FormerHorseGuard
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here is a thought or two I have today on this matter
1) CDS goes to the Minister of Defence , gets told the job they want him to do , CDS picks the units, the man power etc, goes back to the MofD says this is what we have for the mission and it costs X dollars. MofD pays X dollars, No more of the leaders setting the mandates and trying to decided what they want to send or could send. We pay a lot of Generals to make the decesion, let them make them un altered .
2) equipment matters, CDS looks at requirements and what is need now, what is needed this year, and what is needed in the future, gives list to MoD , MoD instead of farming it out to various little companies to do the make work projects , he gets it attached to other NATO standing bids, who cares where the truck is made, if it can fit the bill, keep costs down, be on time with delivery dates, spares parts are easy to aquire, it does not have to be made in Canada, or designed here. It just has to work here and work over seas. No more of taking it and redesigning it to fit Canadian content.
3) weapons & equipment . airforce, navy and army should have 3 lists : list what they need right now to do a job, what they need to maintain what they have, long term needs. start replacing equipment before it is so old museums have the spare parts on display, instead of buying 1500 new trucks in one year buy the same number of trucks over 5 years so they do not all wear out at same time.
4) Troop level, Reg Force should have full size units, a company, sqn, air wing, ships company, full size, put the man power where it is needed.Equip to full size units, no need to borrow or fake exercises, do not learn from driving a truck with the wrod tank on the side and pretending it is a tank. Real equipment will train better soldiers. Res forces will always have a manning problem, solutions are many, but none will work with out laws in affect to protect jobs at home.
5) Money increase the budgets, increase the budgets, and did I say increase the budgets. Spend money now before we have to replace an entire navy or air force and replace all the equipment the army has. Increase pay and benefits to keep the troops on the job. Provide better care for them at home so they want to stay in and serve . Increase budgets to pay for what is needed, and pay for less pf the unneeded stuff like new office decorations, less pay for VIP non sense, I know the VIP stuff is important but do not need spend as much as they spend, fancy dinners and stuff feed thme mres or excess rations from the mess hall
I use the trucks thing as example, but i think most major purchases should be looked at way. every Nato nation is buying new equipment, bulk orders do keep costs down.
1) CDS goes to the Minister of Defence , gets told the job they want him to do , CDS picks the units, the man power etc, goes back to the MofD says this is what we have for the mission and it costs X dollars. MofD pays X dollars, No more of the leaders setting the mandates and trying to decided what they want to send or could send. We pay a lot of Generals to make the decesion, let them make them un altered .
2) equipment matters, CDS looks at requirements and what is need now, what is needed this year, and what is needed in the future, gives list to MoD , MoD instead of farming it out to various little companies to do the make work projects , he gets it attached to other NATO standing bids, who cares where the truck is made, if it can fit the bill, keep costs down, be on time with delivery dates, spares parts are easy to aquire, it does not have to be made in Canada, or designed here. It just has to work here and work over seas. No more of taking it and redesigning it to fit Canadian content.
3) weapons & equipment . airforce, navy and army should have 3 lists : list what they need right now to do a job, what they need to maintain what they have, long term needs. start replacing equipment before it is so old museums have the spare parts on display, instead of buying 1500 new trucks in one year buy the same number of trucks over 5 years so they do not all wear out at same time.
4) Troop level, Reg Force should have full size units, a company, sqn, air wing, ships company, full size, put the man power where it is needed.Equip to full size units, no need to borrow or fake exercises, do not learn from driving a truck with the wrod tank on the side and pretending it is a tank. Real equipment will train better soldiers. Res forces will always have a manning problem, solutions are many, but none will work with out laws in affect to protect jobs at home.
5) Money increase the budgets, increase the budgets, and did I say increase the budgets. Spend money now before we have to replace an entire navy or air force and replace all the equipment the army has. Increase pay and benefits to keep the troops on the job. Provide better care for them at home so they want to stay in and serve . Increase budgets to pay for what is needed, and pay for less pf the unneeded stuff like new office decorations, less pay for VIP non sense, I know the VIP stuff is important but do not need spend as much as they spend, fancy dinners and stuff feed thme mres or excess rations from the mess hall
I use the trucks thing as example, but i think most major purchases should be looked at way. every Nato nation is buying new equipment, bulk orders do keep costs down.