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    Public Affairs Officer ( PAO ) - merged

    Quite correct as is the case for Legal, Finance, etc.  and to be precise Commanders are required by DAOD to - Fully integrate PA into decision-making by: * establishing direct reporting for their most senior PAO (regardless of rank) * includng their PAO in key decision-making forums...
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    Public Affairs Officer ( PAO ) - merged

    There is no spin in "Veritas"  :)
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    Public Affairs Officer ( PAO ) - merged

    The reality is that in the PA Branch it is Lieutenants that keep having all the fun.  Because of the particular speciality Lieutenants often are employed or involved in activities above their pay grade.  Public Affairs policy (see DAOD 2008) directs that commanders have their PAO at the command...
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    'Hitler' clothing store stirs anger in India

    I wonder if Hitlers sells Hugo Boss ... who designed the German SS uniform and used forced labour to manufacture it. See the history section this article. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Boss and here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Boss_(fashion_designer)
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    Have Not Returned my Cadet Uniform

    Armyvern has it right.  The recovery of kit from cadets parallels the process for the Primary Reserve. The process should start when a cadet has missed three nights of attendance.  First there is a phone call to determine if there are extenuating circumstances regarding attendance.  It that...
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    Have Not Returned my Cadet Uniform

    Exactly 8.42 - MATERIEL - OWNERSHIP (1) The ownership of all materiel provided to a cadet organization by the Canadian Forces remains vested in Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada. (2) Materiel provided under (1) of this article shall not be bartered, sold or otherwise disposed of, except...
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    Commander RCN is on Twitter

    https://twitter.com/#!/Army_Comd Someone will want to move this to the Army Forum
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    BFT for CIC Officers.

    Actually 45% of the COATS reserve subcomponent and CIC Branch have former Reg F or P Res Service.  Furthermore, most members of the CF are mom's and dads, were or are university students, and have had civilian occupations.  COATS personnel may be deployed under specific circumstances with...
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    Commander RCN is on Twitter

    http://twitter.com/#!/Comd_RCN
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    Status on Victoria-class Submarines?

    Versions of this letter from Vice Admiral Maddison have appeared in the Globe and Mail and Ottawa Citizen. “Dear Editor, I wish to take this opportunity to reply to an article that your paper recently published. I am pleased that the article accepted that submarines are essential to Canada’s...
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    Royal Canadian Artillery celebrates 50 years of snow punching

    Canadian Press video story on OP Palaci 50th anniversary http://www.youtube.com/user/CanadianPressImages#p/a/u/0/kB9lMz-1AXk
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    Royal Canadian Artillery celebrates 50 years of snow punching

    Saturday, Sep 10, 2010 Canada Command honoured the centennial of Parks Canada and the 125th anniversary of Glacier and Yoho National Parks with the presentation of three retired 105 mm Artillery Howitizers at the Rogers Pass Discovery centre at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 10 in Revelstoke...
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    CIC application - possible after Reg Force medical release?

    What was your medical catagory on release.  The minimun desired catagory for the Cadet Organization and Training Service is 4 3 3 3 3 5.  For an explanation see this link.  http://www.forces.gc.ca/health-sante/pd/cfp-pfc-154/CH-3-eng.asp
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    How Canadians rank the professions

    OTTAWA -- Don't take it personally if you're not feeling particularly revered by your patient, passenger or pupil. The reputation of some well-known professions has been declining for years and the instant respect other jobs commanded no longer exists, suggest the results of a poll released...
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    CNC Commemorative Medallion

    The issue with many of the "freelance" unofficial items is that the vendors have not done their homework.  Such is the case with the decanter.  2010 is not the centennial of the RCN.  It is the Canadian Naval Centennial as the Canadian Navy began as the Canadian Naval Service on May 4, 1910 and...
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    July 5th historic anniversary for Canadian Navy

    Canada entered the Korean War sixty years ago on July 5, 1950.  HMC ships Cayuga, Athabaskan, and Souix departed Esquimalt Harbour as the first Canadian military response only 11 days after the war began.  The ships arrived in Sasebo, Japan on July 30 to begin patrols off the Korean Peninsula...
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    Naval Officers Once Again to Wear the Executive Curl

    Prince Phillip and Prince Charles are Honorary members of the CF in the same fashion as any other honorary appointee.  Her Excellency is Commander in Chief of Canada ... and wears the CF uniform as appropriate at military ceremony. 
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    Naval Officers Once Again to Wear the Executive Curl

    The executive curl is not returning because it never left.  The executive curl continued to appear on "vintage" mess dress (vice CF mess dress) after integration in 1968 and continued on contemporary mess dress from 1986.  After integration the curl remained in use on the regular uniform until...
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    Canadian Naval Centennial Fleet Review (Pacific)

    INTERNATIONAL FLEET REVIEW The Canadian Naval Centennial Pacific Fleet Review will be attended by 13 visiting ships June 9 to 14. Navy ships from Australia, France, Japan, New Zealand and the United States will bring an estimated 8,000 foreign sailors to Victoria. The navy ships will be joined...
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    Naval Officers Once Again to Wear the Executive Curl

    Watch for a CANFORGE/MARGEN regarding effective date and implementation
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