I‘ll agree with Gunner on this one... I expect lesser equipment, most of the time, but the fact is, there is a difference between lesser equipment, and crap equipment.. when an HLVW goes to london from hamilton, for repairs in june, and we dont see it again until febuary of the next year that is no good. remember, Ruck marches are good for an infanteer, but what good are lots of ruck marches for a Trucker or a RAD-OP? we need the proper equipment to do our trade, when all out trucks are VOR‘ed there isnt alot for us to do. thankfully we get into the FATS room now and again, and we do practice our fieldcraft on a semi regular basis, but in the end, although we are soldiers first and our trade second, what good is having a trade when you dont have the equipment to perform it.. and along with that, when the troops keep having crappy Ex after crappy Ex, they stop showing up because its not worth it anymore. now granted thats more of a leadership problem then an equipment problem, it is also a result of less money to the CF. with cutbacks across the board units cant even afford to train the way they used to back in the days long before you or I. Its a very complex problem that requires effort from all sides to solve. I just try and go in there as often as i can and do the best job i can every time i wear that uniform. and i figure if every member of the CF can do that, then we could probabbly solve alot of the problems we have. not all of them, but definatly a few.