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Only nine months?  I was under the impression that the refit of a ship took a lot longer than that.  Dry dock and all.  Learn something everyday.  :)

I have only seen the first two episodes, and this segment doesn't look anything like it.  Doesn't mean it isn't from a subsequent episode though.  I agree that if this was the only thing I could judge the serie from, it wouldn't turn my crank either.

I think producers have to insert a degree of "hollywood" into a serie like this, otherwise it wouldn't attract an audience outside of military circles.  Even "Band of Brothers" had a degree of Hollywood.  Its not easy to take 20 years of modern peacekeeping and condense it into eight 40...

What would be good right now for this discussion is someone with fresh stats on recruiting, trg and retention.  Last I heard, influx was 4% higher than releases; I believe that was for the last quarter of 2007 but not completely sure.  Is this still valid?  Do we still have the huge PAT platoons...

SeaKingTacco, Feeling better now?  Got it out of your system?  By the way, did you even bother reading my actual posts, or did you simply framed your opinion based on the replies of George and al.  Imagine that!  The nerve of me!  A bunch of old boys slapping themselves in the back about how...

George, Nowhere do I suggest something as drastic as that.  However, remember when people similarly ridiculed the use of the aeroplane as a valid means of delivering firepower?  How about in the 1930s when the army establishments around the world refused to see the tank as anything more than...

popnfresh, Where do I advocate buying less kit???  Nowhere do I suggest we should buy less.  What I suggest is that we need to buy kit that we can deploy operationally with the people we can realistically expect to have.  If it means replacing man with machine to accomplish some tasks...

Good2Golf, Did you prefer the first two posts from George? Nope.  Not at all.  I don't WANT to replace them.  I think we have NO CHOICE but to make them more efficient.  George describes the life of a tank crew as it has been doing business for the past 60 years.  I think there has been no...

Your first two posts were nothing except confrontational.  And I will not bother telling you what there were pointing at.  If you had engaged me with your third post right away, then maybe you could claim some contribution to constructive criticism.  Does this sound like I am objecting to...

Guys, Do you think we will have in 20 years the people to man the equipment we are planning on buying?  MY argument is that we will not, and therefore should buy equipment accordingly.   Funny how everyone buys into the mantra that people are more important than hardware, but no one seems to...

George, I am sharing an informed opinion, hoping for some INTELLIGENT dabate.  Your reply not only doesn't quite measure up, but falls far short of the sort of intelligent debate that usually takes place here.  If you would care to explain where you think I am wrong, I will be very happy to...

Care you explain what you mean? 

Does anyone really believe we will be able to meet the 70,000 regular force strength in 20 years?  We cannot even meet current ceilings, let alone increase them.  Its not a training capacity issue.  It is a demographic reality.  There are less and less people available to the workforce, and when...

Ack.  Thanks.  I didn't think so. 

Did I miss the Government announcement that it was single sourcing the procurement of our next fighter aircraft to Lockheed Martin's F-35, or are we picking up on a journalist uneducated statement and turning it into a fact?