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I've done it. Its a good package, but doing it once does not equal expertise. The problem isn't with the training package, its that afterwards, most Army members rarely ever see a pistol again. Hence my comment on training and experience. Outside of those who carry a pistol as their principal...

Purple is a myth. Also, it could be argued that the ECS are getting away from the lowest common denominator so they can improve things.

Sure looks like a defeated adversary.

Makes sense when you work through the logic of threat scenarios in law enforcement. I knew this was standard practice, but wasn't tracking the details re: pistol construction and training. I've carried a pistol (both old and new one) on multiple operations, and have never carried it with a...

Do they need to? (genuine question). If so, why don't police have a pistol with a safety?

My only question is, are they training with the weapon with a round in the spout? The thing doesn't have a safety, so....

Anyone expecting the big rocks to be moved immediately is being unrealistic and setting themselves up for disappointment (or is just a partisan cynic). It would be akin to declaring the CAF's investment plan a failure as it doesn't have modern vehicles, ships, fighters and upgraded bases after...

Yeah...but not true: https://www.buildcanada.com/tracker Of 603 commitments, the government has started some sort of action on 474 (78%) of them, while completing 181 (30%) of them. Take issue with what was promised, but saying the current government is doing nothing is not backed by the facts.

You just described my childhood. Single family homes were less than 1700 sqft, siblings shared rooms, meat and potatoes for dinner, and a beat up Chrysler van for transport.

He also slapped down the state media channel. Worth watching the first little bit with sub-titles.

Those are the types whose opinion I'm really concerned about.

Canada Crown. All Army badges and emblems are switching over.

A while back, I wrote on the importance of separating military aim and objectives and political aim and objectives. Ryan Evans at WotR does a good job of laying all of that out at the link below...

Proof that this country is going down in a flaming tire fire and will probably be a US or Chinese protectorate down the road - Prime Minister of Canada accepted bribes to influence charters for major national proejct. This country is so cooked.

Now do the IRGC.

Attacks on power plants. Been done before. Not a great track record. https://media.defense.gov/2017/Dec/29/2001861964/-1/-1/0/T_GRIFFITH_STRATEGIC_ATTACK.PDF

<yawn> give it a day and he'll be posting about negotiations with the regime.

Sounds like the second aviator has been recovered. I have no doubt Hollywood studios are already jockeying to produce the movie. I wonder who will play Hegseth?

Yes, I remember those days. Ridiculous. To be honest, we were overtrained. At last glance, Army policy is reservists join 60 days prior to deployment - it has been extended to 90 days on some occasions due to calendar issues requiring some more time. Sometimes, it is also individual...

It can be done in one with some home unit training on either side of the summer. We don't, and never have. That being said, the training time required to prepare an element for operations shouldn't be overestimated. A good chunk of that time is administrative in nature, to include using leave.