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So as a quick aside, what other River-class names will be brought back for the new destroyers? We got Mackenzie, Fraser and Saint-Laurent so far. Assiniboine's out as it will be used for the training facility near Shearwater. Will we see the international river names (Niagara, Saint Croix...

I'm a "he" despite my current avatar, but that doesn't matter. I use the term "tender" for Naval Reserve Division detachments as that was the term used pre-Unification. As you can read in the history of HMCS STAR here: HMCS Star - Canada.ca Lineage First of Name Shore establishment. Naval...

Yes! We need more bling! We need more bling! Seriously, though, given the pressure our friends in NATO are landing on Trudeau et al, it's about damn time that the government is getting off its collective keister to start really funding the military. Of course, with the serious personnel...

Korean subs are all based on German designs, BTW

Some navies are like pufferfishes then. Blow themselves up in size to look scary, but are really harmless.

Not bad proposals. Doubt the Navy brass will go for it, though.

Well, a new ship's career begins... https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/news/2024/05/hmcs-william-hall-commissioned-into-service-in-halifax-ns.html

/sarcasm/ My proposal for the mess in Alberta: Tactically unite the SALH and the KOCR as the 41st Cavalry Group, with each squadron given local designations ("Calgary" Squadron, "Medicine Hat" Squadron and "Edmonton" Squadron). Allow the members of the first two squadrons to wear their old...

Hopefully, there's enough water in the Panama Canal for the ship to transit through. Given that it's most likely that Robert Hampton Grey will also be sent to Esquimalt, she might have to do the Northwest Passage route to get to her base.

Bless you, Blackadder! That's giving me some ideas!

Appreciated. It's not a life or death situation and I realize things have changed a lot since then (three rifle companies in lieu of four, for example ;)), but I think it'd still be prevalent for my own use.

We should offer Asterix's services should opportunities present itself until the new RFA ships and/or the new Protecteur are operational.

Anyone know which squadron is next up to be reformed?

By the looks of things, the Poseidon's being sole-sourced: https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/procurement-new-surveillance-military-planes-1.7042751

Anyone have any idea why this is being effectively kicked back until 2028 due to worries about northern weather? https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/mq-9-reaper-drone-canadian-forces-1.7005625

Awesome! Is there a launch date scheduled?

The use of the physical aircraft is a 50/50 chance in my eyes, but something alluding to the F4U might be used, like the California rockfish (AKA the corsair) which was the namesake of submarine USS Corsair (SS 435) of the Tench-class.

Just an aside: Has anyone developed the ship's crest for William Hall?

Hi, just a general information question I have here: Does anyone have any idea what the internal structure of the Mapping and Charting Establishment is like. I know it's pretty much like any field engineer regiment (split into squadrons and troops), but what does each part of the unit actually do?