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It's interesting though that the 50's basing model was inconsistent depending on where you were in the country. In the West, you had the Patricias in Winnipeg and Edmonton, and the Queen's Own Rifles in Calgary (with the Strathconas) and Victoria (well Esquimalt). In the East you also had one...

All the Commonwealth forces slated to take part in the invasion of the Japanese home islands were to be equipped with US material. In the case of the Canadian division at least, it was being organized on the US model, although Hoffmeister insisted on using unit names from 1 Div.

We were also sitting on a lot of left over Second World War kit at that point.

Sabres, Starfighters and CF-5s all manufactured under licence in Canada by Canadair (although it wasn't at the time a CC). Some even for export. Don't think the CA ever purchased enough of anything though to justify separate lines in Canada.

Happy (belated) New Year!

Sizemore will always have Blackhawk Down and McDonough Band of Brothers to point to.

In the realm of guilty pleasures, Where Eagles Dare. There are so many things you can pick apart but I still rewatch it every winter. Candidates for the good list would be Danger Close and Hell in Korea. The latter’s cast alone is worth the watch: Stanley Baker, George Baker, Harry Andrews...

A group from 122 Light Aid Detachment RCEME taken in 1943 in England illustrating exactly that.

It's interesting that this discussion is basically leading back to the situation that existed prior to the creation of the CD (and when all decorations were part of the Imperial honour system). As a militia officer, my grandfather received the Efficiency Decoration (it had been called the...

Next you'll be suggesting we take the Canada wordmark off of all our aircraft that already have the RCAF roundel on them...heresy. The Federal Identity Program team is watching...

And there are the red tabs.

And notably, even during the first "decade of darkness" from 72-82 it was never as low as it has been since around 1995 onward.

According to this, it was around 2% through most of the Mulroney years (so until the Wall fell). Prior to that it was at 2% in 1972 but that was on the way down from 4% in 1960. Canada Military Spending/Defense Budget 1960-2024

If memory serves, back in the 70s and 80s seeing folks with CDs with clasp and no other ribbons was quite common, especially navy and air force types who were less likely to have been on UN tours. Most Second World War and Korea vets were retired by the early 70s (with a few exceptions like my...

True enough although my understanding is that part of the RAF argument was that they could operate from some of those imperial outposts, like Diego Garcia.

We must have had some system in place when the RCN had naval aviation since Admiral Falls was both a navy flyer (admittedly having earned his wings in the RCAF) and a CO of ships including Bonnie.

I seem to recall that the RAF on the other hand succeeded in using the argument to sink the RN's carrier fleet, leading to the cancellation of the plans for the original Queen Elizabeth class carriers in 1966 and the eventual scrapping of Eagle and Ark Royal.

Which the Australians have done with the RAAF shifting maritime air (rotary) back to the RAN and tactical to the Australian Army several years ago. With regard to a carrier type, assuming we wouldn't go down the path of the QE class given the size/cost, is there an existing type out their that...

That, or is it just a reflection of a more fundamental problem facing the CA vs the RCAF/RCN...?

It's an RFI though. Wouldn't that mean RFP is yet to come?