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One of my concerns is that this portion of the release: sounds like the CF is altering its recruiting practices and/or the number of reserve billets at an NRD so that these additional CF personnel can do a job assigned to the CCG.  I see this as different from a training programme in which...

Someone "who would know" in Ottawa told me that the CCG has partnered with RCN to allow Naval Reservists to be assigned to the Inshore Rescue Boat service. I am told that 25% of the IRB service is currently composed of RCN naval reservists.  (I do not know where "IRB service" exists, currently...

I find this bizarre: "Government of Canada strengthens environmental response and rescue capability in Vancouver" link: http://news.gc.ca/web/article-en.do?nid=1005609&tp=1 So reserve RCN members are going to somehow add to a SAR capability in Vancouver?  I do not see how that makes sense. ...

Called it.

As much as these stories ever end...

To what extent are dividends paid to foreign shareholders taxed in Canada?

I assumed that these are just to hand out to the people who found HMS Erebus, in a good-news arctic sovereignty photo-op just before the next election writ drops. Sorry, got a case of the cynicals today.

Thanks.  The picture on the link posted by RocketRichard did not show iron sights, which is why I asked.

What are they doing for optics?

"... enter into preliminary discussions... to pursue..." "...help determine if it can provide an interim solution..." phhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhht

Election in 4 months... Quebec vote... stemming the Orange flood...

Jason Kenney to announce temporary naval supply ship for Davie shipyard Per CBC: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/jason-kenney-to-announce-temporary-naval-supply-ship-for-davie-shipyard-1.3124221

Hopefully Seaspan and Irving (and the Government) will treat their work under the existing contracts an an ongoing competition between Seaspan and Irving to show who should be awarded any additional future contracts from the Government.

As opposed to the current idea of Timocracy, where political parties vie for the vote of the Tim Hortons crowd.

But you heard that to preserve heritage they're going to put the curl on the sleeves of the NCD, right? Kidding

Air Force, Marines Cancel F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Courtesy of the DuffelBlog: http://www.duffelblog.com/2015/06/air-force-marines-cancel-f-35-joint-strike-fighter/#ixzz3dF51VWVT  ;D

Consider the procurement gong show in the US military driven by the desire of each branch to have its own unique cam pattern.  Blueberry cam (a la USN) is useless operationally, unless you are doing battle in a Pop Tart factory.  If RCN pers are working in an environment where they need actual...

I'm curious to hear how often a Navy-DEU IntO is posted to an "Army" base?  For example, Shilo, Petawawa, Gagetown...?  Is the IntO occupation really purple, or do Navy-DEU IntOs get posted to "Navy" facilities?  (The quotes are used in acknowledgment of the fact that these are actually CF...

Diane Ablonczy (http://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/calgary-mp-confirms-retirement-from-federal-politics)

Northrop Grumman to Provide Gyrocompass Navigation Systems for the Royal Canadian Navy Per news release: http://investor.northropgrumman.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=112386&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=2040117