FJAG
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I've been having similar thoughts but from a slightly different direction.
Personally, I think that if Canada wants to grow its army it needs to think in terms of bases within large urban centres (but not in old armouries downtown - in newer more "industrial" ones in suburbs) coupled with hybrid urban units and a career profile for full-timers that lets them stay their entire career within that city.
All of those are limited in range facilities but one can have simulators and just enough equipment for individual training and CAX collective training. Several annual exercises would be held by way of flyover onto prepositioned equipment close to the expected theatre of operations. Large cities have ample airport facilities and Canada has, for once, a fleet of transport aircraft that are adequate on both the tactical and strategic airlift level.
That would not need realignment of facilities as one could easily operate out of Trenton and do pickups in Toronto or Montreal or Ottawa or Quebec.
Just as an aside, I parked my napkin force expeditionary division (1 Div) HQ in Winnipeg to be collocated with the RCAF's 1 CAD for air move coordination on an MGen to MGen basis (as well as being more geographically centred amongst it's units.) That's for routine training and not CJOC managed operational deployments.
Petawawa becomes the centre of all things light and special. Ottawa remains it's closest major air facility for strategic lift. I think the Pembroke and Area airport near Petawawa would need some lengthening (and possibly hardening) to handle fully loaded C 17s.
Personally, I think that if Canada wants to grow its army it needs to think in terms of bases within large urban centres (but not in old armouries downtown - in newer more "industrial" ones in suburbs) coupled with hybrid urban units and a career profile for full-timers that lets them stay their entire career within that city.
All of those are limited in range facilities but one can have simulators and just enough equipment for individual training and CAX collective training. Several annual exercises would be held by way of flyover onto prepositioned equipment close to the expected theatre of operations. Large cities have ample airport facilities and Canada has, for once, a fleet of transport aircraft that are adequate on both the tactical and strategic airlift level.
That would not need realignment of facilities as one could easily operate out of Trenton and do pickups in Toronto or Montreal or Ottawa or Quebec.
Just as an aside, I parked my napkin force expeditionary division (1 Div) HQ in Winnipeg to be collocated with the RCAF's 1 CAD for air move coordination on an MGen to MGen basis (as well as being more geographically centred amongst it's units.) That's for routine training and not CJOC managed operational deployments.
Petawawa becomes the centre of all things light and special. Ottawa remains it's closest major air facility for strategic lift. I think the Pembroke and Area airport near Petawawa would need some lengthening (and possibly hardening) to handle fully loaded C 17s.
