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The HQ in Div HQ is silent, much like the h in ghost. :)

How is this announcement a publicity stunt?  The MND (Peter Mackay or others) always announces a new or renewed capability for the CF. I suppose if you mean an announcement designed to attract attention to the launch of 1 Can Div, then it is a publicity stunt as per a dictionary definition.

In order to develop and maintain a marine capability you will have to figure how to get the Army and the Navy to work together willingly.  The environments don't work together in a joint manner unless deployed; and then that is only in an adhoc manner (not deliberate).  On offer, the parachute...

1 Can Div was stood down in 1999.  In 2000 the CF Joint Operations Group was stood up.  It eventually deteriorated resulting in the JSR and the CFJHQ.  2010 stand up of 1 Can Div.  Battlestar Galactica moment "This has all happened before and will all happen again."

Strength of 100 personnel.  It is PY neutral meaning no new PYs were created for this unit.  Therefore, the 100 personnel posted in (less those from the old CFJHQ) had to come from somewhere leaving vacancies behind them in their previous unit to be filled.   

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Before one gets to troops to tasks, its a good idea to conduct an analysis of the mission.  What is it that the troops should be expected to do?  The spectrum of conflict is quite wide and warfare isn't just simply two forces in opposition in high intensity land combat. 

Two examples:  in planning for MEDUSA, each of the LAV Coys were given 4 gators (C Coy wanted 6).  It was expected that when they moved onto Phase 3 - Clearance they would be in for an urban fight.  With the narrow paths, grapefields, buildings / huts and lack of solid roads or manoeuvre space...

The only caution I would add for someone joining the army "later in life" is your career path will be impeded by your age.  This means that if you have hopes of making it to the lofty rank of LCol or CWO (or beyond for offrs) the chances are slim to none.  The Army has adopted a "deep selection"...

Pusser, Thanks for that.  Great explanation.  So, now I am curious.  How many mil mbrs are aware that when they port their mortgage from say Ottawa or Toronto (where their mortgage is higher) to an area like say Petawawa or Suffield (where their mortgage is lower), that the bank will charge...

Yes, I mentioned in my post "port". With a mil move and mortgage interest buy down, the rate is rarely higher. I am still not convinced that this section is written correctly.

Thanks.  Perhaps I am reading this incorrectly but it seems to me to say that when you port your mortgage from one location to another and the new mortage is higher, then the member is entitled to reimbursement.  The problem I am having with this is that banks don't charge a penalty when you...

Pertaining to buying and selling houses, would anyone happen to have the exact wording for section 8.3.09 handy?  I have a 2009 policy book and I think the text is worded incorrectly (or I am not reading it right).

Interestingly enough, Omar Khadr's older sister Zaynab, married Joshua Boyle, son of Canadian Federal Tax Court Judge Patrick Boyle.  Apparently they met online while researching terrorism.

This may seem off topic but it isn't (at least I don't think so).  The Bn Gp deployed to Huntsville for the G8 conducted essentially a defensive op.  That being said, one of the tools in the tool bag that would have been incredibly useful would have been the mini UAV.  Given the nature of the...

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All of the CAC instructors are selected from across the CF vice a specific environment.  Like every organization in the CF some are outstanding and some need further development.  However, every single one of them volunteered and then was selected to undergo very challenging and strenuous...

The CAC programme has been a work in progress since 2005.  Prior to 2005 CAC was a 45 minute lecture taught by a relatively young Lt on a QL3 course.  The CAC policy was rewritten and a pilot instructor course run in 2005.  After that, each year another instructor course was run.  The problem is...