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  1. daftandbarmy

    South Alberta Light Horse Regiment to amalgamate with larger reserve force

    Don't be too sure, they have their recruiting issues too and I assume unit strengths 'ebb and flow' in a way similar to ours. They are, though, far more integrated with the Reg F than our ARes IMHO ;)
  2. daftandbarmy

    South Alberta Light Horse Regiment to amalgamate with larger reserve force

    Short answer: Yes, it works very well. Or at least did when I was there. I think the CAF does a better job at some aspects of training for Officers, with the RESO system, though. Reservists in the UK get a much shorter training period than CAF Reserve Officers and are not really 'on par' with...
  3. daftandbarmy

    South Alberta Light Horse Regiment to amalgamate with larger reserve force

    This is similar to the British model, which relies on a much larger cadre of Reg F training/ admin staff per Reserve Unit than we currently deploy.
  4. daftandbarmy

    Trudeau Popularity - or not. Nanos research

    There, FTFY ;)
  5. daftandbarmy

    British Military Current Events

    Food of the Gods, especially right after a night patrol ;)
  6. daftandbarmy

    Trudeau Popularity - or not. Nanos research

    A 'Hail Mary' effort to take the edge off of the anti-Carbon Tax revolt... it probably won't work: Federal government promising a 'renters' bill of rights' in upcoming budget Trudeau expected to make more pre-budget announcements in coming weeks...
  7. daftandbarmy

    British Military Current Events

    And max. 2 x Weetabix and one piece of fruit, per day, per man... perhaps ;)
  8. daftandbarmy

    South Alberta Light Horse Regiment to amalgamate with larger reserve force

    We were lumbered with alot of 'low' fliers, with a fair dusting of 'castaways' to the Island of Misfit Toys: problem children or those too injured to deploy anywhere. The next posting for the majority of our RSSOs was civvy street.
  9. daftandbarmy

    Hamas invaded Israel 2023

    The moderate Muslim world struggles with radical Islam too, and has done for centuries, which is an interesting study in itself, viz: Moderate and Radical Islam https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/testimonies/2005/RAND_CT251.pdf
  10. daftandbarmy

    Trudeau Popularity - or not. Nanos research

    The economy is tanking under Trudeau, communist or not.... Justin Trudeau Is Tanking Canada’s Economy You can only imagine — and recoil in horror at — the potential damage the Canadian prime minister’s economic illiteracy will unleash Trudeau’s reign has been the worst in the nation’s history...
  11. daftandbarmy

    South Alberta Light Horse Regiment to amalgamate with larger reserve force

    Oh, so you must be talking about when we 'augmented' the Reg F Airborne with an ARes Platoon? Probably the worst experience of my 40+ year career... until 10/90 came along of course ;) Al that whining to say that the ARes-RegF interface needs a good rethink, IMHO...
  12. daftandbarmy

    South Alberta Light Horse Regiment to amalgamate with larger reserve force

    Remembering when that happened during 10/90 and the abuse that was dealt out to the ARes by some of their RegF 'mentors' remains the stuff of (bad) legend ;)
  13. daftandbarmy

    The War in Ukraine

    And it's something to prepare for rather than ignore and hide away somewhere.... “One strange feeling, which I remember clearly, was a powerful link with the slain, particularly those that had fallen within the past hour or two. There was so much death around that life seemed almost indecent...
  14. daftandbarmy

    Justin Trudeau hints at boosting Canada’s military spending

    Indeed... When the Bde HQ downloads all planning for major exercises to a 'lead unit' in the Bde, which started happening regularly around the early 2000s as I recall, they cease to be a proper HQ and become a (pretty inefficient) post office...
  15. daftandbarmy

    The War in Ukraine

    Stay in school, kids ;)
  16. daftandbarmy

    Spartan Myth busting

    Shameless plug - it's a wonderful little seaside town, especially now that peace has broken out. I'd strongly recommend a visit if you haven't been yet... so much nicer than its 'Ugly American' namesake ;) A local's guide to why Holywood has been named best place to live in Northern Ireland...
  17. daftandbarmy

    Justin Trudeau hints at boosting Canada’s military spending

    It's worth doing some kind of study but, for a start using the back of a small envelope, many functions of the (long term, nondeployable, largely sedentary Class B staffed, few line authourity responsibilities) ARes CBG HQs could be civilianized to some extent I'm guessing...
  18. daftandbarmy

    Informing the Army’s Future Structure

    If there was a coherent strategy, and operational plan with the right resourcing, for the Reserves they might be... one of these days. Meanwhile: Michel Maisonneuve: Neglected reserves highlight the dire state of our military Recent comments by the Minister of National Defence, Bill Blair, as...
  19. daftandbarmy

    Special Service Medal - Domestic Operations Bar

    Based on past performance, it's so the CO and RSM can award themselves one for being such great leaders ;)
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