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I sincerely and earnestly pray that you never get the chanceRoyalDrew said:
I am interested to see what will happen to DND if Leslie gets elected and is appointed MND. Probably be similar to when Gordon O'Connor was MND i.e. "I don't need to listen to my advisers, I used to be a General, I know best!"
YZT580 said:I sincerely and earnestly pray that you never get the chance
Marauder said:While I utterly disagree with Bruce on his choice of political affiliates (it's hard to express just how deep the unions and Red socialism run in Windsor, though) I will back him to the wall to speak out, especially on his horseshit treatment from VAC after being catastrophically injured in service to this country. The fact that he can walk and speak again, let alone be part of a meeting with a Minister, to discuss the issue of the regional VAC office closures, is a huge victory and testament to his grit. He always loved his brother and sisters in green, but given his treatment by the CF and VAC in the aftermath of his being injured, I can understand his antipathy and deep disappointment towards both institutions.
One other note; we went through QL2/3 at the same time (different training platoons), and put up CPL and walked the gauntlet around the same time. I was still with the unit when he got strafed by the A-10 over in the sand. A lot (a lot) of our cohort ended up in a diaspora across a multitude of MOSIDs, commands, units, and ranks. If you want to think some toon two hook doesn't have primary sources for what goes on across the breadth of DND, feel free, but it's entirely possible you are only telling yourself the story you want to hear.
Marauder said:While I utterly disagree with Bruce on his choice of political affiliates (it's hard to express just how deep the unions and Red socialism run in Windsor, though) I will back him to the wall to speak out, especially on his horseshit treatment from VAC after being catastrophically injured in service to this country. The fact that he can walk and speak again, let alone be part of a meeting with a Minister, to discuss the issue of the regional VAC office closures, is a huge victory and testament to his grit. He always loved his brother and sisters in green, but given his treatment by the CF and VAC in the aftermath of his being injured, I can understand his antipathy and deep disappointment towards both institutions.
One other note; we went through QL2/3 at the same time (different training platoons), and put up CPL and walked the gauntlet around the same time. I was still with the unit when he got strafed by the A-10 over in the sand. A lot (a lot) of our cohort ended up in a diaspora across a multitude of MOSIDs, commands, units, and ranks. If you want to think some toon two hook doesn't have primary sources for what goes on across the breadth of DND, feel free, but it's entirely possible you are only telling yourself the story you want to hear.
It has gotten so bad that the Canadian forces has lowered their physical fitness standard
The submarines that don't float or sink.
The F-18s are 40 years old -- a full two generations removed from being relevant.
It seems that more Sea Kings are falling out of the sky lately than Geese in the month of October.
Advice to any perspective enlistee that they explore all other options first. Only as a last ditch effort should you consider joining the Canadian Forces.
If you so choose to wear the same uniform that so many great men and women did generations before it would behoove you to not be a hero for the sake of you and your family's wellbeing. The decade of darkness has given way to the generation of disgrace.
Marauder said:If you want to think some toon two hook doesn't have primary sources for what goes on across the breadth of DND, feel free, but it's entirely possible you are only telling yourself the story you want to hear.
Ir'm not sure what the authors angle is. I think he's accurate with some observations, inaccurate with others. NOT joining the Canadian forces isn't a way to defend our freedom or even prove a point. I wouldn't vote for someone who's platform is to essentially leave Canada without a military.
Jarnhamar said:One of the first things I noticed clicking on the link in the OP was how he identifies himself. Former soldier. Obviously there's nothing wrong with that but in my opinion most non-military people will automatically think okay he knows what he's talking about and be a subject matter expert if you will. I'd imagine civilians will be predisposed to not question his "facts" such as the 49 rounds a year. By the time inaccuracies have been pointed out, referenced and corrected people have already spent their 15 seconds raging over a story, not doing any research, making a quick inflamatory comment and then moving on to the next story to get outraged about for 15 seconds.
What really stood out to me was that he has a BA in history which mean's he's educated and knows how to conduct research. He's not a dummy. I've wrote an article for a news paper and by the time it made it to print I couldn't even recognize my own work, it was edited and changed into something totally different. The same thing as all of us go through with writing PDRs and PERs. (Hand over my heart I had to modify one of my soldiers PERs 24 times). It's just a guess but I'm inclined to think that this guys story was edited, edited and edited some more so much that inaccuracies popped up and were expanded on.
RoyalDrew said:This may be but he is still ultimately responsible for anything that is put out with his name attached to it.
Another unit that has paved the way for Canadian freedom and democracy is that of the Royal Canadian Regiment or the RCR. 1 and 3 RCR are posted to Petawawa, Ontario. 1RCR was a mechanized infantry unit until recently when it began training as a light infantry unit again. This was not a tactical decision but a budgetary one. The maintenance and upkeep of the LAVIII vehicles is too much for the unit and has caused their fleet to be grounded. If you go to the base you can see the LAVS sitting there under piles of snow. Recent wars have shown that mechanized infantry has been proven to be essential to modern warfare.
To my knowledge there were no Canadian units that deployed to Kandahar in a light infantry role. This is just like the lack of ammunition to train with. The ability to be an effective force is conducive to being able to operate with the equipment required to do ones job. If the soldiers are not able to use the LAVs then their confidence in operating them is reduced and the overall effectiveness is greatly diminished. [Unquote]
HufPo is a essentially a blog service; they screen the people they let host blogs there to a degree, but there is no editing of content to speak of. You're right that the writer is no fool and that he has both the experience and tools needed to write a factual article. In this case he chose not to use them, and decided instead to write a deliberately disingenuous piece intended to misinform the general public and tarnish the image of the CAF for political reasons. If he was once a private, he's now entirely a politician; he should be treated as such.Jarnhamar said:What really stood out to me was that he has a BA in history which mean's he's educated and knows how to conduct research. He's not a dummy. I've wrote an article for a news paper and by the time it made it to print I couldn't even recognize my own work, it was edited and changed into something totally different. The same thing as all of us go through with writing PDRs and PERs. (Hand over my heart I had to modify one of my soldiers PERs 24 times). It's just a guess but I'm inclined to think that this guys story was edited, edited and edited some more so much that inaccuracies popped up and were expanded on.
stealthylizard said:As far as the "49 rounds a year" bit goes, I wouldn't doubt it. When I graduated Infantry DP1 in Sept 08, to the time I deployed to Afghanistan in Sept 09, I had fired just enough live rounds to zero my C-7 prior to it being bagged and shipped overseas. Even blank rounds wasn't much better. Less than 2 mags fired during work-up training.
cryco said:So as someone on the outside trying to get in, I should take his article with a grain of salt?
No truth to his words? Mostly true? Is the CAF undermanned? Underfunded? Under-equipped? Treats their wounded and vets poorly?
You deployed to Afghanistan as an infantry soldier in a rifle company without doing live fire pairs, section, platoon and company attacks in training?
You never trained live fire room and house clearing, or taking out a trench?