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The RCAF would be 100% on board. Not because they wish they were USAF(they do), rather it's those pesky NORAD obligations you see...

I have seen that in person a few times... Its is always an odd experience.

That's terrible. My condolences to the family of the young cadet who died, and speedy recovery to those injured. Roads are always a danger, we just get comfortable facing that danger on a daily basis.

My experience in Japan has been that genuine efforts to be polite and respect their culture are deeply appreciated. That the PM of Canada made an effort to say more than just an occasional arigato is likely seen as a welcome gesture of friendship and respect. In my experience in general...

It's a reflection the the RCN not actually being in a war since 1945... The Wardroom pretends war is a theoretical game to be played out on a maneuver board. I ran into this same problem during force protection exercises. RCN Officers have a weird "gentleman's" view of fighting completely...

As much as I'm sure it pains you, the current official opposition is the same official opposition that lead us to this current awakening of national pride and interest in realpolitik. We had a "real" official opposition when they "verbed the noun" (which is the essential sentence structure in...

Just so you're not under the impression I didn't see this, I will respond. I stated what you were implying, if you don't want people to imply what you're implying, change your wording. In 1940 Lord Halifax was quite reasonable in suggesting that the UK surrender, because up until that point...

The RCAF will determine nothing short of PAC-3 MSE or THAAD is sufficient, and when that fails to land, they'll develop a "secret" score card that justifies their decision... You peasants don't understand AD enough to see the genius of their plan. Meanwhile the rest of the world will accept...

If the CO of REG put her to sea the CO is signing the ship's company up for the war. That's why the CO's make the big bucks. If you don't want to make decisions, be a killick and deal with not having a servant wash your cloth napkin... It's clear the RCN hasn't been in actual naval combat since...

I have worked with both, and agree. The rest of the CAF... When I walked into a 436 Sqn brief and said things looked good for their mission, all was well. When I walked in with a forecast for marginal conditions, we had genuine discussion about forecast probability and impact. The same was true...

Meteorology has a similar problem. In Canada, where ECCC provides the forecast to everybody, and is reasonably accurate(for the forecast type), commanders have gotten comfortable with cutting Met from training and deployments. Until the weather is a problem for them unexpectedly, and then it's...

5 days in... Lord Halifax would be proud of the people declaring a loss at this stage of the fight.

In ancient history (1999) when I went on exchange to the UK to do summer camp with the ACF cadets near Lincoln, they definitely did more "army" things than we did as Canadians, but we didn't have to pay for uniforms and did more "adventure" training. As a cadet, the army stuff was fun, but not...

Fortunately for the programme, you're not running it. I'll say again, if the P Res was seen as more desirable than cadets, more cadets would switch over. Perhaps the P Res leadership should look into why the paid P Res can't attract more unpaid cadets before ruining an organization that is...

Your two replies in this post seem like they were written by different people. The bolded white part is the justification for the question bolded in yellow... The cadet programme is a free youth programme like scouts that is more widely geographically and economically available. There is no...

You're losing sight of the fact Cadets doesn't primarily exist to put people in the P Res... If people switch over, it's because they wanted to join the type of unit available in the local area and they had their parents permission. Don't break a functional youth organization because the...

A few problems: 1. Cadets offers a chance to be military adjacent, without being military for kids whose parents wouldn't allow them to sign-up for the reserves. You'd likely sour quite a few if at 16, two years before being able to make their own choices, you cut them loose and said "too bad...

I suspect a key lesson they are taking away is more that America can hit what they want, when they want. Even when you have the most advanced Russian AD systems available. If anyone is surprised at eventually waves of cheap drones made it through to known fixed radar installations, they...

This is a super pessimistic take, that ignores the NSS. Jobs are important, because we need a functioning economy to support defense spending. Jobs aren't the only goal, and either sub in and of itself would be a massive improvement over what we have now, or have ever had, both in terms of...

It's way too early to be talking about thebsuccess or failure of regime change in Iran. The Israeli and American air forces are still very actively engaging targets, so the people of Iran are likely still laying low and trying to survive. When the active part of the attacks ends, and the people...