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I don't think exceptions (like 18 months pre deployment) are super relevant. Clearly that wasn't normal. I just look at what is on the books today. We have: 9 weeks Basic 16 weeks Infantry DP1 90 days pre-deployment That's 38 weeks (~9 months) from the getting off the bus in St. Jean to...

I said this a week ago: Poor brown people don't count in the calculus. Until they start swarming the borders as refugees.....

Sure. But what was the total number of training days prior to get you trade qualified. I think that's kinda the long pole in the tent (aka critical path). Pre-deployment will be shorter the better trained and more ready the person and unit is prior.

I think some people don't like the idea of the ARes being given a more distinct mission. I think it makes sense. I'm not going to drive surf. I'm curious if you know how ARes training and readiness will change in this new construct?

Fair enough. But as you note yourself, the Ukrainians took that training to 8 weeks. Presumably they didn't think the old 5 weeks was sufficient either. Obviously wartime exigencies are at play. And every day in training must be traded off against one less body in the fight. Sure. But as...

I don't mean to get you down. I very much respect the knowledge and experience base of this place. I'm just trying to understand how the circle can be squared given real constraints. Some of this is probably outside DND too. Casualty acceptance is going to a societal debate, for example...

More importantly. What is the the trade-off? We all complaint about wasted time in training. But realistically, the rate at which skills are absorbed has a limit too. You can only cut so much before you start impacting their actual skill output. So then the question becomes what's the...

This speaks to what I said earlier. War can bring in the adrenaline junky recruits. That's a different issue than maintaining the bench during largely peace time. Which is mostly what we have to construct here first. Exactly my point. To go to a war which was essentially optional, we...

Variety of weapons and tools. Complexity of operations. You didn't have to teach a soldier how to evade a drone just to close with the enemy. Few points. 1) That 5 weeks is not all their getting before ending up in combat. Not today anyway. 2) Ukrainians have regularly said that NATO...

If they actually destroy the infrastructure on Kharg, it loses value as a bargaining chip. Abandoning the Gulf allies to Iran is the worst outcome for American credibility. A month ago, the Strait was open and safe. Now, it's essentially confirmed as Iranian dominated. The IRGC is confirmed...

I don't disagree with you. But that's largely why I think building a real reserve is basically impossible today. Heck, even the Reg F takes how long on pre-deployment? Modern warfare is not something you can train in weeks. And if you don't want to accept casualties like the Russians, the...

I assume you're referring the current reorg? I would hope. I don't always get that sense though. There's probably a divide between those that really want to be part time warrior and those that just want to serve (in a more generic sense) part time. I have often wondered if we should just...

One of the problems he has is that there's no incentive for the Iranians to quit. They won't disengage. They'll keep holding the Strait hostage. May even keep attacking US forces. If you're the IRGC, this is your moment to leverage concessions. But I also suspect that he is scared of...

He's preparing to quit and leave the mess behind. And of course, crapping on their alliances on the way out too.

And still didn't make money. That's how incompetent he is. Can't even insider trade properly. Imagine knowing what he did and buying defence stocks instead of just loading up on oil calls.

If we're building a large force to mostly do home guard and civil defence functions? Sure. But we aren't designing a force like that. Nor do we train people like that. Even now this new mobilization strategy is built around how fast can we train tens of thousands and turn them into standard...

In think he's getting ready to bail. Maybe a last ditch Kharg Island play first.

Canada until the 1970s was very Eurocentric. The people that mobilized for war were probably within 2 generations of immigrating from Europe. They were motivated to defend what they saw as kin. Add in just typical other motivations (sense of adventure in a time where long distance travel was...

I've seen Canadian Gripen fans plaster this everywhere. And it ignores context. He was talking about more F-15 EX. And of course the USAF is so big that it makes sense to get cheaper and more tailored aircraft for domestic roles. In this case the EX range is perfect for homeland defence...

Well yeah. A lot of commodities depend on the Gulf. But even oil and gas CEOs are now saying they aren't happy with what $100 oil and supply shocks will do to alternatives. No importing country (3/4 of the world) is going to forget this and how vulnerable they were.