Weekend BMQ's require a total of 22 training days, so typically about 10-11 weekends (there are 2 variants of the schedules).
The one I'm supporting in Nova Scotia is running from January through until April, with basically 11 of 15 weekends being training weekends for the Candidates, and the...
So.....a cargo ship hits an aircraft carrier, putting it in Souda for a few days of repairs and disrupting the Op Sched a bit. A few weeks later, a ship full of jet fuel (of a type probably used by said aircraft carrier's planes) gets bumped into and sunk...
Once is happenstance.
Twice is...
Follow the path of W Eng and combine the trades...it worked perfectly for them....then condense the school from a fully staffed organization to...not that....then attempt to train all the junior W Eng folks whilst the fleet is in the midst of the FELEX/MLR so they can't actually sail and get...
The old story of 'when war comes, you have what you've got onhand' rings true.
We're looking right now at wars and rumours of wars - Ukraine has had us send a bunch of gear overseas, but little if any has actually been replaced in our stocks yet. Have we replaced the Leos that we sent over...
Kevin,
I don't have the Collectors Grade books on the OICW and XM8 on my shelf.
I do have a copy of the Ross Story and the others though.
The SPIW tale is a fascinating one. (That we should absolutely not follow.)
NS
Looks back at history
Reviews SCHV
Reviews Project SALVO
Reviews EM2 history
Reviews T44 and T48 history
Reviews 60+ year development of the Stoner DI system
Um.
Why.....?
Does no-one in small arms look back at the old Ezell books and see what's been tried already before wasting...
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