It seems that more often than not we throw away traditions in vain attempts to appear relevant and up-to-date in order to appeal to the next generation, and I don't just mean in a military context. My impression is that it seldom seems to work. It doesn't make institution X any more attractive...
I have no issue with "Canadianizing" the monarchy. Like @Kirkhill I don't understand why we didn't take the opportunity to update the styles and just use "King of Canada, Head of the Commonwealth." But I suspect that the whole thing was largely slapped together at the last minute and someone...
To your point, I give you the Canadian proclamation ceremony vs the Australian
The Australians have a much more robust debate about the monarchy than we have ever had but still managed to treat the event with appropriate decorum and seriousness. At least that's my view.
I was at the tattoo at the Civic Centre in Ottawa when the DEUs were revealed to the public for the first time on parade. I could hear someone behind me mutter that the navy folks were "all dressed like petty officers..."
Except for the odd decision to copy the wide black ring worn by US Army general's on their service dress back in the day, only in gold. When the CA reverted to unification rank insignia for generals after pips and crowns were reintroduced I could sort of see the logic in alignment of the maple...
Don't think we're disagreeing. I'd just argue that it was under PET that the perception really began to change, and maybe under the influence of 60's counter culture and Vietnam. But up until then, I think there was a fairly high degree of political consensus in support of NATO and NORAD and...
A case can always be made any new approach. I'm not one to argue the case for unification, but it seems some of our closest allies (US/UK/AUS) have over the intervening years experimented with different approaches to "jointness." While the UK has a joint helicopter force, the squadrons remain in...
I may be wrong, but despite carrying the name of their patron, they only very briefly ever had a "Royal" colonel-in-chief. Princess Patrica gave up her Royal status shortly after her appointment when she married a commoner, and was Lady Patricia for the rest of her life. And while Countess...
In olden times wasn't it brown shoes for officers and black parade boots for NCMs? In any event, unless they're going with a black Sam Browne for officers, surely they'd be going with brown shoes.
Didn't it take a while for Italy to agree to an exemption? I seem to recall that when we were in Lahr in the early 70s there were guys who couldn't deploy with their units to Italy for that reason.
I did say "reasonable," not "likely." I honestly can't see a scenario in which a Canadian government of any political stripe is willing to invest in any new/used tanks. What state were the Centurions in when PET had his come to Jesus moment with Chancellor Schmidt and bought the Leopards? And...
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