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True, I suppose there is hope. If they pull off a majority in the coming years some good could occur. Hard to imagine we have a whole brigade of chairborne commandos at NDHQ.

Yes, "well said" perhaps, but I'm dealing with reality in my postings. I'm quite aware of the bloat at NDHQ and the excessive number of senior officers in the CF, and the millions this is costing DND. But the reality of the situation is that it is highly unlikely that in the coming years massive...

We would all like new tanks, but the CF is set on medium-weight forces, which makes sense considering how tight we are for funds. Maintenance and deployment costs for a contingent of 70 ton M1A1 beasts would probably be enormous. They would likely spend the next twenty years sitting in Alberta...

Best for the CF? Hard to say. Similar weight and armament. The M8 is a better platform, with far fewer design/testing problems, tracks for cross-country mobility, and optional RPG armour already developed and available (still only 25 tons with full RPG protection...or about half the weight of a...

I've always wondered why team members don't wear helmets for boardings. I would think a standard kevlar helmet, perhaps painted black with some sort of eye protection, would be a good idea looking at the state of some of those ships that get boarded. Is there not much concern about heavy, rusty...

Anyone know the average composition of a ship's dive team? Is it a full-time role on a ship? Can officers serve on/lead ship dive teams?

A teeny little Navy/Air Force section located in "The Mess" portion of the forums would be groovy.

I'm thinking a Navy/Air Force section to the forum would be cool. Probably inappropriate at "army.ca" but there's nowhere else for us navy types to go!

The Truth, Duty, Valour series on OLN recently had one episode about NBP training, it looked pretty cool. If you got a hold of that episode it would be a good overview of the training. Perhaps try the OLN website. It didn't look excessively tough (unlike the Clearance Diver course), but it...

I think if we find ourselves without tanks in 2010 MMEV will be needed to compliment MGS and the LAV TOW. If the MMEV has ADATS missles or similar weapons (up to now most concepts have included these) then it will bring an important punch to the battlefield: long range (8-12 kms) tank-killing...

I can certainly see how a Griffon would be a poor attack helo compared to...well...pretty much any attack helo, but I'm just thinking in terms of cost. I would think upgrading a Griffon would certainly be cheaper than buying new or used Cobras, for instance, and I think the bottom line is that...

I'm thinking the most affordable, though not ideal, option would be to arm our Griffons. I like the Corporal's Report idea of giving Griffons a Hellfire/Stinger capability. They're clearly inadequate for transport or lift, so might as well turn them into basic attack helos? Not sure how do-able...

Well, I was thinking Rush Limbaugh, Bill O'Reilly, Michael Savage, among others. I believe Limbaugh's show is the most widespread radio show in America. There's certainly no shortage of noisy right-wing American media commentators. They're nothing short of a growth industry these days. I'm not...

Come on guys, American media is full of arrogant, loud-mouthed, right wing windbags, so a few lefty equivalents just brings a little balance to the situation! Recognize everyone's right to shout out their points of view, it's what makes democracy interesting.

My MARS DEO wait will hit two years in September...I'm assuming my CF service '94-'96 (when I was 17) and the fact I lived out of the country (UK) for a year are causing the wait. Sigh. :salute:

Very true, common chassis is a strong consideration. Perhaps MGS for our LAV BGs and M8 for an MTVL BG (divide the 66 DFS order into  1 x M8 Sqn and 2 x MGS Spn, plus training/replacement vehicles). I've read that M8 and MTVL have a lot of similarities in terms of parts and supply (??). I'm...

Hmm. So where will the rest of the LAV coys be? 6 with the six mech bns, 6 (?) at CMTC permanently, 3 overseas on ops "permanently"...is that how it will work? Where will the others be, or is that all of them? I'm trying to figure out the logic behind this. Cost savings on movement of vehicles...

I agree. At the very least I'd like to see one light-medium tracked battlegroup in the order of battle, using  M113A3s/MTVLs, MTVEs etc. (all of which we have recently upgraded...almost 300 I believe), so we would at least have one formation that could be drawn upon if we needed to deploy...

I sure hope the thing works out. Critics say these tests are deeply flawed in favour of success. Apparently RPG armour is simply too heavy for the thing as well (it's supposed to be already overweight), so God help MGS if it is engaged by anything substantial. Hopefully some technological...

Small point but Western Star was not in Campbell's riding. She represented Vancouver Centre, not Kelowna.