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I can't see any way on God's green Earth that there could be 97 million "relevant" documents about this. I think the first, of may, problems involved here is the scope of disclosure requested. Kind of like the Somalia inquiry. This looks like someone looking to make a career for life hound DoD...

Yeah. Where is this from? As a long time advocate for reducing admin overhead in the past, I tend to reject the argument made in that paper. In fact, my position now is that we have too few headquarters at the unit to div level. My change of opinion comes almost exclusively from the change in...

Boy, I agree with that. The one time I actually had what I call "the fin guy," on board, money just worked well. I have a great respect for folks that can say to me "you can't do that but here's a way that you can go and still meet your objective." A lot of folks don't have that talent on their...

Sorry I missed that point. Again harkening back to my one and only kick at that job, I have to say I'm dead set against the idea of appointing current or retired LCols (or above) as PMs. PMs have both the training and experience at the job to get good at what they do. They're experts (or ought...

Yeah. You have to plan that carefully. That's why in the two years that I was RSSO, I always planned two exercises in March when no one else was going into the field. They could have been easily cancelled, but effectively there was always lots of spare change and 105mm ammo laying around in...

I've been following this discussion with interest. My experiences with projects is limited to the one I did for three years as the JAG's PD on a project to build a records, knowledge and case management system on its own architecture with JAG/ADM(IM). The PD - my predecessor, me and my...

You know I've been down on HQs, but the more and more that I think of mobilization as a thing (something that wasn't so much before Ukraine) the more I'm brought to believe that we really need a lot more middle tier command levels staffed by full-timers - things like battalion, brigade and even...

When we switched over from the 3/4 tons to the 5/4 tons we thought the new trucks were wimpy pieces of shit, especially after getting stuck in sand dunes in Shilo. They were much more more comfortable and better on highways. Never did like the CP boxes on the back although the added height over...

Well, no. There are hundreds of conquests that endure to this day. There are many recent conquests that ended in a stable, defeated enemy that endures as an ally. The issue is political intent and the manner in which the peace is maintained. That's not simple 100 word post but a six credit hour...

And it in fact was heavily mechanized with Centurions, M113s, and brand new M109s. When I was going through the RCSA from 69-70, 3 CG had the primary role of being the reinforcement/replacement organization for 4 CMBG which itself was changing dramatically - moving bases and down-sizing. It was...

I tend to agree albeit to a large extent armouries will need to be configurable to be able to convert to things we haven't even thought of today. But. We're working out of many buildings over 100 years old now. The folks that built those built them to the best design for the army we have and...

1996 would have been an appointment by the Conservative Mike Harris government that took over from Rae's NDP in June of 1995. 🍻

I think it is just titled "New Main Battle Tank" (NMBT) at this point. I note that it hovers around the 70 ton range so not one of the new lighter slimmer models. 🍻

Watched the 60 minutes episode about rescuing the two pilots in Iran . . . not nearly half as interesting as the one that followed about what it takes to get a pardon from this administration. :oops: 🍻

I'd like to have 31 and 32 CBGs equipped as heavy brigades in time for the second battle of Stoney Creek. :cool:

Wow. That's a question that could take a book to answer. There are very many different ways of structuring CSS in a field force but let's bring it to the two key issues: 1. fighting elements - companies and battalions exist well forward in austere areas where the more agile a force is, and...

Looks like neither one of us can spell worth a damn :ROFLMAO:

That and lawyers. :giggle:

I haven't seen or heard anything beyond the speculation here and on Battle Order. I can see 4 PLDG as it was the only armoured regiment in 1 Inf Div in WW2 as the div recce regiment. But that's just me rationalizing. 🍻

Good looking Org chart for 1 Div made by a Facebook contributor based on the Battle Order video. 🍻