New Canadian Shipbuilding Strategy

[Underway]

If dry stream is "never go to sea" then the CAF needs to reign in the RCN - the technical term for a MARS / NWO who never goes to sea is a civilian, and those positions need to be appropriately changed.

The wet and dry list has existed since I joined, it was always unofficial and informal, though recognized by leadership out loud eventually (2007 approx). Now its formalized in a different way.

You can join the Staff officer stream at any point in time in the new org . And as far as "never go to sea" that's not entirely true. They deploy where the operations staff are required, as part of a task group commanders team, overseas with allied navies, in a deployed HQ and so on. Just won't be permanent positions for them on ship. More like air det. This is a trained career path with its own career development stream. These are the watch officers ashore, the admirals operational planning staff, UXV's detachments, harbour security, NTOG, Clearance Divers, and a whole host of other things.

Frankly civilians can't do this job.

 

[Underway]

Its actually not required. And too many are turning down the opportunity. It was a major topic of discussion on our most recent Log symposium, from their occupation management side.

So they are choosing to never get promoted. Unless Log is waiving that requirement now for Sea Log. Well that's a thing I guess.

 

[FSTO]

The wet and dry list has existed since I joined, it was always unofficial and informal, though recognized by leadership out loud eventually (2007 approx). Now its formalized in a different way.

You can join the Staff officer stream at any point in time in the new org . And as far as "never go to sea" that's not entirely true. They deploy where the operations staff are required, as part of a task group commanders team, overseas with allied navies, in a deployed HQ and so on. Just won't be permanent positions for them on ship. More like air det. This is a trained career path with its own career development stream. These are the watch officers ashore, the admirals operational planning staff, UXV's detachments, harbour security, NTOG, Clearance Divers, and a whole host of other things.

Frankly civilians can't do this job.

There is a finite number of Command positions and many of us realized at a point in our careers that we weren't going to get there but we could have rewarding careers as a MARS/NWO non the less.

 

[Halifax Tar]

So they are choosing to never get promoted. Unless Log is waiving that requirement now for Sea Log. Well that's a thing I guess.

Seems so. I know a LCdr with absolutely zero time posted to a ship.

Lots of people want that 8-4 with out any of the Navy bits it seems.

 

[Halifax Tar]

There is a finite number of Command positions and many of us realized at a point in our careers that we weren't going to get there but we could have rewarding careers as a MARS/NWO non the less.

One must become comfortable with the level they have risen too. Its a hard concept for many to grasp.

 

[Kirkhill]

The Royal Navy Started Building 2 46,400 Lion-Class Battleships: 130,000 Horsepower, 9 16-Inch Guns and None Ever Sailed

HMS Lion and HMS Temeraire were designed to displace 46,400 tons at deep load. Construction records put assembled material at 218 tons and 121 tons.

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Florida company 3D prints a drone boat using robotic arms

A Florida company that started out printing furniture with giant robotic arms is now applying that same technology to something considerably more consequential, building drone boats for the U.S. military layer by layer instead of piece by piece. Haddy, a

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Two ends of the spectrum.

I suspect the RCD will find itself at the same end as Lion Class Battleships.

There is a lot more room for growth, and rapid growth, with 9 day builds than with 3 decade programs.

2026 to 2036 with an out date of 2050.
Suppose we compare that to this timeline:
1936 to 1946 with an out date of 2060 (Edit: Typo - meant to say 1960).
I think the rate of change currently is at least comparable to that of WW2.

I agree we should plan based on available evidence and known knowns.

However, I think we have to stay alive to the possibility that the future may be something else entirely.