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At least they are being up-front about it and not letting it happen by natural attrition.

Time to spare, fly Service Air

I retired from the Army in 2002, after 28 years of regular service. I began actively planning my transition to civilian work five years before I retired. I selected the job I was looking for (emergency manager), was able to get myself into a similar Army position (domestic operations) and...

I was RSS with the SALH 78-81. I had a regular staff of myself (Ops and Training), Armd WO (Training), Clerk Sgt (Arm) and Armd MCp (storesman). We absolutely deployed on training events with the unit. I would mentor the OC, the WO would mentor the SSM and the MCpl would assist the SQMS. For...

Last year I made it my reading project to read all of Le Carré's books, in order as written, and watch all the related movies. It was an excellent way to kill some time and interesting to watch how his subjects changed as the world changed. RIP David Cornwell.

It took me almost exactly one year from the time I submitted my application for a review of my disability pension due to deteriorating hearing until the notice of a (favourable) decision. The money, including payment back to my initial application date, was in the bank before I knew a decision...

My favourite Connery movie by far was The Hill. Excellent movie.

Very powerful story.  :yellow:

Well, I'm long retired but kept my hair relatively short. But I need a haircut and its off the table for now, and might be for months, so the big decision is - man-bun or pony tail?

Sorry to read this. Lots of damage to boats all around the area. I live in Central Saanich and one of the sailboats that has been docked just off the James Island Dock was sitting up on the beach this morning. Bad news for someone. That doesn't make you feel better, but there's lots of it going...

I've done DNA test with three different companies. I am on a quest, but that's beside the point. I was astonished at the accuracy of the results. In two of the tests, based only on my spit, they were able to pinpoint my maternal ancestry almost to the exact village in Croatia. Not country, but...

Very sad news. RIP Christie.

I wasn't aware the Royals had property here on Vancouver Island. So far as I'm aware they were simply staying at a guest residence, albeit a very swank one. I hope your post was sarcasm, in which case well done. However, the last thing most of us who live here want is some bunch of poncy Royals...

No different than a volksmarch medal (and I have both). No place on uniform.

I guess his planned retirement date of 2019 worked out after all. Too bad he had to be screwed around like this though. I worked for him a long time ago and found him (Paul Wynnyk) to be a fair, competent and very knowledgable officer. I wish him all the best in his retirement.

If the CF is going to be more committed to domestic operations in the future, perhaps there is some value in considering re-configuring Army units specifically for this role. For example, we could consider reconfiguring Militia Armour and Artillery units to engineering, logistical and medical...

For Mario Mike. (I don't know how to post a quote from a previous post). The HUSAR teams are a good start and the three municipalities (and the provinces and feds who have provided support and funding) are to be congratulated. But these three teams, for the entire country, do not represent any...

I can't speak to other provinces, but neither BC nor Alberta put anything like the necessary resources into emergency preparedness and response that they should. This is even worse at the municipal level. I suggest there is no, repeat no, municipality in Alberta or BC that puts the necessary...

I had the privilege of meeting Mr. Roblin in our command post in Winnipeg during the floods. A true gentleman, but boy, talk about somebody who clearly was feeling very vindicated! He got a lot of criticism when the spillway was being built, but nobody in 1997 was criticizing him.

We had our holiday to Palm Springs, which was supposed to start tomorrow, cancelled by Air Canada due to this issue. One of the legs on our flight was on a 737 MAX. Bloody inconvenient but better than making an unscheduled hard landing. Air Canada was good about refunding our money but I was...