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See kit pictures - there is a chest rig, a plate carrier and a battle belt. The gloves are also fantastic, being developed in concert with Kombi. Merino wool liner, multiple systems that fit together etc. Overall very much heartening stuff.

I spoke to the Logistik project manager of the operational clothing & equipment for the SOCEM / CCUE (Canadian Combat Uniform Ensemble). He spent 22 years in the Army before working there, and remains a member of the militia (IE still invested) and is both very enthusiastic and very pleased with...

They had some really good kit out today. The program manager for operational kit & clothing at Logistik is former military and was very proud of what they've got on trial. Now it's up to the government to fund it.

None whatsoever. The pers who were there were all civilian Logistik employees, badging etc was not in their wheelhouse. They are simply charged with the development, trialling and production of the service dress uniform itself.

I mentioned the Strathcona's and RCEME because that's what I was directly told. I assume it's being piecemealed, some by regiment, some by Corps. Not sure about any more details. As for shoes, from what I saw it looked like no change.

I bring glad tidings of comfort and joy. I am told that the project is at the 98% approval stage, and that all is on track. Timelines were very very vague - something like the next couple of years. The individual talking to me mentioned that unlike with previous iterations of uniforms, this one...

Yes. Former JNCO at 2 PPCLI and then SNCO at the GGFG. He works at Army HQ and does the Army Podcast as a secondary thing, out of the goodness of his own heart.

That's never happened before, and surely our professional, serious government would not apply such logic now.

I am not an aviator by any means, but Boeing has had some incredible problems with cutting corners and poor worksmanship for a while now. I would be unsurprised if this was related.

A bit of an aside, and I'm not sure that anyone would dispute this - but I believe it is fairly clear that nobody was a big winner, or even a winner in unification. It was universally poorly received and still manages to affect us to the day, nearly sixty years later.

More than a part of me suspects that the Deputy Prime Minister cares more for the defence of Ukraine than the defence of Canada - or at least sees 'opportunities for cost savings'. After all, she has an ethnic tie to Ukraine that she clearly values quite highly. I might speculate that she is...

If the data exists, it's probably deep in the archives of the Army G1 cell... It would have been nice to have other opportunities in the infantry (or other arms) than rifle company and recce platoon. That began to materialise once I was gone, but it's also why I went to a combat support corps...

EDIT: Rolled into a bigger post.

That's fair, although I do think there is a place for those who have restrictive family situations, namely in staff roles that most do not seek after, but still need to be done. Ottawa is full of them, and whilst Ottawa needs to be pared down, they will still need to be done. That being said, I...