no, a real leader would be resolving the problem
AOR Replacement & the Joint Support Ship (Merged Threads)
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Fortunately Parliament is full of them, so we're good.
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That's great until one of them dies, or does something stupid.
The Gurkhas are a direct result of British imperial colonialism in India. I'm not sure any political leader would throw away their career by creating any program similar to that.
Rather than try to import cheap foreign labour, maybe we could try to fix the issues keeping Canadians away?
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Why, Canadians die and do stupid things as well? As long as you do your best to treat them like human beings, there will be little real issues. It's not like a significant amount of the worlds fleets don't already use them. In fact I think you find that you have far more applicants than slots.
As for "fixing the issues" , Well good luck with that , there is about 5 other westerns navies that would love to know what the solution is.
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XO: Sir, the ship can't sail yet.
CO: Why not XO?
XO: We are out of toyomansi and hot sauces. I have sent some crew to the local Filipino corner store.....
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Commercial fleets... This may be a bit of a surprise, but expectations WRT to both conduct, and security clearances are slightly different between a Panamanian flagged cargo ship, and a Canadian warship.
It would matter if they died, because the immediate question would be "Why is a rich country like Canada using cheap foreign mercenaries to do their work?". It would matter because the first sexual misconduct/assault or plain old assault would result in headlines like "CAF imports predators without proper screening".
Of those five other Western navies, how many are looking at importing cheap foreign labour to fix their issues, vs. actually trying to determine why their own citizens don't want to serve?
There are lots of ideas the CAF could likely use from industry, exploiting workers from developing nations isn't one of them.
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How is it exploiting them? If you pay a decent wage, treat them properly. As for bad press, it's not like the CAF is any stranger to it, for much worse than what you are concerned with.
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This entire discussion is OBE. Permanent residents can apply to the CAF. Our issue is getting the security clearances. It's not a volume thing.
We have well over enough people who apply, only 15% get hired.
This year not a single BMQ has been cancelled due to lack of positions being filled. Bookings for BMQ are filled until mid Jan.
Back to big ships being built at Seaspan.
We have well over enough people who apply, only 15% get hired.
This year not a single BMQ has been cancelled due to lack of positions being filled. Bookings for BMQ are filled until mid Jan.
Back to big ships being built at Seaspan.
An interesting video on the counter UAS system recently installed aboard Asterix.
Link to the manufacturer: MARSS | NiDAR CUAS
Seems like this would be a good addition to the JSS, especially given that class of vessel has the ability to respond kinetically if the system's built-in countermeasures don't defeat the threat.
Link to the manufacturer: MARSS | NiDAR CUAS
Seems like this would be a good addition to the JSS, especially given that class of vessel has the ability to respond kinetically if the system's built-in countermeasures don't defeat the threat.
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Uses the same klaxon as the Enterprise in the first Star Trek.
Waiting to see if JSS1 (Protecteur) gets launched this month, as promised. There seems to be very little in the way of updates available for this program. Perhaps someone familiar with this program can chime in and give us an early Christmas present? 
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Word on the street the CO of Protecteur was out east trying to entice sailors to move West to crew JSS.Waiting to see if JSS1 (Protecteur) gets launched this month, as promised. There seems to be very little in the way of updates available for this program. Perhaps someone familiar with this program can chime in and give us an early Christmas present?
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Knowing the CO of Protecteur that's probably true. He's quite a character, and even his teasing is not teasing if you care to listen. I already put my name forward to work on that ship. But I'm a switch hitter already for coasts.
I didn't realize the RCN was using Starlink.
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Yes some ships have it now, all the ships will get it eventually. Way superior to what we are using now.
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Wasn't there a US CPO charged for illegally installing Starlink on one of their ships?
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The key word is “illegally”.
Follow the procedures; get official blessing and engineering/security oversight and you are fine.
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We have had starlink since June.
TBH the wifi is nice, but it's killed mess life.
TBH the wifi is nice, but it's killed mess life.
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