Recent content by Royal76

Agreed.  I get very sick of the terminology game.  Heard alot of bitching about "advance to contact" vs "manouever to strike."  Terminology changes as concepts evolve.  Hmmm...... sounds like a good task for you to take on before you get posted! :)

CMTC sounds like the army is taking training in the right direction.  My only beef with CMTC is that they are stripping away vehicles/equipment from field force units to kit it out.  The Whole Fleet (mis)Management is wrong and the army is going to pay for this in the long run if we don't sort...

I am interested in exactly where (ie. from who) this "order" came down from as well.  I just did 18 weeks of staff college and the term was used quite liberally, even by Comd LFDTS- who is in charge of army training.  Furthermore the Army has just published a poster with "the three block war" on...

Pommet, Check out the latest CANFORGEN- it has all the details.  I looked into this one last year and called the POC (point of Contact) number at the end of the message.  The guy on the other end of the phone was really helpful. You are correct in saying that in the past HUMINT and CIMIC were...

It happens from time to time. A few reservists have done the pathfinder course.  They're even putting reserves on the advanced recce course.  Not quite sure how that is justified in a "train to need" army........

We put 2 sappers on our basic recce course about 2 years ago.  One of them went on to do Pathfinder shortly thereafter.  More cross-training like this would be a benefit to the all the combat arms.  Back when we had pioneers, our pioneer pl did alot of work with the engineers.

Snr Med A, Roger, now that I have a bit more info, here's the scoop.  You'll be knocked down to Pte and will have to do battle school in it's entirety.  Upon graduation of battle school, you'll be sent to a battalion.  When you get your Cpls will depend on how much reserve time you have in.  you...

That will depend on alot of things.  Are you reg force or reserve?  (I'm not sure how reserve remusters work). What is you current trade and is it open to remuster out of?  There are certain "stressed" trades that are closed for remustering out of (veh tech, LCIS tech, FCS tech, etc- to the bes...

I would agree with Dallaire and MacKenzie but I would not place Dechastelaine up there with great wartime leaders like Simmonds, Currie and McNaughton. BGen Rockingham from the Korean War would also be on my list.

Armyrules, Like the above post mention, recce and pathfinders are seperate entities.  In fact, there are no longer pathfinder platoons in the Canadian Army.  In a light infantry battalion, the recce pl will perform pathfinder tasks (marking/securing LZ/DZs, etc) and you will normally find a few...

TCBF, I agree with your suggestion of re-rolling reserve AD units to a mortar role.  Mortars are still play a very important role in the battlefield.  Unfortunately, most of the arty units shelve them in their stores and train very littel on them (to the best of my knowledge- but I am not a...

Air defense is going to be folded into the new Direct Fire Support (DFS) regiment. The ADATs will be mounted on a LAV chassis and called the Multi-Mission Effects Vehicle (MMEV) and will be primarily used in the anti-tank role.  Skyguard and Javelin will be retired and MMEV will be the only AD...

I've got two Patricia's working for me right now and the rest are Royals.  For what I've heard from all of them is that advancement is quicker in the Patricia's because there is a higher turnover rate.  I had an Adjt back in my reserve unit that was an RCR, all the guys he graduated from RMC...

MdB, You chose both.  You will be asked to chose your regiment and battalion (ex. you can say PPCLI 1,2,3 Bn as your choices or 1 RCR, 3 PPCLI and 2 Vandoo).  A few years ago, they actually used to badge people at the end of Phase III, but I think that they have changed it to the end of phase IV...

Murph, The posting plot will depend on what unit is in high readiness.  Units entering the high readiness phase are "pri 1" for manning.  You are correct in saying that it was the VanDoos last year because they were entering the high readiness cycle.  Generally, there are enough francophones to...