Is the CF going to close Borden?

[SupersonicMax]

I agree. Refuse a posting and the COS date becomes your release date.

That is a fine retention initiative right there...

 

[Fishbone Jones]

We're getting off track.

Is the CF going to close Borden, is the question.

Keep it there. The other tangent has been discussed many time before, with the same results.

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[TCBF]

Why don’t we start with the bases we absolutely need: ...
2. Army –

• Four, for the time being, anyway, major bases/training centres, Edmonton/Wainwright, Petawawa, ValCartier and Gagetown will do.
Edited to add: and I'm asking, not advocating.

- I cannot see us closing Borden, as it has a training area, and training areas are in short supply.  Our modern take on templating new weapons means some activities take up more space than they once did.  As for moving 1CMBG to wainwright - rumour has it that the water table at Wainwright could not support another 10,000 people.  Perhaps, as the rural prarie continues to de-populate, that may change.

- I would say, close down St.Jean, move the Recruit School to Dundurn (or Borden), and the Leadership Academy and Language School to Borden.

- Cannot move Greenwood to Shearwater: no space, real estate is too expensive, etc.

- We should revisit the 1950s/60s RCAF proposal for our main arctic airbase being at Lake Hazen, on Ellesmere Island (south of Alert).

 

[Colin Parkinson]

Shilo is (from my experience in training centers) viewed as the less desirable of the two. 

You are stunningly polite and your Mom would be proud that you were able to describe Shilo in such political correct terms. I doubt any of the descriptive words I have for that place would survive the censer bots.

 

[DCRabbit]

Well, thank you very much everyone for all the replies.. both humurous and serious. It was really interesting to read all the opinions on here. For those that were curious, my brother in law is LCol R_____ D_______. he seems to know some higher ups so I dunno. I guess there's no definitive answer to be had. Mind you, it's well located for personnel.. an hour away from TO.. 20 minutes from Barrie and an hour away from cottage country. And with all the closings in southern Ontario.. there really isn't much left for training area for the region.. just Borden and Meaford. Borden has the infrastructure that Meaford lacks. AFAIK the studies on the feasibility of closing Borden were done before places such as London were mostly mothballed.

Again, thanks for the replies, folks!


(Edited by Moderator to remove name.)

 

[bwatch]

Was just hearing the NDHQ building is being dismantled and moving to Swift Current Sk.      :

It's being moved by Truck