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That's never happened before, and surely our professional, serious government would not apply such logic now.

I am not an aviator by any means, but Boeing has had some incredible problems with cutting corners and poor worksmanship for a while now. I would be unsurprised if this was related.

A bit of an aside, and I'm not sure that anyone would dispute this - but I believe it is fairly clear that nobody was a big winner, or even a winner in unification. It was universally poorly received and still manages to affect us to the day, nearly sixty years later.

More than a part of me suspects that the Deputy Prime Minister cares more for the defence of Ukraine than the defence of Canada - or at least sees 'opportunities for cost savings'. After all, she has an ethnic tie to Ukraine that she clearly values quite highly. I might speculate that she is...

If the data exists, it's probably deep in the archives of the Army G1 cell... It would have been nice to have other opportunities in the infantry (or other arms) than rifle company and recce platoon. That began to materialise once I was gone, but it's also why I went to a combat support corps...

EDIT: Rolled into a bigger post.

That's fair, although I do think there is a place for those who have restrictive family situations, namely in staff roles that most do not seek after, but still need to be done. Ottawa is full of them, and whilst Ottawa needs to be pared down, they will still need to be done. That being said, I...

And honestly - war, particularly high intensity, ground based warfare, is a young man's game. When led by well trained officers & experienced NCOs & WOs, young men are far more able to sustain the tempo & rigours of warfare than those of us in our mid-thirties and beyond. That isn't to say that...

Historian's Craft is a fantastic Youtube channel. Happy to see someone post his videos - most of his stuff is on Late Antiquity, a period which I think has a lot to teach us.

I suspect that it was in reaction to the original pictures leaking out... wouldn't happen to know anyone who got a snip in? ;)

Out of curiosity, where did you see details on the 3B dress's rank insignia? I've looked around for details on the Service Dress, and other than the DLR 5 site, there isn't much.

Any indications of when this uniform will be delivered? I've heard a variety of rumours, mostly centring on 2025, but it'd be nice to have a ballpark to when we will be switching.

https://archive.is/zYUA2 The archive.today site is great. Works for almost all paywalls.

I prefer the Ensign.

Alt-berg Defenders - Full leather brown, Cambrelle lined (I'd say 3.5 seasons). They are very high quality and were stocked at the CANEX last I checked (compliant with BOOTFORGEN). Best all around boot I've had. https://www.altberg.co.uk/boots/combat-boots11/military-ops1

How could one forget the great Wainwright PAT Platoon meth lab bust of 2010?

What happens now is that we try to encourage everyone to be a lifer, rather than encourage as many Canadians to join the Armed Forces for an initial engagement as possible. Any service is valuable to the nation. Further - it is natural for the rank pyramid to thin out as time goes on.

I don't think this is a necessary equivalency. Gen Maisonneuve is correct about his assessment, obviously, but we don't need to utterly gut our services to afford a much better military and have a comprehensive foreign policy. This is all within reach of the government, if it chose to do it...

CJOC does it in 1A, with ideally a Director General issuing the honours and awards in a public (ish) place.

I, like many others before me, have had the privilege of wearing high collared scarlets with a Wolseley helmet and found that for parades in hot months, it did a great deal to make the heat bearable. The helmet in particular shielded nearly the entirety of my face from the sun, whilst allowing...