highland regiment in the reg forces?

[Jonny Boy]

i just think we should re-place one of our present reg force regiments with a Scottish regiment. we have enough in the reserves. so in that way for example we would have the Scots, french and English in the regs.

 

[Jungle]

No, we need proportional representation. So we need a new Battalion, let's say we call it "the 1st Batt, the Royal Canadian Ethnic Regiment". It could contain a European Coy, an Asian Coy and an African Coy. In the European Coy, we could have a Western European Pl, a Mediterrean Pl, and an Eastern European Pl... In the Asian Coy, a south-west Asia Pl, a south-east Asia Pl and an entire Chinese Pl. In the African Coy, we could include the Middle-East... But with this set-up, there is no room for Commonwealth countries, or scandinavians... geese, maybe we should stand a new Brigade after all...

 

[Danjanou]

No, we need proportional representation. So we need a new Battalion, let's say we call it "the 1st Batt, the Royal Canadian Ethnic Regiment". It could contain a European Coy, an Asian Coy and an African Coy. In the European Coy, we could have a Western European Pl, a Mediterrean Pl, and an Eastern European Pl... In the Asian Coy, a south-west Asia Pl, a south-east Asia Pl and an entire Chinese Pl. In the African Coy, we could include the Middle-East... But with this set-up, there is no room for Commonwealth countries, or scandinavians... geese, maybe we should stand a new Brigade after all...

Jungle will each platoon have it's own distinctive ethnic dress items? ;D

Poor RSM of that Bn will be having kittens.

 

[Infanteer]

I vote "1st Regiment".....

 

[Jungle]

Guys, it's just a proposal... of course we need to listen to every group represented in the unit/ formation. Then we need to 1) discuss, 2) argue, 3) compromise, 4) go home, 5) come back... repeat steps 1 to 5 as many times as necessary... by the time we agree, the result will look nothing like the original idea, and will be 20 years late. THAT is the Canadian way !!!

 

[Infanteer]

Don't forget "Form a Committee" and "Have a Public Inquiry when that doesn't Work"....

 

[TCBF]

"countries, or scandinavians... geese, maybe"

Geese?  You wan't to enrol GEESE?!?  Oh man, they crap all over the place.  How are you going to get around that?

 

[Jungle]

"countries, or scandinavians... geese, maybe"

Geese?   You wan't to enrol GEESE?!?   Oh man, they crap all over the place.    How are you going to get around that?

Why not ?!?! Maybe we could organise them in a surveillance Sqn, to supplement the UAVs... :blotto:
What's the matter, you don't like Geese ?? You don't think there is room for Geese in Canada ??
Be very careful, or we may display a painting of you in the war museum, in a trophy shot after a day of Goose hunting...

 

[Jonny Boy]

Why the Scottish? If you want to represent the new ethnic makeup of Canada you'd probably want to form some sort of Asian or Muslim regiment before you formed a Scottish one. I admit it would be great to have a regular force highland unit, but your reasoning is flawed in a way. besides, what unit do we turn into a reserve unit? The RCR, the PPCLI (seeing as you seem to want to keep the Vandoos)?

you should not base a regiment on religion so i would not encourage a Muslim regiment, also we don't have any regiment that are based  on on a certain contanant, for example the north American regiment.so we wouldn't have Asia.

i was just interested in joining a highland regiment and wanted to know if there was a highland regiment that was in any way attached with the reg force. i now know there isn't.

with all this stuff about Asian regiments and Muslim regiments, t I honestly thing we should stick to the countries that founded this country. the ones that came here and planted there flag in the ground.

there is no rule saying that we have to keep Scots in a Scottish  reg, there can be Asians and Muslims in therm. there is no need to start a new regiment. just have like a highland regiment attached to the regs some how. it could be as simple as a highland company in the RCR.

if we had to i would make the RCR a reserve unit. just my opinion though.

 

[the 48th regulator]

if we had to i would make the RCR a reserve unit. just my opinion though

Whoa

There goes an arty sim in the lions cage...


dileas

tess

btw 4RCR is a reserve regiment.

 

[TCBF]

Why would you, proposing a Reg For H/S Regt, want to convert to reserves the senior infantry regiment, the one - in fact - that absorbed the last Reg For Black Watch bn in Gagetown in 1970?
If you wanted to propose a 'true' regimental system where we had 9 reg for regts of one bn each, that is one thing.

It seems to me, promoting a new reg force h/s regt would lead to DND funded studies of birth rate decline and future demographics.  You may well end up in a regt wearing shalwar kameez, rather than kilts.

Sad but true.

My heart goes out to all "oatmeal savages" everywear.

p.s. It is 1230 hours in Edmonton, and I am eating oatmeal.

Tom

 

[Kat Stevens]

you should not base a regiment on religion so i would not encourage a Muslim regiment, also we don't have any regiment that are based  on on a certain contanant, for example the north American regiment.so we wouldn't have Asia.

i was just interested in joining a highland regiment and wanted to know if there was a highland regiment that was in any way attached with the reg force. i now know there isn't.

with all this stuff about Asian regiments and Muslim regiments, t I honestly thing we should stick to the countries that founded this country. the ones that came here and planted there flag in the ground.

there is no rule saying that we have to keep Scots in a Scottish  reg, there can be Asians and Muslims in therm. there is no need to start a new regiment. just have like a highland regiment attached to the regs some how. it could be as simple as a highland company in the RCR.

if we had to i would make the RCR a reserve unit. just my opinion though.

