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How about spec fire? Of course this depends on the situation and the environment which you are employed.  Remember that the Ambush occurred during training to assess you ability to react quickly and come up with a plan.  The problem with employing Assault Troop or other members of the Combined...

I suppose I might have concern over the reduction in plattoon size.  Is the plattoon now risking losing the ability to "win the firefight"?  I understand that the ability to call for fire will help but I vaguely remember reading another article somewhere in this forum where the plattoon needs to...

One point that was recently brought up by one of the LO's (I think the TRADOC LO) in the US is that with the SCTF and in future ops - Canada will have to be prepared to operate in all three blocks and that the US would not tolerate our inability to not do so.  This was derived from the results...

There are currently 2 SQs scheduled to start in Nov (Nov 4 and Nov 28). Right now there is a plan a-foot to change those two courses slightly so that they would end earlier - 16 Dec and 20 Jan respectively. After that he has to do his DP1 Infantryman course. If all goes well with his trg he...

Treas - You sound like you are doing a reasonable job in terms of running preperation without knowing the distances or times of your runs.  I would caution you, that if the distances are long you may be doing yourself a bit of disservice with the amount of PT you are doing (ie too much)  Instead...

Some people out there question the "political correctness" of buying an Israeli system, there would also be the small problem of commonality with some of our allies.

Last that I had heard was that the ALAWS project was temporarily halted due to a re-evaluation of the direct fire capabilities of the CF to minimise redundancy.  When that will be completed and by whom, I do not know.  Personally I think that the Spike is fantastic but politically the Javelin...

As already mentioned focus on your core muscles.  The plank is an excellent exercise for this as are the others mentioned by paracowboy.  Doing more pushups is good but may not neccessarily directly target the core which sounds like it need strengthening.

Cdn Phoenix I am by no means a medical doctor so take what I say with a grain of salt as just uneducated advice.  Overall I would say that the numbness may stem from your running form. Depending if the numbness is felt in your entire arm or from the elbow down, would indicate if you are too...

Infanteer - I am having some problems opening up the pdf document you linked to in your last post but hopefully it will fill in some of the holes once I get it to open. :blotto: I think the point on the required increase in the number of boots on the ground is very true and I believe a look at...

I have read the article from LCol Macillum and found it to be a good read.  Given his experience both in combat and trg he does not seem to have a strong concept of sense or ISTAR assets.  In his article, he depicts a battle during trg where it appears little effort was made to use sense assets...

Gents Is anyone else out there aware that the MGS, ADATS and TUA are all eventually to be replaced by MMEV Version 3?   This MMEV will have a lot of plug and play weapon systems designed to be fitted to suit a particular mission or combat requirement.   While it is very conceptual still, I do...

Treadmill running isn't bad at all. Put the treadmill on at least an incline of 1 if you want to have something similar to a road run keeping in mind that perfectly flat roads are an exception not a rule.  Treadmills are a bit better on your knees, depending on the quality of the treadmill...

One of the US successes in Convoy Ops in Iraq has been the use of UAVs to scout out areas prior to the convoy moving through an area and also maintaining overwatch throughout the conduct of the convoy task.  In lieu of helicopters UAVs can be armed somewhat as well.  On 2B point I believe for...

Interesting.  I am going to go out on a bit of a limb here and liken the Convoy vulnerability issue to that of the Ship convoys getting attacked by the German wolfpacks.  I may be totally wrong but I think one of the solutions was smaller convoys albeit normally protected by a corvette or other...

I think it was refreshing to see a Brit with a sense of humour IE the girl wearing the shirt. Personally I think it was a Canadian plot (due to the CADPATS in the background) to estrange the US and Brits so that we could resume our position as the US's closest ally.  Not useful just close.

48Highlander In the US for example, parents may not want to send their children to a military academy which may continue their interest in joining the military.   The same reason why US recruiters are finding more and more opposition to their relatively free access to high schools to conduct...

My late two cents worth. 1)  Yes you need to work on the thesis statement, you have a fairly strong last statement which certainly grabs the attention of the reader, but you do not indicate what you plan on arguing in the rest of the essay; 2)  You have a large number of footnotes in a...

Nothing in Canada like that, although the US if full of them, however given their current recruiting woes, they may become scarcer.  Here is a short list of US Schools, perhaps they have a foreign student policy if your parents would go for the high price of education - although they would save...

I think this may have been discussed on another thread, but a common element in US convoys and something which I know was being trialled by one of the reserve brigades, was the "gun truck".  I think the best explanation would be a flat bed truck reinforced all around with sandbags or metal.  I...