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Our inheritance is British. The uniform is Canadian: the colour is ours, the badging is ours, the regiments and corps are ours. That the cut and details restore a previous pattern does not diminish the Canadian - rather, I think, it grafts us back onto the tree that we came from, as a branch...

Sounds good to me. We should be re-converging with the other Commonwealth Realms anyways. It's our heritage and should be our future.

I am fairly certain those are the new brown Oxfords; to note, only officers will wear them, as I understand from reading briefing materials on this. Other ranks will continue to wear black ankle boots or black oxfords.

Out of curiosity, where did hear the dates & rollout type for the service dress? I had read elsewhere (briefing materials from the spring) that it would be by Corps / Regiment rather than unit. Has that changed? And has the timeline been established more firmly?

RIP. A terrible tragedy.

Is that not an enormous problem? To whom does this country belong to, and who is it for? If our naturally born citizens, to use your term, do not want to serve the country, what are we doing wrong? This is the question of the age. It is incumbent on the Canadian state to serve Canadians, and if...

The .50 is man portable. Just, not very comfortably.

Not a good decision. As I understand, though, one that Comd MILPERSCOM openly advocated for in a very recent Town Hall in Petawawa. 'We don't want more people living in PMQs, but buying houses on the market'. So now we have JNCOs (and frankly many SNCOs, WOs and Jr Officers) who will not earn...

Do you have a link?

I wonder if we could experiment with a VR headset? I'm generally reticent to rely on electronics like that though, which will absolutely be N/S within a few days of being in theatre, but an interesting thought experiment never the less.

I'd be interested to see what the yoke looks like for the webbing belt. The reality of actual full spectrum warfare indicates that large webbing belts with 24hrs of kit are by far the most effective solution for load carriage, in terms of how much a soldier can carry, their ability to get low in...

Who is this chap? I've read a bunch of his posts, he seems pretty dialed in and well briefed. Is he former military or just an interested civvie?

I don't pretend to be an expert on this, and am unwilling to weigh in as I haven't thought much about these issues. But I will say that tactical mobility and survivability both have to be at the forefront of our decisions if we desire success in war with an over-peer adversary, of which almost...

I have seen highly skilled SNCOs with excellent tradecraft cease progression and then be posted anyways. The philosophy from the career side (presumably CMP itself) was that ceasing progression has no impact whatsoever on postings. So these individuals are then cycled out of units where they are...

You may not have a choice. The mud puddle very well might be the only place that is suitable for an area somewhat protected from overhead observation. Additionally, you are likely not 100km away. You are likely closer - in the danger zone for enemy observation from air ISR, or attack by...

I agree on the tech stream, but would counter that this could be started at a more junior level. Re-introduce the rank of Lance Cpl, which becomes an automatic promotion at 4 years but is expected to conduct junior leadership responsibilities. Cpl then becomes a rank that requires Sect Comd...

To be honest, I am unsure of what point Mr Patterson is trying to drive forward. Is it that service members ought to be content with their current pay structure? Is it that private sector employees are worse off? I'm afraid that neither of those is particularly likely to incentivise...

Has anyone taken any good pictures of kit that we are likely / liable to receive? Logistik etc...

CANEX is another option. They have berets in green, guards khaki, midnight blue, black etc.

Excellent and comprehensive work. Well done.