The Scots didn't "plant their flag" here any more than the Irish or Welsh did. The Union Flag was planted by soldiers of the British( not English, Scottish, Irish, or Welsh) army. a highland company in a regular infantry regiment would make for some interesting marchpasts...slow, slow, quick quick, slow...  And you feel justified in spending the cash in order to dismantle a reg force regiment, and standing up a highland regiment?  Should take care of most of that $13 billion in short order...

CHIMO,  Kat

 

[Cpl.Banks]

Its been a while Since I last posted , moving, but last time I checked when England brought the union jack over here there were alot of Irish, Welsh and of course Scottish soldiers filling the ranks and files. And hey?! didn't they send a Highland regiment over here??? Yeah thats what I thought we should keep the regiments with tradition...OK we can have a Gurkha regiment but thats because they kick ass! When(if) we get more money maybe we can raise a new regiment * Cough Scottish Regiment! Cough* My two cents!
UBIQUE!!!!

 

[Kat Stevens]

Did you bother reading what I said in context?  There is no ENGLISH reg force regiment, no WELSH reg force regiment, no IRISH reg force regiment... why in the 9 rings of hell would there be a HIGHLAND regiment?  The flag statement was meant to convey that soldiers from all over the BRITISH ISLES  planted the BRITISH UNION FLAG, not the Scottish lion, Irish harp, or Welsh dragon flags.  EEEEESH.....

Kat

 

[Cpl.Banks]

Fair enough, I just wanted to point out that there were Highland regiments fighting  in Canada so why not keep them alive?(in the regs)I should have been a little bit more clear.
UBIQUE!!!

 

[Jonny Boy]

Did you bother reading what I said in context?  There is no ENGLISH reg force regiment, no WELSH reg force regiment, no IRISH reg force regiment... why in the 9 rings of heck would there be a HIGHLAND regiment?  The flag statement was meant to convey that soldiers from all over the BRITISH ISLES  planted the BRITISH UNION FLAG, not the Scottish lion, Irish harp, or Welsh dragon flags.  EEEEESH.....

Kat

what i meant by English regiment was the PPCLI. Princess Patricia, she was very English. than we have the vandoo's (french) . if it was the British army that planted the flag than lets have a British regiment, there could be a company for each country in the UK.

it was just a thought though. it will never happen. the government never gives the military enough money to do anything really big like that.

OH and the Scottish flag is not a lion. the Scots flag is the one i have as my pic. it is the st Andrews cross

 

[Infanteer]

you should not base a regiment on religion so i would not encourage a Muslim regiment,

...but forming them along ethnic (Scots/Irish) lines is ok?

The Commonwealth has seen the service of Sikh regiments for hundreds of years.

with all this stuff about Asian regiments and Muslim regiments, t I honestly thing we should stick to the countries that founded this country. the ones that came here and planted there flag in the ground.

So all those Chinese fellows who built that railroad don't count as "founders"?  How about the Natives (we do/did have an Algonquin regiment, did we not) - New Zealand has been promoting Maori culture within their Army.

if we had to i would make the RCR a reserve unit. just my opinion though.

Thanks for your opinion, the RCRs, with over 100 years of active service to Canada, appreciate it....

 

[Inch]

what i meant by English regiment was the PPCLI. Princess Patricia, she was very English. than we have the vandoo's (french) . if it was the British army that planted the flag than lets have a British regiment, there could be a company for each country in the UK.

it was just a thought though. it will never happen. the government never gives the military enough money to do anything really big like that.

OH and the Scottish flag is not a lion. the Scots flag is the one i have as my pic. it is the st Andrews cross

Have a read of the history of the Princess Pats, it's a little more than what you think. http://www.ppcli.com/main_file.php/history/25/
So in fact, the PPCLI was funded by a Canadian citizen so it's much more Canadian than British, at least that's how I read the history.

As for the Scottish flag, there are two, the one with the lion is the Royal Flag of Scotland. http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/home/scotland/saltire.html

 

[Jungle]

The R22eR is not French, it is French-Canadian. There is a big difference... There is no link to France or one of it's regions or Regiments, just the language.
Have you thought about going to Scotland ?? They have Scottish units there...  :
Myself, I'm perfectly happy being Canadian. 

 

[Jonny Boy]

...but forming them along ethnic (Scots/Irish) lines is OK?

a Scottish/ Irish regiment does not force you to follow a religion. it allows anyone to join. if a Muslim wanted to join a Scottish regiment they could, they would be able to were there religious items. if a Scot were to join a Muslim regiment. they would not be able to were for example a kilt. you should not base a regiment on religion.

The Commonwealth has seen the service of Sikh regiments for hundreds of years.

yes and where are all those Sikh regiments?

So all those Chinese fellows who built that railroad don't count as "founders"?  How about the Natives (we do/did have an Algonquin regiment, did we not) - New Zealand has been promoting Maori culture within their Army.

the Chinese did not found Canada. they came here after the British/ french founded this country. they played a part in developing this country but nothing to do with the defence against the Americans in 1812 or anything in the 1800's when Canada was being born. oh and yes there is a Algonquin regiment. 

Thanks for your opinion, the RCRs, with over 100 years of active service to Canada, appreciate it....

no problem. the Scottish regiments have been helping defend Canada for around 250 years, a little longer than the RCR. i never said i didn't appreciate it. all i said was i would like to see a Scottish regiment in the regs. no need for smart *** remarks.

The R22eR is not French, it is French-Canadian. There is a big difference... There is no link to France or one of it's regions or Regiments, just the language.
Have you thought about going to Scotland ?? They have Scottish units there...  :
Myself, I'm perfectly happy being Canadian. 

yes i am extremely happy being Canadian my family came here in the 1850's. i still like the Scottish regiments. they are the toughest sons of ******* i have seen. also i like there traditions.