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I stopped watching that video as soon as it used a LCS as a representation of a Kingston Class 15 seconds in. AI Slop. No one watch that video.

Accrual accounting takes into account the full life cycle and operating costs. The sub program has done a good job of teasing these out into the seperate hulls + maintanence costs to better explain to taxpayers what that means. I think the $5 billion honestly is an internet rumour that means...

I think that any budget talk is likely premature. $5 billion is a random number attached to an unknown number of ships. 8, 12, 15 or 20 ships? With what armament? That could be an amazing deal or a complete rip off depending on their engineering plant and weapons. As far as recycling old...

I'm thinking closer to the fall. Since they gave them an extra month for fixing their bidding the original expected time was end June, now we're pushing closer to the Labour Day.

Only if you use the sonar, no radar, in fog, at night, with no lights. Lol More for weapons drills and to "excite" the weapons teams. Really boring just shooting wavetops. The ones we prefer to shoot at are the Hammerhead drones which as you may guess are fast, dodgy and much harder to see!

You folks just need some killer red tomatoes for targets... No that is not cut and paste image and yes they are that big.

As @SeaKingTacco pointed out its 8 or 12hrs (I can't remember exactly either). The reason cannabis is 24hrs is because of edibles. They are a slow release risk.

The biggest problem with ammo movement on ships comes from the fact that for a long time there was little understanding of the difference between safe handling alongside an ammunition jetty at an ammo facility, and safe handling onboard ship. Understandably ammo facilities are much more...

Oh please god yes. Apply that same thinking to Naval Ordinance onboard ships. From the officer side they finally recognized that Naval Combat Systems Engineers don't need to take half the ammo courses the Log O's do for their Ammo Officer qualifications. It will reduce their training time by...

Yep. There is complete rejection of someone being obese and unable to meet Universality of Service. But someone who was wounded in the line of duty (say amputee) wants to keep working and suddenly UoS policy may appear archaic and despotic.

I know right? We were legit excited when it came out because a lot of us were able to point to it and say "I told you so!". But after we got over our ego, the problem solving started. What can I do day to day to be part of the solution? For starters if there is even a hint of language...

I want to address this recruiting stuff. 1. If you haven't read the AAR written by the CO of CFLRS you should do so. And read the whole thing, all the data, stats, challenges and recommendations. Aside from a few spelling errors (the man wrote it in English and is French, we'll allow it) it...

PSO are not responsible for numbers in recruiting. They are only a resources for the Mil Career Counsellors and CO's to use. SME in policy and regulations for recruiting. The implementation of the policy falls to MCC's and the CO's.

The factory they are proposing is designed to be flexible, so you can switch between platforms. Kinda like car manufacturing where they use the same equipment but swap out some of the tooling and reorganize the process for a new model. Also the factory is for building foreign sales (Poland...

Navy grew last year. Also not expecting the first subs until 2032 at the earliest. Its the biggest challenge for sure. Ugh. This would be the worst option. Frankly if we pick another armoured vehicle we could get the same benefits. Keeping contracts separate is always the best option...

The paradigm has shifted significantly and the main institutional barrier has collapsed (budget) at least in the short term. Aside from the CDC's and the extra AOR's the RCD, Subs and JSS are on the books or being built. Those are the priorities, because those are the core of a warfighting...

I would argue that makes having a naval task group as defined in my post even more important. We'll need to enforce our own rules and protect our own trade. Sure the "global system" may be straining, but it doesn't mean that the ships themselves can't be employed differently to protect our own...

I don't think all the same config is in the cards either, however I expect evolutionary changes not revolutionary changes. Batch 1 (flight one? block one?) are as currently defined. Batch 2 is anticipated to be 6 ships of an evoloved configuration using lessons from the employment/build of...

Because during committee meetings politico's try to score points and get scandals going during questions. OR they ask super smart questions about things they don't understand....

I agree with everything you said. Except the Acronym LF for Light Frigate. But hey you put up with my wax pencil eating comments about Land Forces all the time so what's a little acronym errors between friends! Good chance these come in at about 3000+ tons, which is about the bottom end for a...