New Forums & Sub-Forums? The Evolution of Army.ca

[vangemeren]

I've just noticed this now- (I don't know if this was an oversight or not), but the "Home Front" Board is not included on the Forums drag down list at the top of the page.

 

[Mike Bobbitt]

Thanks! It's now been added.


Cheers
Mike

 

[MdB]

Which addition would you like to see in the forums?
a Combat Arms Forum (no change to existing forums)
a Combat Arms Forum (existing combat arms forums become sub-forums)
a Combat Arms Forum (existing combat arms forums merged to create it)
a Strategy, Doctrine, and Tactics Forum

I don't know if it's old and dead issue now, but I'd like to see a Strategy, Doctrine, and Tactics Forum. I don't know if it's discussed a lot (I do know thinking about infantry attack and some others), but it would have to advantage to bring all threads in many forum under a clear subject.

 

[McG]

We went with the second option.

 

[andpro]

May I suggest a new sub-board for a RMC topic because the on e topic is getting very big

 

[Mike Bobbitt]

Anyone want to dig up some "seed threads" for RMC? I suspect there are plenty out there...

 

[andpro]

http://forums.army.ca/forums/threads/23377.0.html
http://forums.army.ca/forums/threads/30052.0.html
http://forums.army.ca/forums/threads/31567.0.html
http://forums.army.ca/forums/threads/30618.0.html
http://forums.army.ca/forums/threads/30820.0.html
http://forums.army.ca/forums/threads/28634.0.html
http://forums.army.ca/forums/threads/27327.0.html
http://forums.army.ca/forums/threads/19204.0.html
http://forums.army.ca/forums/threads/19225.0.html
http://forums.army.ca/forums/threads/16749.0.html

There is whole bunch more these are only the ones I found on page 1 of 6 when I did a search.

 

[vangemeren]

How about changing the focus a bit to also include ROTP through a civilian university. There seems to be a lot of threads about that topic also. I think they should go together because they are related because not everyone gets into RMC.

Another idea I have is to make a FAQ section for this proposed sub-forum because I'm sure that the same questions keep on getting asked over and over again.

 

[Mike Bobbitt]

The name has been updated to show it's expanded coverage. I don't have time at the moment to move the seed threads in unfortunately, but hopefully we can start that process shortly.


Cheers
Mike

 

[McG]

May I suggest a new sub-board for a RMC topic because the on e topic is getting very big

Would this sub-board fall under "Training" or "Joint" boards?

 

[Mike Bobbitt]

I put it under Recruiting for lack of a better location, but it could belong elsewhere.

 

[Dragoon19]

All
Just a thought after reading a couple of posts in other parts of the Forum,where thing got a little out of hand and there was a slagging match between reserves and some reg force pers. Could there be a forum for "Just Militia" or "Just  Reserves" for topics  and problems on reserve soldiering.
This works very well on a Brit site that I visit  www.arrse.co.uk
I  think that it could work well here and may become a favourite for the reserves.
Just a thought.

 

[Gunner]

This question has come up previously and the site owner and moderators thought a "militia" or "reserve" sub-forum would take away from the cohesiveness that we are trying to generate. There are very few "reserve" specific issues as the army consists of both regulars and reserves.  They should complement each other and each component brings different capabilies to the army. 

I don't think a different forum is going to stop slagging matches between res and regs: certainly the moderators will not allow this to happen.

Having said that, if there is a groundswell of support for a "reserve only" forum, I'm sure Mike Bobbit would be more than willing to create one.

 

[Ex-Dragoon]

However at the same time, you might cause a Reg Force only forum or an RCR only Forum etc etc. See the types of problems such a scenario would bring up?

 

[Fishbone Jones]

Thanks for the idea, but there's no need. The slagging shows up every once in a while, and we let it run hoping it'll sort itself out. Normally doesn't though and we just lock it. It's usually some bitter or twisted person whining that they can't get a tour and placing all the blame on the other side. It's an old, worn out excuse, with no basis in fact and normally ends up getting ignored. If a person wants to blame a complete organisation for their personal problems, they can't really see past the nose on their face, and aren't worth the time to discuss it with anyway.

 

[canadianblue]

I floated this idea to one of the moderators recently, and decided to tell all of you what it is. I believe that this website should create a emergency response [fire, ems, police] forum for all of those who are currently in emergency services, and those considering applying to emergency services. The reason why is from my experience their are alot of x-military who will get into emergency services, as well as those currently in the military who are considering going into an emergency service. This will also allow more people who are civilian's and applying to emergency services a chance to use this forum and gain knowledge from it. We already have an RCMP sub forum, and quite a few members have used it to their advantage, why not go one step further and create a forum specifically for emergency response services. I myself am also considering a career in law enforcement depending on whether or not I make the military a career, and such a forum would greatly help myself if I ever became an applicant.

thanks for the responses.

 

[Ex-Dragoon]

The forum is already provided from what I see here:

http://forums.army.ca/forums/index.php/board,61.0.html

 

[The_Falcon]

Or you can try checking out the blueline forum www.blueline.ca/forum

 

[Mike Bobbitt]

Is there is enough content to warrant an Emergency Response board? The National Security board is a pretty close match, so it might be hard to find threads that specifically fit into Emergency Response... Still, if the need is there it would be no problem to create the board.


Cheers
Mike

 

[Bruce Monkhouse]

I think the RCMP/ Security board pretty much covers stuff that other LEO's would want to put there.