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Okay, so we’ve established that you are not familiar with military training and readiness? Termium has CAF using “validation” as described in this thread since 1990, and “certification” as described in this thread aince 2014.

Language evolves… particularly jargon. For as long as I remember, we have validated training (courses themselves) and this jargon of the TDO world evolved to encompass validating content & structure of large cyclical collective training events. When we were in Afghanistan, I typically heard...

It's got its own Wikipedia page now: Shield of the Americas - Wikipedia ... along with another one about the "Donroe Doctrine": Donroe Doctrine - Wikipedia

This is quite the tale in three posts. https://www.wsj.com/world/russia-secretly-sharing-location-of-u-s-targets-with-iran-u-s-officials-say-127d4f1a?mod=e2tw https://apnews.com/article/treasury-india-russia-oil-iran-war-c29383f5ceb25e768b1ad4095807dd6e

The fact military or former military members are debating whether sinking a warship without providing a opportunity to surrender is an acceptable thing, should tell you much about how poorly CAF has trained LOAC and military ethics … and now there are potentially a lot of ignorant people in...

Arthur Harris bombed cities. That's not the same as calling out professional members of an armed service clutching pearls over a combatant cleanly killing a combatant. There is no winning if every legitimate use of lethal force is going to result in hand wringing.

Dude, we're going in circles. So ... just don't lead troops in war. Your grasp of military ethics will see you compromise surprise, surrender the initiative, expend effort on the extraneous, put your troops in danger, and hand "symbolic" opportunities to the enemy. If Canada finds itself at war...

I fear you have been ruined by COIN. "Hearts and Minds" is not how you win large scale combat operations against a conventional military. Other Iranian warships are giving up. So "effective symbolism" box seems to have been checked. The Iranian military will to fight has been successfully...

So? The French Navy had been an ally until France capitulated, and it represented a significant fighting capacity to be weilded by one side or the other. So the fleet was given an invite to stay on the side of the free nations of Europe. The Iranian Navy has never been an ally, and the US does...

As a gunner, were you taught to have a FAC invite the enemy to surrender before executing a fire mission? Were you taught to surrender surprise and initiative to be polite? Were you a big proponent of taking UN peacekeeping ROE of the 1990's and using those to fight a war?

For someone not shy to engage, you are doing a lot of bemoaning that an in-contact asset engaged a target instead of stalking it while dragging another asset into the fight. You are prepared to compromise surprise and economy of effort, which can cost missed opportunities and lives.

A combatant is still a combatant even when carrying neither weapon nor ammo. A warship is full of weapons even when it has no ammo. A warship is a combatant unless it is sinking, sunk, or surrendered.

This won’t make people angry. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/international-business/article-us-government-reportedly-refusing-to-pay-refunds-on-trumps-illegal/?utm_source=dlvr

Maybe this?

Yes, thank you. You have successfully defended the point that I conceded, though in the process side-stepping the question about what the official RCN position would be on such action. Unlike your imaginary land locked company, the Dena had the means integral to itself to manoeuvre and engage...

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So your thoughts on all those COIN era strike video feeds from predator, apache, and AC-130 gunship is that all those were dishonourable? And would you argue snipers should fire warning shots before engaging a target? If that is your argument, go with it. Don't pretend warships are due some...

So? I acknowledged surrendering the warship was an option open to the captain. That doesn't change the circumstances of the first ship which had not surrendered to anyone at the time it was sent to the bottom. LOAC does not require an invitation to surrender prior to the application of lethal...

If a ship wants to surrender itself to a neutral nation, I suppose that is up to the ship's captain. What would be the RCN policy on giving away a Canadian Frigate for fear of being engaged in combat? The earlier noise in this thread, that a warship should be treated as hors de combat because...

The trade court ordered all tariffs be repaid to everyone who paid them. That does not leave much space for further litigation unless consumers start going after retailers.