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Bit of a off topic but I do agree. Part of our issue is we promote too slow, but we also canonize ranks as supervisors too quickly. In most allied military I've worked with right up to Sgt is a working rank, in which case they're sort of leading in a participatory method. In the CAF it seems the...

Honestly that's a problem PRes is always going to have. For about 80% of recruits are only there as a part-time/summer job while they're going to school, so you get them for 4-5 years max, hence they release before getting to MCpl/Sgt, otherwise you'll have something of a crisis of leadership as...

There will still be plenty of MCpls/Sgts to train them. When's the last time you been in a unit that had too many Ptes and not enough supervisors?

Forces needs new people more than they need to retain the older ones. CAF now is disgustingly top heavy. When you have more MCpls and Sgts than you have Ptes, or more Capts and Majors than you have Lts and 2Lts then it's an issue. And given the current demographics of Canada, if we want to...

What an effective use of taxpayer money, paying for flight changes and leave cancellation costs, all for a parade.

I set it to show formula as I thought that may be more useful for people if they wanted to create their own spreadsheets. The actual dollar value is only really applicable to me or someone that got the same promotions at the same time.

This is what I did in excel to get it (accounts for a July 2016 promotion): 6033 1.0125 5638 1.015 Apr14-Apr15 12 =D4*D7                 =E7*F3         =G7-E7 Apr15-Apr16 12 =D4*D8                 =G7*F3         =G8-E8 Apr16-Jul16 3 =D4*D9 =D3*F3*F3*F3 =F9*D9        ...

You can't just run test cases and expect to get a consistent one number % that will be accurate. You're going to need to create an excel sheet and track the pay increases by year (or if you've been promoted during that time, do it by month) and then get the cumulative increases. When it worked...

Honestly the skillsets for a Cyber trade can be taught. The workforce with the aptitude for this trade are very much out there. Infact in alot of ways I think it will be easier to recruit people with a good aptitude for Cyber Op than it will be for many more conventional trades. That said the...

How do you think Comcen traffic is passed? Besides, much of the DND  system travels over leased fibre instead of the internet directly. Otherwise have a standing plan that incase of full telecommunications failure Signals units will start up a HF radio net and can themselves become the nexus...

Without getting too far into the technical side of cross domain links with allies, that would only be justification for exactly one COMCEN in Canada, and that could be something that is handled by CFNOC or another like group as they're working 24/7. They could just pass the msg to the...

They really need to slow down this pay review, I don't want them to feel rushed or that they didn't have enough time to iron out details.

I honestly doubt the CF is going to put up much of a legal defense if a parent insists that their 17 year old reservist child quit the military. It's probably not a precedent they really want to fight, nor is the retention of a part time reservist with likely no more than BMQ completed really...

ACISS-Core could very well be a specialist but alot of people in the core part of the trade seem more than willing to give up tasks that rightfully should be theirs to ISTs or CSTs. The vast majority of the help desk roles should be core, same goes for the small executive kits and their...

Give me a smart reservist and I'll teach them the basics of first line help desk in a day, or teach them how to reimage pcs. If they have networking experience then we can put them to work right away on any of the systems.

Honestly it can easily be done on the cheap. Set up a tiny stack of physical servers and you can virtualize the entire LCSS Bde suite to a pretty reliable degree. Couple in a setup with GNS3 and you can create virtual networks nearly identical as well. Have the reserve guys play with that and...

Supposedly they are rolling out LCSS (U) to the reserve units.

It's framed as a way to remove the stigma for people reporting PTSD and mental illness to encourage them to seek help without having their careers trashed. What it will typically be used for is out of shape majors in Ottawa to get put on Tcat, be medically exempted from FORCE test and still...

Don't worry about that. Some people pretend to be experts on everything, even if it is well outside their trade or the trade they were when they were in the military a decade ago.

So I guess that means in you got your spec pay through alternative means :P