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Rifleman62 reacted to Kirkhill's post in the thread FORCE 2025: Informing the Army’s future structure with
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And all the loyal soldiers in the world won't do you any good if they don't have the tools to work with. And all of that costs money... -
Rifleman62 reacted to Skysix's post in the thread FORCE 2025: Informing the Army’s future structure with Like.
Never mind just contractors. Any sort of real conflict will rapidly exhaust stocks and hardware that take years to make. And relying on...
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Rifleman62 reacted to Eaglelord17's post in the thread Divining the right role, capabilities, structure, and Regimental System for Canada's Army Reserves with Like.
Just to add to this point, in many cases there wasn't much option other than to be armed with Canadian kit. The Ross Rifle for example...
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Rifleman62 reacted to Old Sweat's post in the thread Divining the right role, capabilities, structure, and Regimental System for Canada's Army Reserves with Like.
This could get interesting. Hughes did get things moving, but he could not get out of the way. By the way, we had started to build large...
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Rifleman62 reacted to daftandbarmy's post in the thread Divining the right role, capabilities, structure, and Regimental System for Canada's Army Reserves with Like.
And about 80% of the reserve units in Canada are still housed in armouries built during the Hughes era, I believe. With the original...
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Rifleman62 reacted to FJAG's post in the thread Divining the right role, capabilities, structure, and Regimental System for Canada's Army Reserves with Like.
Not quite a year. War declared Aug 4 - started deploying overseas 3 Oct - went over to Belgium on 16 Feb - won its first action at Ypres...
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Rifleman62 reacted to FJAG's post in the thread Divining the right role, capabilities, structure, and Regimental System for Canada's Army Reserves with Like.
I sometime wonder how much of Sam's bad reputation was a hatchet job. I'll certainly admit that he was flamboyant and full of himself...
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Rifleman62 reacted to SeaKingTacco's post in the thread Divining the right role, capabilities, structure, and Regimental System for Canada's Army Reserves with Like.
Sam Hughes was a nutjob of the first order. Even the British noticed. Laurier had to fire him.
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Rifleman62 reacted to daftandbarmy's post in the thread Divining the right role, capabilities, structure, and Regimental System for Canada's Army Reserves with Like.
I recall joining the British Army for a Potential Officer's Course, a course to select those who would be sponsored to Sandhurst by the...
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Rifleman62 reacted to FJAG's post in the thread Divining the right role, capabilities, structure, and Regimental System for Canada's Army Reserves with Like.
An awesome story. I won't try to argue about the fact that in a Canadian context such a situation and such a need is most probably...
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A set of dress regulations was not designed to discriminate against transsexuals. I suppose it's finitely possible that there's a...
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We’ll see how this works out in a shooting war. I reckon most folks will adopt a more moderate operational dress code, shorter hair...
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Let's face it, we're in trouble if Trudeau's policies continue much longer...
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Rifleman62 reacted to Kirkhill's post in the thread Zelenskyy Perturbed at Friend Trudeau with Like.
How long will that approval take @Colin Parkinson ?
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Rifleman62 reacted to Prairie canuck's post in the thread FORCE 2025: Informing the Army’s future structure with Like.
Maybe the question could be - What would the CAF be equipped for if the U.S. wasn't an ally?