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Fair enough. And CSEC did at least get a new $1B HQ.

Odd though how Finance/TBS got themselves a brand new purpose built edifice on Elgin...:unsure:

Were it not for the demise of Silicon Valley North neither DND nor the RCMP, who occupy the old JDS Uniphase building in Barrhaven, would have had "new" buildings.

101 Colonel By has frankly never made sense as a military headquarters or ministry of defence location, nor was it built as one. It was originally built for Transport Canada who turned it down in favour of Tower C at Place de Ville. Until the 90s it wasn't even fenced and traffic still passed...

In Uni a few years before you in the 80s I was working in the warehouse of an Ottawa-area chain of gift shops. Had to do the delivery runs one week, including a drop off for the Parliamentary gift shop. Drove the van onto the hill and parked behind the West Block. Loaded up the hand cart and...

Ouch...

Curious with regard to coastal bombardment or land attack. Did the subsequent launch of the submarine program, with its potential for ground attack, result in any changes in thinking about the RCDs?

I was promoted in my career initially because I was good at my trade. But they higher up I went the less I actually practiced my trade. In fact, had I insisted on continuing to focus on the practice of my trade, I would have been failing as a manager. My job was to make sure the team was...

Right? Presumably that is also part of the thought exercise. The ship also gives you another option outside of the north, say in responding to crisis in the Caribbean. And I would imagine you would need 2 in order to always have 1 available. But like the admiral said, it's a thought exercise.

Hmmm, maybe if it's only a thought exercise then take it one step further. What if a new defence policy said the navy is responsible for national security in -- and around -- the northwest passage. So now, if the army has its hands full with it's implementing its own future force, then perhaps...

We were there from 71-74 and as you say it was pretty much entirely the traditional nuclear family and not a lot of working outside the house for spouses (or as they were then, wives...). Canex, the community centre, the youth centre, a few civilian jobs in offices or at the AMU but not much (my...

like I said, "assuming of course Trump doesn't find a way to suspend the election because of, you know, the insurrection...."

If even one house flips the following two years are going to be very, very messy with not a lot getting done.

Still almost a year to go so not yet willing to call anything on the midterms although it's hard to see how the Democrats don't flip the House (assuming of course Trump doesn't find a way to suspend the election because of, you know, the insurrection....). Flipping the Senate though is another...

My understanding was that the rank of Brigadier General existed in the British (and hence our) system until the end of the First World War, with the rank insignia of the crossed sword and baton, which we briefly resurrected when we returned to pips and crowns. In an attempt to reduce the number...

Conversely, the eastbound flights would often arrive in Ottawa full of recruits on their way to Greenwood. Flew from Lahr to Cyprus on vacation a couple of times as well. Those 707s did yeoman's work.

Wasn't a mix of regiments the norm for brigades/brigade groups until the 90s?

Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining. I seem to recall the Priority 5 was also very egalitarian since it was based on time in rather than rank. The RCAF did very well by my Dad over the years, right from the start of his post war career. He spent the summer of 1950 at Longue Pointe in COTC...

I'll give him credit for righting the ship after the Monty years but the real bloodletting didn't start until his successor took over in 2008 with a 100 day plan that shed 2500 managers, starting at the executive level. We spent the summer gathering in my office at the end day every Friday to...

"Meeting the sched" was a routine part of my life growing up. Mum and Dad were always going out to the AMU in Lahr or at Uplands to have a chat with whoever might be coming through. I remember one occasion when Dad was supposed to be flying to Edmonton and ended up on 3 of the 5 707s in the...