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Fresh water, yes. There's a stainless steel freshwater "stand by" tank, usually one or two m3, with one or more high pressure pumps to feed the suppression system. There's a standby/feed pump that draws from the domestic fresh water tanks to feed the standby tank, and there should also be a...

Even in the civilian shipping world, most fixed systems are usually only used on direction from either the master or the chief engineer... water mist is usually an exception though... Do AOPS have a water mist system? Those things are an amazing tool to have in the tool box. They're usually...

Savage Axis is the best bang for your buck (pun intended) in the budget range. Don't forget to consider used options, $200-300 and you should be able to get something. Don't write off an SKS as an option either, the price is right, and they're capable against a deer, and they're still...

If you want an "army-ish" bag there's loads of companies making versions of a "3 day assault pack". Pro-tip, get it in black so you don't look silly wearing it with civies.

It has happened before... https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/cruise-ship-clipper-adventurer-nunavut-judgement-1.3973937 There's been other grounding incidents in the past few years  with passenger vessels, plus fishing and cargo vessels. There was at least one grounding incident in the last...

We may be over paying a touch... Usual day rate for a vessel like this in today's market is going to be maybe $20-40k CND. Even on the very generous end of $40k,  that's about $14.5 million per year to charter a decent size anchor handler. I hope this price is including substantial life...

It's 32 years old. 30 years is pretty much the end of reliable service life for any ocean going vessel.

The Aiviq has been discussed elsewhere in the thread, but it doesn't look like the other three "new" icebreakers have been mentioned. Vidar viking https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vidar_Viking Tor viking https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tor_Viking Baldor viking...

I got your joke, but I also got to bring up Dildo, so it's a win-win. I did not know that about the bridge though, I've never had reason to go to Trouty, the closest I've been is Dunfield. Side note, if anyone does find themselves heading to Trouty, stop by for a coffee and a sandwich at Two...

No me ol' trout... Trout River is on the west coast... the bridge was in Trouty. Bare in mind, this is the same province thats home to the communities of Blow Me Down, Dildo, Black Hole, and a whole lot of other ridiculous place names Most of those places also have terrible cell phone coverage.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/military-builds-bridge-in-town-isolated-by-igor-1.558001

This is still a problem. The military has developed an over reliance on cell phones, that will bite them. It is and already should be a "lesson learned", but folks refuse to learn it. In 2010, 4 ESR deployed to rebuild a bridge in Newfoundland following hurricane Igor. Initially the command...

A high readiness reserve unit?

How often does all this happen in less than a week though? How did we handle admin before the invention of email, cell phone, and text??? Prior to leaving the forces, I got extremely fed up with what seemed like completely unecassary changes to plans over the course of a week between parade...

No, it wouldn't. People would just have to learn to plan and prioritize, and make use of the time and resources they have available. E-mail, cell phones, and text messaging are effectively killing any sort of planning. There's a time and a place for it... letting your chain of command know...

Just don't answer the phone/e-mail outside hours where you're signed in? You're not under any obligation to do so.

http://vocm.com/news/caribou-monument-to-honour-newfoundland-regiment-in-gallipoli/

As a former coast guard officer... The college is a great educational opportunity for a young person, school is free, and you come out with pensionable time punched with a garunteed job... End up in the right spot within the fleet, and it may be an incredible opportunity to see some incredible...

Wash... them... It blows my mind how often someone doesn't realize their can clean their kit... Goretex jackets especially, folks not washing them for years... Wash instructions are on the tag.

Agreed, 1100 is a great design/concept for what it does. A few new technology upgrades would make leaps and bounds on top of an already good basic vessel design and concept... - DP1 conning system - Automated machinery space - Constant tension towing winch - more reliable propulsion system -...