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British troops in Malaysia in the 50's and American troops in Vietnam often replaced most if not all of their kit after long operations in the jungle - boots and uniforms directly into the garbage on the way to the shower, and I would suspect our ancestors in WWI and II went through more than a...

I would agree that the personal skills and professionalism of individual reservists in the CF (especially from Cpl up, we have a high turn over with pte's) is quite high. Organized or deployed properly, a Canadian reservist is excellent - witness the perforfamce of reservists in Medak, or the...

And therein lies the problem (and challenge) at this point. Obviously the training down south was more relevant, more demanding, and more fun than what we're doing. So, what can/is/will be done about that? It seems that we're chronically a decade or two behind the ball with this stuff - ie, the...

Since the average Canadian never sees a person in uniform, I don't know how they'd see the pin... I gotta admit, a pin seems sort of silly - don't we already have lots of items of rememberance on our uniforms that carry historical signifigance? Cap badges, distinguishing marks or badges...

The same could be said for Korea, Gulf War I, Kosovo Air War.... Anytime the US shows up in serious way, their contributions will far outweigh all others combined. In the end, four of the top eight economies in the world participated in OIF - a far better average than most UN endeavours.

...probably spent the first week looking for the sheep....  ;D

Or the alternative view... The Aus Army has a significantly lower deployment rate than we do - sure, they sent the SASR to Afghanistan. We sent JTF2, and then a Light Inf Battle Group, and then backed that up with several large rotations in Kabul, including commanding ISAF. While Australia...

Ironically enough, from what I've seen Federal and Provincial givernments, police forces, etc., are as bad as any other employers. Sometimes worse (always exceptions of course). I'm curious about the role of the T-board in influencing CF recruiting. How does it do so? Do they have veto power...

Most universities and colleges that I'm aware of in BC have anti-military policies, at least in student-run activities - university papers will not carry military ads, the student union will not allow military activities or support, etc. A little disturbing. I don't believe these policies have...

http://forums.army.ca/forums/threads/27562.0.html The attachment in the first message has a number of new things that are in the works for the Infantry. One is that each Reg F rifle company will have 18 reservists serving one year engagements.

Recruiting has always been an interest of mine - others may want sniper or JTF, I want advertising!  8) Anyways, some ideas I've had. Ads alone won't do it, direct advertising needs to be closely tied to a wide ranging and ongoing promotional campaign that uses different media forms, outlets...

From what I've read concerning China's military capabilities, they simply don't have the ability to take Taiwan. The PLA lacks the air and naval resources to a) transport sufficient troops and equipment b) overcome Taiwanese defences (the place is an island fortress afterall) c) get through the...

Combat Medic- Your absolutely right that there has not been a general furor over women coming home in body bags from Iraq. I would however point to the Jessica Lynch example as the media (and military public relations and various other factions) going nuts, primarily because she was a young...

Looks good, lots of exciting stuff in the pipeline. Why is everything suddenly looking so rosey? A question - the plan lays out positions for 18 reservists per company in high readiness units. Anyone know any details of this?

Ok, I don't think Mo-litia articulated the idea very well, and I have no idea why a man can't work at a daycare, but I do have reservations about women in combat arms; Physical fitness - there are physical differences between men and women, and men are stronger. Given the extreme physical...

yes, yes it was, wasn't it?  ;D A few stats I Googled up to back my arguments up. It appears to me the military isn't evil - universities are. Looking at these stats, me thinks the military should be congratulated for the behaviour of its members, not condemned. - One in six female college...

That article is full of BS. The author obviously has a big axe to grind, and is looking for ways to discredit the British military by using selective facts and biased and misleading interpretation. She opens with a discussion of a movie, a fictional movie, made by a civilian with a clear...

Very interesting discussion. A couple things that have sprung to mind as I was reading this past pages... Do we even need the MCpl rank? Why not make Cpl's 2i/c, and streamline the chain of command? The MCpl rank was an almost artifical creation, and radically altered the NCO chain. Sergeants...

I guess I wasn't clear, I apologize. I meant that comparatively, Australia has in the past 20 years had fewer commitments than Canada (mainly our massive commitments in the Balkans and Afghanistan), but still enjoys an excellent Armed Forces with extremely good capacities, resources, and...

hmm.... the author is a prof of mine. Be interesting to see how the semester goes, I like some of his ideas. The Australian forces do present some interesting dichotomies - lots of fancy stuff (Abrams, Blackhawks, Commando Regt) but also has an amazingly low number of overseas missions with low...