Recent content by Edward Campbell

I also read, somewhere, over there last few days - sorry, I've been a bit distracted with my own health issues - a proposal (I have no idea how serious) to allow Commonwealth citizens to join the CF and secure an expedited path to PR/citizen for themselves and immediate family members.

It's important to remember that THE key driver for the MCDVs was political direction to "do something" to revitalize (save?) some yards, it ended up being Halifax Shipyards but my memory suggests it was not Minister Lamontagne's first choice.

We, in NDHQ's materiel Engineering branch who were responsible for making it happen, called the whole DEU thingy "Coates of Many Colours" in honour of the Hon. Robert Carman Coates, P.C., Q.C., M.P., the MND of the day, who imposed the DUE on us.

I recall them being called, mostly, "the jolly green jumper" or "CF greens," as if there was some other sort of green uniform about - maybe "US (Army) greens?" 🤷‍♂️

That would be me ... I was a Liberal voter as a youngster; I believed Mike Pearson was a better leader than John Diefenbaker and had a better team and a better plan. Then came 1965 and the 'Trois colombes:' Marchand, Pelletier and Trudeau. Although I disagreed with Jean Marchand on many issues I...

I think, and I know that many disagree, that we us the terms integration. and unification incorrectly. Both terms originated in the USA in the 1940s and both came into Canadian use from the USA. In the USA unified means, essentially, joint. The Pentagon, itself, and the major commands (PACOM...

How about 150± of these folks, based in Ottawa, for public duties and as an augmented force for e.g. demonstrations and diplomatic security? Oh, and a band, too.

As a broad, general principle, using "market forces" to solve public policy issues that involve scarcity is a good thing, especially for those who claim to be conservatives or Conservatives. But, I have two problems: I cannot figure our what is "scarce' in global climate change except for the...

And a similar one in Tampa Bay over 40 years ago

From The RCR: Fellow Royal Canadians, We regret to inform you of the passing of WO Gerry Hebert, CD (ret’d) age 56 of Powassan, ON on 13 March 2024. Obituary for Gerry Hebert as posted on the A.M...

I can't remember the exact dates but I think it was the winter of 1991/92 when THE key TCCCS procurement, design and standards decision was made ... can you say Mazankowski?

When we managed 4%, and more, the public attitude was much, much different. In the late 1940s and throughout the 1950s Canada was, overwhelmingly pro-American and anti-communist - the Berlin Blockade and Korean War had shown us, clearly, that Stalin was a real, measurable threat to our own peace...

The challenge for the engineer is to add ALL the "bells and whistles" that YOU actually NEED - and figuring out just what they are can be as bloody daunting task - without making the thing fragile. There is a field called RAMD - Reliability, Availability, Maintainability, Durability -...

France reports the entire Paris and Marseilles Fire Departments (about one infantry division worth of people) as part of its military. They even parade with the Army on Bastille Day.