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That would be a great way to ensure that nobody else buys their kit, and existing orders get cancelled.

I'm from PEI, so to me carbs are:

It's not so much an education issue, as a communications one. Snr leadership knew this was coming, and buried it in policy announcements rather than clearly and effectively* communicating it to the troops. This isn't something you say once when people are excited about their new pay raise...

I have never received a penny of CFHD, I simply used my pay bracket as an example. For people who were already getting CFHD, they got a pay raise, and now they are getting a take-home pay cut. Dress it in whatever institutional language you like, CAF members will have less money to cover their...

Yet... Edit: for the coasts we are talking a $300-400 a month pay cut, That isn't going to stay off the news radar very long. For my pay rate it is a $475/month cut to before taxes pay.

My post was a response to another post indicating that hiring security locally would be a simple solution. As for the rest of your post, what is needed remains to be seen. We don't yet know exactly how the new trade will be employed, and what other security measures will be put in place...

He's not wrong in that America is the only realistic threat of invasion Canada has, and you're not wrong that cultural and economic ties make us close allies. That said, cultural ties aren't enough to prevent Annexation if someone wants to. Ask the Czechs and Austrians how that worked out in...

Ah... It's a new trade. It will be CAF members, similar to the RAF Regiment or USAF Security Forces.

Well... Time to dredge this up from the abyss. CFHD has been updated, and as predicted, it essentially wipes out the pay raise for the Jr ranks in many locations. It's kinda bad optics that this happened just as Canada has officially slipped into a recession.

I'm not sure what the legal framework is for the new RCAF trade, but I know the intent is to have an armed defence/security force, and the Commissionaires are not suited to that task, regardless of legal status.

My appologies, I'll bring my swag to work so I can just nap between tasks. I'd hate to let the operators down again...

How many young people in Greenwood do you think match the specific requirements for the new RCAF occupation? What about Cold Lake, Comox, etc... Now, of that pool, how many want to be in the CAF at all? How many want to do shift work? How many want to do security shift work? Hiring locals...

I managed a section that had 1 24/7 position, and I had 5 members to cover it, and two day workers... Us day workers spent a lot of time on shift covering for exactly the reasons you mentioned. Which meant our work didn't get done as we worked the shifts. It is a mess on most wings to this day.

The baseline for a 24/7 rotation is 7 members for each 24/7 position, so for a shift of 15 you need 105+ day staff. So, like @KevinB mentioned, about 140 would be a solid baseline, to account for day staff, courses, medical, etc... It's quite an undertaking for the RCAF, and will be a massive...

They don't want to move, and the bar for entry is pretty low... We aren't looking for mall cops, with an online security certificate. We already have those with the Commissionaires.

If I'd had a chance I'd have been angling for Ops Chief in PRO, but beggars can't be choosers.

Until we have two AORs in the water and operational, it makes sense to keep the capability around.

I'm not following your logic. They are building the KSS III, and starting development on a nuke boat. They will operate their KSS IIIs, likely for decades, just like Canada would if they bought them.

That's my understanding, but I'm not sure of the timeline.

As the title says, the PM has announced at CANSEC that Canada is planning to buy the GlobalEye. Canada negotiating to buy Saab's GlobalEye airborne early warning aircraft I'm sure there will be people upset by the choice, but it is a new capability for Canada that might prove useful despite...