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I agree on the tech stream, but would counter that this could be started at a more junior level. Re-introduce the rank of Lance Cpl, which becomes an automatic promotion at 4 years but is expected to conduct junior leadership responsibilities. Cpl then becomes a rank that requires Sect Comd...

To be honest, I am unsure of what point Mr Patterson is trying to drive forward. Is it that service members ought to be content with their current pay structure? Is it that private sector employees are worse off? I'm afraid that neither of those is particularly likely to incentivise...

Has anyone taken any good pictures of kit that we are likely / liable to receive? Logistik etc...

CANEX is another option. They have berets in green, guards khaki, midnight blue, black etc.

Excellent and comprehensive work. Well done.

I bought a pair of Black Johnston & Murphy Oxfords (Melton I believe) at a Naval Exchange in the US nearly a decade ago. They are far, far more comfortable than the issued rubbish, polish up very easily and blend. They also work well with black suits on civvie side. There is better out there.

Per Ardua Ad Astra

My unit mandated SAT training, as I was instructed. Further, things have changed (ostensibly since Covid). Getting slotted in at Connaught is difficult, and unless you don't have a day job and can hover with a finger over the 'book' button on their antiquated America On-Line esque 1990s website...

That's essentially what he was saying - Army combat support and service support pers need to be able to not only barely defend themselves, but be entirely responsible for their own security, up to and including stand alone convoys in full threat environments, setting up and manning defensive...

There should absolutely be a DOMOPS medal, with bars for certain numbers of day. It should be recognised for what it is - an extraordinary operation, not one that the military is designed to do. It would also incentivise the Army Reservists. Men will do a lot for a bit of coloured ribbon.

What are the new PWTs? I'm not in the field force right now and the last time I did a PWT 3 (a while ago) it was a traditional run down.

Like the Brits did - five years and a clean conduct sheet. But as Haggis predicts, I fall full on the camp of the institution adopting the 'we don't do that here' nonsense.

The government of the day will always use the reason that declassifying the names of sitting members of Parliament (particularly their members, though this will be unspoken) would be injurious to the national interest, whether or not it reveals anything about the sources who gathered the...

Does that apply to it being spoken in the House under parliamentary privilege?

We are not blank slates. We come from a society which has a view of what 'elite' looks like, and it is not purple hair and goatees. It is clean looking, fit and well dressed. Our perception comes from our lineage, and what middle and upper class men wore in the 1950s in Canada and throughout the...

I and many others disagree with your viewpoints on this topic. Most of us (including myself) are not particularly articulate when presenting our cases because they are probably more instinctual than intellectual, but I'll try my best. Credibility and effectiveness is more important than...

Occasionally = often. Even when you're watching out for it.

That's grim. How were they killed? Lack of funding, or outright rejection?

Sorry, I didn't get to that. I wish I would have touched it etc. Honestly, it looked very similar. I am hoping that it's better built.

These are all fair points. However, Logistik is already providing a lot of this stuff on a trial basis to the Army and is the CAF's clothing producer. I am not sure it makes any sense to compare them to, say, BAE or General Dynamics, though that could entirely be out of ignorance to me. The...