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  1. a23trucker

    How Long Have You Served in the CF?

    Just passed 30 yrs PRes 19 yrs as NCO 11 yrs as an Officer
  2. a23trucker

    CF Using a Business Approach: Pros and Cons

    ...and how much did that cost ??? ...is there an FMAS code for that ??? (if there is; then I'm scared). Being fiscally responsible is one thing, but we are not a commercial business and we don't neatly fit into a template. I find that a lot of people don't understand this fact. I guess that...
  3. a23trucker

    Army Expansion Versus The "Exodus of Experience" - Do We Have A Problem?

    I was thinking more along the lines of the CF contracting the ex members directly. Let the schools manage them. AM
  4. a23trucker

    Army Expansion Versus The "Exodus of Experience" - Do We Have A Problem?

    I don't know if this has been asked before but has anyone considered hiring retired members to teach the on CF crse's?  God knows they have the experience. Many of them are in pos'n of instructors/supervisors/managers in Civy life. (I know that back in the '80s I was taught by a newly retired...
  5. a23trucker

    New CF Fitness Policies Coming

    Sorry we would like to but all "parades" must be paid or not conducted. Area directives forbids all voluntary parades (rules are as a result of the voluntary pay sheets for insurance purposes when units ran out of money at the end of the fiscal year; "Pink Paysheets" of the 80's & 90's) Cheers AM
  6. a23trucker

    New CF Fitness Policies Coming

    Bingo......you've nailed it....... The BFT requirement for the reserves was dropped because of the cost of providing adequate work-up training/PT sustainment & the cost of injuries caused during that trg. (I was the investigating officer for one of the first cases where an injury occurred during...
  7. a23trucker

    US Troops To Attack An Ambush (now a discussion on CDN ambush tactics)

    Correct; You must remember that the CSS convoy's mission is to deliver the load, not to destroy the EN. Please remember that we are not always escorted. We (the CSS) do train to dismount & attack, it always has been and will continue to be; if the circumstances deem that course action necessary...
  8. a23trucker

    Reserve rank vs. Reg. rank

    Just as a side bar.... We all tend to put our blinders on when looking at other pers.... All the time we are working with people or they are doing work the same as we are doing we see them as gaining equal experiences as we are getting. The problem is when people are doing different things...
  9. a23trucker

    Role of Officer vs job of NCM [Merged]

    CFR'ing may be more common in the reserves..... The last I heard 40% of offr in the CF do not have degrees. These days, to CFR you must meet the same entry requirements to be an officer, or as stated, for some Sr MWO/CWO near the ends of their careers. (This now takes a real good argument by the...
  10. a23trucker

    Reserve Pension- Merged

    The reserves are the only part time federal employees that are not part of the employers pension plan.....thats the whole reason that the pension reform is going forward. Like most others, I joined to serve, thats enough; however if others are entitled why shouldn't we persue it? AM
  11. a23trucker

    4th Canadian Armed Div Support Group Core RCASC

    If you ever get your hands on a book (now out of print) called "WAIT FOR THE WAGGON" by Arnold Warren, you will get a sense of what life was like in the RCASC during the war. There are many historical notes & anecdotes that talks about the 4th Canadian Armoured Division. My father was part of...
  12. a23trucker

    Comprehension check: TAV

    Didn't this get the blessing of the Director General of acronyms? My fav is when I was issued CSS... Combat Service Support; no, the Combat Sock System...... Cheers AM
  13. a23trucker

    Op Apollo Video

    I believe the music is by  Sting
  14. a23trucker

    Army lessons Learned/AAR Improve How?

    Yes, fresh eyes are always good. But lets not be too hasty about the 30 yr MWO, (as long as their open to change). The fresh eyes will see things that people working within the system will never see because they are too close to the elements that make up the SOP's & TTP's;  i.e. the way we do...
  15. a23trucker

    St Jean, needs changes?

    Gunner: "As the course had shrunk from 20+, to 12, to 9, to 8 weeks, we witnessed not so much a poor level instruction as a less time to practice drills." ........maybe time is the answer..... Rick: "several LOG NCOs who performed basic soldiering skills poorly with the old excuses I hate such...
  16. a23trucker

    St Jean, needs changes?

    Good post.... We should all strive to improve the level of instruction that is going on these days..... I have no personal knowledge of St Jean, but I've seen the level of instruction going down for years now. ...budget cuts...trying to do more with less....fewer training aids....less...
  17. a23trucker

    Seeking the help of Combat Arms personnel

    Don't forget us CSS Folk.... I can envision one of these MAV flying along, a mile or so, in front of a packet of veh, side-scanning for bad guys or IED's. Maybe the interface should be usable from inside a veh....  Cheers AM
  18. a23trucker

    What is your military status?

    Army Reserve since '76.... Was a MWO before commissioning in '95 Lots of full time stints incl 2 & 4 Svc Bn's and teaching at CFSAL.
  19. a23trucker

    Meaford Thread- Merged

    The jamming comes from the same room that has the weather control knob in Range Control.... LOL AM
  20. a23trucker

    Core Values

    From B-GL-300-000/FP-000 Canada's Army The Military Virtues Truth Duty Loyalty Sacrifice Trust Competence Initiative Good Example Ability to Inspire Military Ethos The Army's Expression of the Military Ethos. Within the Canadian army, the military ethos is further amplified and applied in a...
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