms'...

I watched part of his funeral on CBC, and didn't see too many much in the way of "military honours". There was a military bugler and a piper (anyone know if they were British or Canadian?). I did notice that the Canadian soldiers present in the Church were dressed in Desert CADPAT uniforms...

Just trying to clarify a rumour I've heard... Is there a recent CANFORGEN out relating to Component Transfers? A friend of mine (who has little knowledge of CF administration or CT's) swears that there is a recent CANFORGEN that has info and direction on appeals to the CDS with CT's that are...

I'll be there. What do you helicopter-types have planned for us?

1500 years of monarchic anarchy wasn't a planned progression, it was more a series of events that in the end turned out the European Union. In between it produced numerous genocides, the Napoleonic Wars, the Inquisition, the 30 Years War, centuries of French-British hostility, a century of...

The book is about a former Royal Marine, not a US Marine. Last I checked the two were seperate breeds, and the US and UK seperate nations. Sort of like putting a US soldier on the cover of "Ghosts of Medak". I read the summary of the book. From the actions and adventures described there, I was...

I can't believe this even an issue. I would much rather live in Africa in 1880 - or even 1900 - than ANY "civilized" European country. Our wonderful civilization invented horrors that their contemporaries Shaka and his Zulus couldn't imagine, so I find the idea that somehow Europe was superior...

Looks like another successful UN mission. This is France's sphere, isn't it? The Foreign Legion is free this weekend I believe... UN troops under siege in Ivory Coast Last Updated Wed, 18 Jan 2006 18:24:27 EST CBC News United Nations peacekeepers in Ivory Coast's largest city are under siege...

It seems clear that the Militia (Infantry at least), as it stands today, is useless. It takes the same amount of time to train a reservist R031 to operational standard as a civilian and when moving to the RegF, a reservist essentially has to re-join the army. Thus, reservist=civilian. To me this...

This doesn't sound like an Army to me - most of what you describe could be better covered by other agencies. The money could be better spent on improved local first responders, RCMP resources, and fire/emergency services. I'm suspicious of any concept that makes non-warfighting tasks a primary...

On Cougar Salvo last year (39 Bde's annual concentration, BC) there was a large official contingent of police officers taking part (various municipalities, I believe, including VPD). They played the role of local civilian police and Canadian police overseas assisting the CF in 3 Block War...

A fair question. I believe the basic question is what role and capability do we want for the Reserves? Or really - Do we need or want a Reserve Army? If we decide we need a Reserve Army, then there is a basic level of investment that needs to be met, or we might as well not bother. If soldiers...

That Liberal Ad is absolutely disgusting. Even if it wasn't released, the fact it was even conceived is quite simply shocking. In my mind, whatever points the Liberals have earned with their defence priorities in the past few months has just been washed away. The Conservatives may have a mixed...