CAF Security Forces [Split from RCN Anti Drone Weapon]

[SeaKingTacco]

CFHA, since 2021, has increased the stock of RHUs, nationwide by….

41.

 

[Quirky]

CFHA, since 2021, has increased the stock of RHUs, nationwide by….

41.

While posting yearly million dollar profits and pouring insane money into renovating 80 year old buildings.

 

[Colin Parkinson]

For step one to work you need people to teach those courses, which means you need to retain experience (or leverage the local economy for ex-military civilian instructors). There are huge wait times for courses because your schools are in places like Borden, which are overwhelmingly expensive places to live for instructors who are typically in their 30's-40's with families. For step one to work you need to build more housing, and provide free daycare for military families so their spouses can work, on these training bases first. How many PMQs has Borden, for example, built in the last 10 years? Canada can easily hit the 2% target with infrastructure projects across the CAF alone.

edit: off-topic again damn it.

This camp will be up for sale soon

 

[Jarnhamar]

The new Special Airfield Security (SAS) trade recruiting video should be a wild one.

 

[Quirky]

This camp will be up for sale soon

Great for the students on course. Or single members just posted into bases where they can save major $$ for property down payments. My first year at my first posting I lived in shacks paying $78/month, no rations. This gave me a jump start into the local housing market the following summer, even with a modest and reliable car payment.

 

[QV]

Great for the students on course. Or single members just posted into bases where they can save major $$ for property down payments. My first year at my first posting I lived in shacks paying $78/month, no rations. This gave me a jump start into the local housing market the following summer, even with a modest and reliable car payment.

Quirky is on to something. The CAF should provide very low cost housing (paying for utilities only) for new members to help them get a start. Since nothing the government is going to do will bring down actual housing costs, the CAF could provide that. It would be a great recruiting tool.

 

[dapaterson]

The new Special Airfield Security (SAS) trade recruiting video should be a wild one.

"Tired of living in the field? Tired of infantry leadership? Try being a base guard instead! Same pay, live in real buildings, and get treated like an adult!"

 

[Jarnhamar]

Quirky is on to something. The CAF should provide very low cost housing (paying for utilities only) for new members to help them get a start. Since nothing the government is going to do will bring down actual housing costs, the CAF could provide that. It would be a great recruiting tool.

Didn't landlords take DND to court over the low cost of PMQs a few years back which they argued negatively impacted their livelihood blah blah which resulted in the prices of PMQs getting raised?

 

[dapaterson]

Quirky is on to something. The CAF should provide very low cost housing (paying for utilities only) for new members to help them get a start. Since nothing the government is going to do will bring down actual housing costs, the CAF could provide that. It would be a great recruiting tool.

Why? A Cpl Basic non spec gets paid above the average Canadian income.

 

[QV]

Didn't landlords take DND to court over the low cost of PMQs a few years back which they argued negatively impacted their livelihood blah blah which resulted in the prices of PMQs getting raised?

Don’t know. But I was thinking about singles quarters… the shacks.

 

[QV]

Why? A Cpl Basic non spec gets paid above the average Canadian income.

Singles quarters only, for first 3-5 years of employment… provide a unique incentive to join.

Is that above average of all income classes (including those working min wage jobs) or above average of all full time career jobs that involve some level of training?

 

[Jarnhamar]

Don’t know. But I was thinking about singles quarters… the shacks.

A single room in Petawawa will run someone $200ish a month which isn't terrible. Lack of kitchen (usually) means live in members are reliant on ration strength which i believe is still pretty pricy.

I'm all for making the shacks even cheaper thought.

 

[Quirky]

Why? A Cpl Basic non spec gets paid above the average Canadian income.

So? You’re going to jack up living costs to match the suffering of the Canadian public instead of making CAF employment more attractive for junior members?

 

[RangerRay]

Most other countries don’t let people just walk onto their bases as a default.

You mean they don’t have Commissionaires that would wave in a VW van load of Libyan terrorists?

 

[OldSolduer]

You mean they don’t have Commissionaires that would wave in a VW van load of Libyan terrorists?

Or maybe people armed with....

Pointed sticks? or Bananas?

 

[Remius]

So? You’re going to jack up living costs to match the suffering of the Canadian public instead of making CAF employment more attractive for junior members?

Isn’t that the way here though? Race to the bottom to match the suffering level of Canadians?

no one should have tax payer provided benefits except the CAF?

Funny how we rail against other sectors benefits but when it’s the CAF it’s different.

 

[Remius]

Didn't landlords take DND to court over the low cost of PMQs a few years back which they argued negatively impacted their livelihood blah blah which resulted in the prices of PMQs getting raised?

I wonder how many of those landlords were serving or former caf members…

 

[Remius]

Singles quarters only, for first 3-5 years of employment… provide a unique incentive to join.

Is that above average of all income classes (including those working min wage jobs) or above average of all full time career jobs that involve some level of training?

both. At least at the NCM level in most jobs

 

[Booter]

Quirky is on to something. The CAF should provide very low cost housing (paying for utilities only) for new members to help them get a start. Since nothing the government is going to do will bring down actual housing costs, the CAF could provide that. It would be a great recruiting tool.

taxable benefit. Sorry.

 

[PuckChaser]

taxable benefit. Sorry.

Until it's legislated that it's not. Parliament sets CRA rules and tax code, not random public servants.