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Any naval personnel that has visited CCG ships knows how much room/space they have onboard for all sorts of things compared to a warship. Figuring out a refit (for existing ships) or fitting from the start in new vessels a 50 square meters ops room to centralize the collection of maritime...

What they are struggling with is understanding what happened to the concept of paragraphs in the English language.

Well, it is at least our loudest. :)

According to CBC News, their reporter asked Adm. Patchell when he needed the new submarines, and he apparently answered that he "needed them yesterday". Seems like Topshee has started a naval trend of leaders being blunt in their public positions. Quoted from below...

Yes. But I can only imagine the extra traffic on Highway 1 in rush hours.

God, that residential development in Colwood is crazy.

But there is also this counterpoint:

My remark was rather aimed at the fact that no lobby or constituency, or anyone else for that matter, is having any luck keeping this administration in check. Shit, he is even reneging on what he promised the MAGA crowd that got him elected.

:ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO: Oh! Wait! You was serious?

The Canadian fleet is not that big: It used to be that we knew who the sailors that sailed a lot and those who didn't were, without any need for bling. Don't go chasing bling just to get bling. Concentrate on learning your trade and carrying out your tasks properly at sea, The bling will follow...

Usually, countries that lost a war to the US. ;) Anybody remembers "The Mouse That Roared" with Peters Sellers?

Did I mention, it carries 17.76 mm guns?

Get with the vocab: It's called the Trump class Battle-jet.

They may believe that it is the goal, because politicians lie to them saying it is the goal, but it has never actually been either the goal or the result.

When has making life better for the people of another country been on the USA's list of "things to do"?

Did you have to drag Bill Clinton in the picture?

People constantly forget one thing that came out of the Canada/US joint defense cooperation of WWII: Canada was the only country that actually paid the US cash on delivery for every single thing we bought from the US for the military in WWII. Basically, Canada came out of the war with no war...

What are you talking about ? They all got fired ... right out of the cockpits.

They are sailing out of Pearl, the Americans might want some ping time? To see how the sub reacts, it's just as good and we have our submariners onboard to evaluate. (I know, we don't ping anymore ;)) No, a sub's advantage is coming into the area undetected. To "disappear" would mean that they...