• Thanks for stopping by. Logging in to a registered account will remove all generic ads. Please reach out with any questions or concerns.

Search results

  1. S

    "Conduct After Capture" Training Material "Purged"

    Yes, facts are what's missing.  CAC is broken into Level A, B, and C.  C comes with a practical exercise.  None of the levels take three weeks.  The Instructor course is 5 - 6 weeks. 
  2. S

    Attrition Rates within the Infantry

    Interesting juxtaposition.  This thread was started in 2001 and just this year the infantry rifle companies are over strength by about 20 - 40 soldiers each.  As well a special VOT was opened up to offer infanteers the opportunity to transfer out to reduce numbers.  So, perhaps a comparison of...
  3. S

    Petraeus - Re-visiting NATO ROE in Afghanistan

    I'm not so sure placing the tank squadron under RC (S) is a good idea.  This is dated however, when the squadron first deployed to KAF, RC (S) refused to let the BG deploy them outside the wire.  They sat inside KAF for quite some time before the BG CO and the Squadron OC came up with a cunning...
  4. S

    Word association (just for fun)

    Temperance
  5. S

    Soldiers squander disability payouts

    Minister Blackburn holds a degree in administration and has been a businessman all of his life.  He is a manager and administrator and has no connection with the military nor an understanding of the environment.  Perhaps its' time to put someone in the job that actually understands what military...
  6. S

    Should Leaders Ever Swear?

    I prefer the British approach of turning everyday words into expletives.  "This plan is complete pants!' or "What a gibbon!" and I could go on.
  7. S

    G8/G20 June 2010 Protest Watch

    I think the Iranian clerics are blaming this tremor on Boobquake not the TPS.
  8. S

    May 2010 Attack on Ottawa Bank: Arson or terrorism?

    This discussion is interesting in that it replicates the same discussions (maybe without the emotion here) that is going on at the international level.  So far there is no agreed upon common definition among the international community of terrorism and what constitutes a terrorist act.  Even the...
  9. S

    Allowances - Post Living Differential (PLD) [MERGED]

    Reference?  Not off hand as we are deployed right now.  Payment plan - yes.  However, what we did do was approach the CM, have the soldier put on IR and back dated the IR so he ended up with enough funds to cover off the error. 
  10. S

    Allowances - Post Living Differential (PLD) [MERGED]

    I would offer that people check and double check before accepting PLD.  Do not take for granted that you think you are entitled.  A soldier of mine was given PLD in Toronto upon enrolment, attended St Jean, then the ATC.  When the soldier arrived in Petawawa at the unit, and processed through...
  11. S

    Think Tank Analysis of Taliban Campaign in Kandahar

    In terms of Op MEDUSA, there's more to it that a few simple lines in a post.  In fact all through work up trg the 1 RCR BG trained COIN ops.  There was no expectation of a stand up battle with the insurgents.  Through the summer months the 1 PPCLI BG probed more and more in the Zari District...
  12. S

    Suspected Car Bomb Found in NYC's Times Square

    The suspect is claiming he worked alone, yet that is rarely the case.  There will be at least one, if not more, in support roles.  A financier at least, perhaps a coordinator.  Even Timothy McVeigh had help.  The Millennium Bomber - Ahmed Ressam - had a couple of co-conspirators.  Ted...
  13. S

    Hotshot sniper in one-and-a-half mile double kill

    Just for research purposes, which Canadian Forces Policy is it?
  14. S

    The Congo (merged)

    Its also an opportunity to demonstrate the utility of the renewed Joint Deployable HQ being established in Kingston. 
  15. S

    TF Cdr Reports Self for Possible Accidental Discharge

    Why is the NIS involved?  When Machine Gun Pete had an ND with a Leopard C6 Coax in Kosovo in 2000 the NIS was not called in.  He was a LCol at the time, plead guilty, and received a $5000 fine. 
  16. S

    A Credible Threat to International Security - Transnational Crime

    In your research the nexus you should look at is the close relationships established between transnational criminality and terrorist organizations.  I've posted elsewhere on this subject.  The two are combining their resources, suppport systems, and lines of communication to enable their own...
Back
Top