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Personal acceptance or rejection during a ceremony has been covered. But what is the commander's (or committees) intent in keeping the overt religious aspects in the ceremonies? Military Traditions (Canadian) are not completely static, and the traditions themselves (or why we use them) have...

That anyone of us would put up with the religious aspects of any given ceremony is one aspect, and many in this topic have brought up courtesy (etc.). But there is little mention of what specifically is an OC, CO, or higher doing (that can’t otherwise be accomplished) when they decide to have a...

I am opposed to the CF organizing religious activities. Visiting, or attending, someone else's religious ceremony on my own time (the example given was of tourists and Greek temples) is not the same as the CF parading uniformed soldiers to attend a religious ceremony, of their commanders...

Seems on-topic.

Chemical Residue detection is a familiar example of an unpowered data collector. Stick a detection patch onto your suit. And when you see a specific change in colour, you will know that there has been an exposure. This is also a good example of the hurdles that would be involved when trying to...

The article also mentioned detainees held by the US and the UK (which was one item of Loney's agitation in Iraq) - but my comments were only on the Canadian Security Certificates (which seems to be Loney's focus in the article). Perhaps the ambiguity could explain the tone in the previous...

There is no similarity. Canada does not want these people in Canada and would gladly send them home - they do not wish to go home. This is exactly opposite to the situation you are trying to draw a parallel to. The courts will not allow Canada to return them due to the punishments they would...

An unpowered sensor would be extremely limited in its uses. The article does mention ambient energy, but even this has limitations since some sensors require steady power levels. A more likely scenario, in the near future, would be to continue having batteries for a device's sensors and data...

Granted, now, limited. On all coasts you are looking at the ability to stop or seize a belligerently crewed merchant vessel, which would probably only require a small/medium sized deck gun. Also, if you are going to say you do not want foreign submarines in your waters, you need to have at least...

I am also in agreement that arctic sovereignty is an item that must be addressed now rather than later. While the interested parties (CF, CCG, RCMP, CBSA, DFO, etc) all require the necessary resources to pursue and coordinate their slices of the sovereignty pie, I would also state that only the...

I'll try one more angle on this. I do not doubt that the prioritization problems exist (Tac Hel without Attack helicopters is indicative of this). However a list of nations with Army Tac Hel, that also have more effective Tac Hel than Canada, does not readily reveal a solution. Given our...

I'll try to clear it up. - My point: If Tac Hel isn't a priority in the Air Force it is because it has not been directed to by higher. So I see no advantage in it being in the Army - since these levels of priorities would still stem from Gov't/DND/CF. I take note of your CANSOFCOM example -...

Item 1: Tac Hel doesn't receive the proper priority/support/attention. I am reluctant to believe that having Tac Hel as a branch of the Army would change the priority associated with Tac Hel in Canada. None of the environments are the creators of their own paths. The Army, Navy, and the Air...

Regarding berets: A true traditionalist would insist on the tricorne? http://www.defence.gov.au/news/NAVYNEWS/EDITIONS/2001/03_19_01/STORY17.HTM While the unibag was a bad idea, so was the elephant slipper. Uniforms were never meant to stay static in their appearance; fashion, technology, and...

Loachman, I presented many reasonable, well organized, and informative points, and I thank you for taking the time to quote and respond to them. ;) After reading your post I now find myself in agreement with you on the following: - Switching airframes is probably not required for retention -...

The article postulates that Army effectiveness is not an Air Force priority and therefore 1 Wing is not required as part of the Air Force - however, that whole line of reasoning can be ignored if you accept that Joint effectiveness is one of the priorities. If changes are required by the Army to...

It's a good idea, but keeping in mind that even if maneuver units were fully badged there would still be different trades - a battalion's medics and mechanics are not going to be infantry - what I'm getting at is that even within Armoured or Infantry units there is no reason for not finding...

The Army is already divided up in a, more or less, rational manner. Brigade Groups having Battalions with associated support (forming Battle Groups). These cohesive Battle Groups should be the basis for Task Force deployments, and when they're not - it strains the system. So I agree with much of...

The point in the case of Iraq is that it isn't a CF operation so I would see a few possible solutions: 1. A generic bar (Foreign Operations on Exchange) for such things for the GCS/GSM/SSM. 2. A foreign conflict that has enough Canadians on exchange that it rates a bar for GCS/GSM/SSM. 3. A...

We have a whole system now for this: GCS; GSM; SSM; and even the CPSM. All you need to generate is a bar - and that would only be on the rare occasion where Canada had no service already in that region (how often is that?).