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Except they did it Dec. 1. That's a miss by their public affairs types.

Peace dividend 2.0. Never forget we'd already taken a huge peace dividend in 1969-70.

Serious question and I may just not remember but have we ever deployed DARt?

I would have to say that I lean pretty heavily toward maintaining the F35 order as is, at minimum. That being said, it's worth noting that not everyone purchasing the F35 is going with it as their sole fighter. Within the G7, the UK, Germany, Italy and Japan all seem to plan on maintaining mixed...

Surely this must set an army.ca record for going off topic in a completely different direction…?

Curious, what were they counting as GOFOs in 1965? Does that include Brigadiers, Commodores and Air Commodores, none of which I believe were considered to General, Flag, Air Officers at the time? Not mind you that I doubt for a minute that the bloat is real, just wondering how much of it can be...

Somehow or other Dad got away with wearing his pre-unification ordnance corps mess kit, complete with pips and crowns, until he retired from the regular force in '87.

I seem to recall that the CA also used to get called out to deal with prison riots, at least at the Kingston Pen in '71. I can well imagine though that after a different event in Quebec in 1990 the CA would want to stay well away from LEO types of aid to the civil power activity. Just rife with...

Started my career in management at Canada Post in the late 80s. Left, came back in the late 90s as a consultant and then rejoined management for a few years before leaving again in 03. These changes are long overdue and, indeed, management has tried to implement them before on more than one...

Okay, so to be perfectly clear, I'm not advocating for conscription, certainly not in peacetime, although there are arguments to be made. As for wartime, notwithstanding the Ukraine experience, I'm inclined to think that if we get involved anywhere in LSCO they're unlikely to last long enough...

Civil War, First and Second World Wars, Korea. All conscript armies. Civil War conscription provoked riots by those who didn't want to fight. You might be able to rely on volunteers in the first instance but once you start sustaining casualties the supply of volunteers is unlikely to keep up...

I think it's more a case of Monday being the last day of summer and the intention having been to have decided by end of summer and the assumption being that there will be little if any change to the plan then normal government practice would be to announce the decision late in the day on the...

It seems there isn't always a direct correlation between name and function.

And of course both the Canadian Grenadier Guards and the Governor General's Foot Guards were at one time armoured regiments...

Well, the Strathcona's were once also designated the 2nd Armoured Regiment and 12 RBC was originally The Three Rivers Regiment. Then there is that other armoured regiment, The Halifax Rifles...

I think that's what I said... The vessel that came over on the Bonnie was the precursor to HMCS Bras d'Or and was never commissioned. She was later renamed Baddeck.

Made that trip too but don't remember it being in a hydrofoil.

Looks about right.

Only time I was ever on a hydrofoil was a ferry from St. Malo to Jersey in the summer of '74. Unfortunately we hit a channel storm. There was a severe shortage of vomit bags.