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It appears peace is breaking out....   Time to find a new line of work troops! This trend has ben identified before, although not quantified as thoroughly - Gwyne Dyer had a large chapter on it in his new edition of War, for example. This is definitely the most peaceful time in history. The...

I'm going to play devil's advocate here... Ok. Define 'warfighting scenario' - I'm not sure we're quite prepared to deploy to something like that Eastern Front in 1943. Is that a failure? There's a spectrum here. Is Iraq the new 'standard' we aim for? Or do we take the worst case warfighting...

I'd go further, and say that in every photo of soldiers in combat since the Boer War that I've seen, everyone looks different. No doubt 'Marius' Mules' were always searching for that next piece of high speed chain mail, and trying to convince the 'Primus Pilus' their new dagger from Gaul was...

BBC was showing British, French, and German civilian urban SAR crews there within days of the disaster, as well as US forces from the Afghanistan theatre. I have to agree that in the grand scheme of things, with casualties on this scale, DART will in the end just be 'window dressing' - I think...

Don't the CDS and the heads of the services have an obligation to provide independent professional advice and expertise on military matters to the Government and elected representatives? A service chief has to be able to step before a Senate or parliamentary committee and give their...

Sounds like the magazine is playing things up a bit. He'll never goto Iraq - he'd be the biggest target in the Middle East. Who would want to be on patrol with him???? I think its interesting he isn't in the Paras or Royal Marines, and managed to get into a battalion going to a sounds...

Have them show up with a doctors note, sign a waiver, and do a physical exam first off. And don't do anything too crazy with them. Its not that crazy - its standard recruiting procedure for the British Army and Royal Marines. The bill would be minimal. The military already owns space, and...

Some ideas, all of which have been mentioned before on previous threads. -Install quotas for recruiters and recruiting centers. -Make a stint at Recruiting (and instructing) a requirement for promotion past a certain rank. -Slim down the process, so that not as much is required and the...

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When are the next boards and deadlines?

Thanks George Wallace and Gunner98 for pointing out the Demo teams the army does have. I wasn't aware the LdSH Riding Troop was travelling so much, thats good to hear. There are a number of excellent events held in the public eye, however, I don't believe they capture the degree of showmanship...

This is fascinating - I was a rifleman in the Roto 11 CRIC, and its interesting to see Sim of the background that went into the deployment. I can't comment on Roto 12 or 13, but the 1VP CRIC certainly struck me as a 'one shot' deal, and I'm not sure it validated any ideas on the abilities of...

I would argue that the CF needs to drastically raise the profile of its Demo Teams, and that this is something that the Army especially is lacking in. Whatever the cost, the benefit in PR, recruiting, and general awareness is more than worth it. An Army Drill Team, or Regimental Drill Teams, of...

Rest in Peace Smokey. One of the greatest has passed on.  :cdn: Good to see the Seaforth being able take care of their own at a time like this. 

True, there are bottlenecks. They are well documented and understood. These bottlenecks prevent the timely processing of recruits and have significant adverse effects on recruiting. So, the Comamnding Officer of CF Recruiting has failed in his job. Fire him. Accountability. Responsibility. I...

I disagree. Far better to have the problems the US is having than the problems Canadian recruiting has right now. The US is producing recruits in wartime. We're starving to death to peace. Every recruiter should be held accountable for a quota of recruits to pass basic training, every...

Less deployed than the Canadian Army - probably because they save their troops for wars, whereas we want to play saviour to everyone. Certainly not an attack on the excellent Australian Army, and they plainly have kit and capabilities Canada can only dream of now, plus the benefits of Aussie...

Yes we do. I second Teddy and Brit's motion, a new thread is in order.

Victor Davis Hanson is an excellent author, with a lot of interesting ideas that I find myself agreeing with. His Op Ed pieces are good too. However, his thesis on a Western Way of war requires an incredibly selective and biased reading of history. The chapters on individual campaigns and wars...

S_Baker- Thank-you. I'd be interested to know your thoughts on the subject, and what you see missing in my post. I certainly agree that the tactics of terrorism and the grievances of the Muslims are not new at all. I was trying to explain that (a) there cannot be a 'War on Terror', but there...