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Inch, I copy what your saying, but I meant in the strategic sense "self preservation". Meaning the airforce is trying to maintain a viable mission, and that is not always good for TTPs to be developed. Main problem with the UAVs that we sent overseas, if that we sent minimum trained operators...

I'm sorry Inch, please don't take this as an attack on pilots. TacHel guys have been very accomodating, within their individual span of control.  First off, want to get this Jab in there: correct me if I'm wrong but wasn't one of the airforce guys in afganistan was responsible for one of the...

Out west is where the basis for Canada's UAV program will be held (after a temporary stay in Val Cartier), I don't know any specifics on who will be manning and staffing the positions, however, I do know that the majority of the people they want for this comes from the guys trained for Athena...

Maybe the reserve AD now use 22 but they did have another number like 27 a couple of years ago...

No, spliting the MOC would definately not be the answer, if the reserves were going to use the mortars primarily, then just use the mortar to attain their QL3. They can always do a conversion crse later on, if required. Now for the Officers, absolutely not, the principles of indirect fire are...

It is not very likely that they will receive the CPSM, because they has determined that it has a high precidence that the CPSM. It is in the class with the SSM and SWASM. My question if why did they have to go with a Campaign Star now, at least it was not in the style of WW2 Campaign Star.

I agree Ghost it would never happen, but it's great to dream... that being said Military Brat, I would sooner have a person with military experience as an elected official, soldiers, for the most part, have a way of breaking things down to a common sense level. From our government Canadians...

Personally, I would like to see a reward based military service, rather than a manditory one. One where there would be some extreme rewards for those who serve. For example, allow only those with former military service (Reg or Res) to be a federally elected official, or be promoted to the...

It is an article of dress, it is plain and simply a hat. We, the CF, have placed a value and restrictions on the permissions to wear it. To those soldiers who have earned it then I commend them and the hard work that they have put into meeting the standards. But these are cadets and we are...

Sgt Fitzpatrick, what would a CIC officer do on an operational tour. People that go overseas generally have a skill to add. There are no cadets in an operational theater therefore there you be no need for a CIC officer. Not that it couldn't happen, for instance, take a former Reg soldier that is...

I agree the LG1 is not a robust gun, in fact the very first day we took them to the field we broke them... it was a defect in the gun. Then there were the mods that were done to the LG1 which were supposed to make it easier to man handle... except the low profile and enhanced breach, I still...

One point I would like to make is that I believe that age (and Family situation) would make a difference more so for the pers enrolling in the regular force. Because the truth is no matter what you physical condition is; your recovery time is elongated with age. In the regular army you don‘t...

There is no legislation in place for job protection of any reserve force, CIC included, who takes a contract and leaves his normal job. Probably, the driving force behind that is that all of these contracts are voluntary. And until we require reservists to go on active duty, I don‘t believe...

Ghost you definately highlighted the diferences between playing soldier and being one....A month of platoon attacks might also be nice...

48Highlander, that is the negative point of having a Reserve unit as your Affiliated unit, ...the cost. I thought I would pipe in on this topic because it has generally been beat to death, and I‘m all for assisting in beating a topic to death. People have talked about first establishing...

Before we set up a gun registry we should have conducted an OP HARVEST in metro Toronto. But at the very least the registry created some jobs in NB.

Well said, Bruce...

Is that wheeled South african 155mm SP, that Canada was looking at a while back.

But Infanteer, didn‘t you just hear, anyone can get into NATO as long as they declared thier support for "Iraqi Freedom". It will soon be like saying "but they are both member states of the UN..."

In fact, the Artillery School was still deploying C1/C2s to the field as late as 2002... I do not know if that continues at that unit, but I suspect probably not. RCA how long did it take for the Militia units to get thier C3s after the surrended there old 105s. I have heard that units were...