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Depends on what the standards are. This was a point with the FDNY fitness test being found to be entirely unrelated to the job, and the standards kept high. What the job actually required wasn’t being measured. When the test was rebuilt women were able to pass it - because they can carry hose up...

CGs were a section weapon, then became a platoon weapon. For a long time the SRAAW H - Eryx was a section level weapon. Right now we don’t have that ability to defeat armour at the section level and I care more about that than I do a designated marksman. In the UK context they have NLAWs pushed...

Well don’t I feel silly

Since you asked and @Fabius suggested this to be the place to discuss I thought I’d offer my thoughts here. I think the sections first and foremost needs to be defined by its tasks and the space it can fight in. Its tasks are known, but with the increase in thermal optics and small drones we...

With any change to the C9, beyond simply buying new ones which other have spoken to the problems of, is that it would likely require a rethink of how we work at section and platoon level. Which is fine, but it becomes a more complex question than what’s the best LMG - and instead becomes how...

Replying so this doesn’t get lost between copper wire theft reports and comparisons between oil field camps and radar stations.

84s are to updated to M4s with the Aimpoint BCS. To @Fabius ’s point when I spoke to someone involved in the project that NLAW was looked at but rejected as the cost per NLAW has risen pretty dramatically. C9s probably need replacing as but with what I don’t know. I never really had a problem...

Are you suggesting that because of the fact that the Australians have a large set of unstable countries consisting of dense island chains directly neighbouring them their requirements for anti ship missiles might be different that that’s probably not that critical to our LRPF procurement?

Crazy crazy idea - have the reserve regiments parade in Shilo over weekends. We have simulators for everything, a training area, and the MTF for facilities. There’s even clothing stores and messes, and accommodations available. Failing that parade out of a school building at 17 Wing. We are...

Reg force vacation benefits are off set by your spouse having to start over every 5 years so they’ll never have the same vacation days you do.

Again nothing speaking about anti ship missiles, and we have multiple systems that can already do that. I don’t know if I’ve ever seen any thing ever discussing an anti ship missile capability for the Canadian Army. The Polish procurement is a poor example because of how our accounting covers...

Where are we getting this anti ship missile task from ? Did I miss the procurement announcement or RFI? It’s certainly not something I’ve seen.

Well there’s a giant can of worms lol

I don’t disagree I’m just making the point that if we’re assuming compensation for one portion is based off a five day work week the. It ought be applied to all. I actually like the training bounty the Brit offer. Full attendance for the calendar year and green dag? He’s 1500 on December 15th.

Yes apologies I fed the troll and thought I was arguing in good faith.

ah yes, of course, I enjoy that I can buy groceries with that leave. Really though if we’re going to determine part time pay based on a five day work week, then surely that assumes that all of the CAFs pay is built around a five day work week. Ergo over time or work in excess ought to be...

Does that mean I should get extra if I work weekends?

“Not questioning the necissity or importance of LRPF, but in the context of continental defense the concept of flying a HIMARS into the north with 1-2 long range missiles seems l superficially really cool. But on second look, would we not be better served with more P8's with the right weapons?”...

You when you suggest the capability could be replaced by more P8s. Chunmoo is an overseas pipeline, and has been procured by countries who don’t face the requirement of having to deploy their army across the Atlantic or Pacific.

Which is a stipulation only who applied to it. In the context of something we aren’t really designed to do as an army how does this fit into it? That’s the framing. Yea exactly, it could but it’s going to be doing a lot more. Comparing it to a P8 is silly. I also wouldn’t expect the P8 to...