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"Caretaker" mode exists in Ontario during elections, ostensibly to protect the civil service from being dragged into political gamesmanship. Although, as we're seeing right now, it's not entirely clear what limits actually apply to the sitting government. I don't believe the concept exists...

And didn't the RN maintain a submarine squadron out of Halifax post war until we acquired Grilse?

My mistake, Rainbow was purchased.

Not counting the two the government of BC bought at the start of the First World War there were HMC Submarines Rainbow and Grilse, both on loan from the USN during the 60s and into the 70s.

As I recall, for a while after the move south 4CMBG wasn't even called a brigade group but a battle group.

Politics was certainly a big part of it, but I think we would struggle to find anything in the way of a coherent or consistent approach in the decades since Trudeau's cuts to the Army. Picton closed out with the reduction to nil strength of the Canadian Guards but all the other garrisons...

It's interesting though that the 50's basing model was inconsistent depending on where you were in the country. In the West, you had the Patricias in Winnipeg and Edmonton, and the Queen's Own Rifles in Calgary (with the Strathconas) and Victoria (well Esquimalt). In the East you also had one...

All the Commonwealth forces slated to take part in the invasion of the Japanese home islands were to be equipped with US material. In the case of the Canadian division at least, it was being organized on the US model, although Hoffmeister insisted on using unit names from 1 Div.

We were also sitting on a lot of left over Second World War kit at that point.

Sabres, Starfighters and CF-5s all manufactured under licence in Canada by Canadair (although it wasn't at the time a CC). Some even for export. Don't think the CA ever purchased enough of anything though to justify separate lines in Canada.

Happy (belated) New Year!

Sizemore will always have Blackhawk Down and McDonough Band of Brothers to point to.

In the realm of guilty pleasures, Where Eagles Dare. There are so many things you can pick apart but I still rewatch it every winter. Candidates for the good list would be Danger Close and Hell in Korea. The latter’s cast alone is worth the watch: Stanley Baker, George Baker, Harry Andrews...

A group from 122 Light Aid Detachment RCEME taken in 1943 in England illustrating exactly that.

It's interesting that this discussion is basically leading back to the situation that existed prior to the creation of the CD (and when all decorations were part of the Imperial honour system). As a militia officer, my grandfather received the Efficiency Decoration (it had been called the...

Next you'll be suggesting we take the Canada wordmark off of all our aircraft that already have the RCAF roundel on them...heresy. The Federal Identity Program team is watching...

And there are the red tabs.

And notably, even during the first "decade of darkness" from 72-82 it was never as low as it has been since around 1995 onward.

According to this, it was around 2% through most of the Mulroney years (so until the Wall fell). Prior to that it was at 2% in 1972 but that was on the way down from 4% in 1960. Canada Military Spending/Defense Budget 1960-2024