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It's a very straight foward question. I don't know if it's been discussed earlier, but I want to bring foward the development of skills in the infantry in relation with standard regiments, as we have, an airborne regiment, which has some special skills (light inf., mountain, airborne, urban area fighting knowledge...) and special forces, JTF2 in the case of the CF.
I'll quote again In the Breach (http://armyapp.dnd.ca/dlsc-dcsot/main.asp), chapter 7: Have we lost the esprit the corps in the infantry battalion?, by MWO Mark Baisley (pp. 77-82). This quote is on page 81:
"If we are to try to keep our soldiers in, we will have to try to encourage better and more challenging training as well as find a way to move soldiers to another level. The former Canadian Airborne Regiment was a great stepping stone between the battalion and Joint Task Force (JTF) II. This is now gone. Those who cannot attain the high standards of JTF II have no middle ground. Therefore, those not finding that next level of attainable challenge often get out."
How could we have again, and in which form, this sort of step to motivate soldiers aspiring to higher levels of the infantry skills?
For my part, I rather think about a Canadian version of USMC or RM. Along the reading, more and more military experts are suggesting some sort of intermediate special forces capability, refering to USMC or RM. For sure Canada couldn't afford a unit the size of USMC or RM, but still this could paliate to the lack of a CAR. As JTF2 has some difficulties to reach authorized strength (which has been augmented in Federal Budget 2005), this could be a great step, level, between standard regiments and special forces.
To add bulk to all this, I suggest 2 reading coming from the Canadian Army Journal:
CAJ, Volume 6, Number 2 - Summer 2003, A Special Operations Capability for Canada, by Major J.H.G. Lizotte (pp. 23-35), who's suggesting a USMC model for an intermediate capability between conventional and special forces.
CAJ, Volume 5, Number 2 - Summer 2002, Light Infantry Battalions: Fledging Swans of a Joint Force, by Lieutenant-Colonel Pat Stogran (pp. 66-70), who gives a perspective on light infantry battalions as rapid deployment forces.
Thanks for you views and infos.
I'll quote again In the Breach (http://armyapp.dnd.ca/dlsc-dcsot/main.asp), chapter 7: Have we lost the esprit the corps in the infantry battalion?, by MWO Mark Baisley (pp. 77-82). This quote is on page 81:
"If we are to try to keep our soldiers in, we will have to try to encourage better and more challenging training as well as find a way to move soldiers to another level. The former Canadian Airborne Regiment was a great stepping stone between the battalion and Joint Task Force (JTF) II. This is now gone. Those who cannot attain the high standards of JTF II have no middle ground. Therefore, those not finding that next level of attainable challenge often get out."
How could we have again, and in which form, this sort of step to motivate soldiers aspiring to higher levels of the infantry skills?
For my part, I rather think about a Canadian version of USMC or RM. Along the reading, more and more military experts are suggesting some sort of intermediate special forces capability, refering to USMC or RM. For sure Canada couldn't afford a unit the size of USMC or RM, but still this could paliate to the lack of a CAR. As JTF2 has some difficulties to reach authorized strength (which has been augmented in Federal Budget 2005), this could be a great step, level, between standard regiments and special forces.
To add bulk to all this, I suggest 2 reading coming from the Canadian Army Journal:
CAJ, Volume 6, Number 2 - Summer 2003, A Special Operations Capability for Canada, by Major J.H.G. Lizotte (pp. 23-35), who's suggesting a USMC model for an intermediate capability between conventional and special forces.
CAJ, Volume 5, Number 2 - Summer 2002, Light Infantry Battalions: Fledging Swans of a Joint Force, by Lieutenant-Colonel Pat Stogran (pp. 66-70), who gives a perspective on light infantry battalions as rapid deployment forces.
Thanks for you views and infos.