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FBI is apparently raiding Mar A Largo.

You're hired

Step 1: Set up a yard in a politically volatile riding and get massive subsidies to do so. Step 2: ??? Step 3: Profit!

Imagine if the federal public service could hire the best people for a job in the HQ - regardless of where they live in Canada. Imagine if the federal public service could downsize about 30-40% of its real property holdings. Or, we can just send everyone back to the office...

Or UKR is flying a/c other than MiGs.

Additional layers to blame before you hit the Minister are a feature, not a bug.

My family Dr (Ontario) got fed up with running a practice, so downsized he patient list and joined a larger practice, giving her better work life balance and the ability to teach. Unfortunately, since I am relatively young and have zero health conditions, I was downsized. Four years and...

Long lead items would have to have been ordered a few years ago to permit a third of class to be built without interruption.

Unfortunately, too often the cost of maintaining a capability today is deemed excessive, only to discover later that the cost of not maintaining it is even greater. Militaries require effectiveness, which frequently runs counter to efficiency.

DSCO is a DND CAF own goal.

Or some Admirals should obey law and regulations, and make legal changes through the systems established for that purpose - aka do their job.

MS is an appointment, not a rank. And some of the designations of rank within that message are not legal for use; the O in QR&O stands for order, not Optional; QR&O 3.01 dictates the legal designations of rank for individuals in the RCN DEU, as approved by the Governor General in Council...

There goes my liver.

My policy purist hat makes me want to say CANFORGENs should only announce changes to policy documents, and not be policy documents in and of themselves. My realist hat means I drink. Sometimes to excess.

Q: What's the difference between a Hobbit and a Petty Officer? A: Hobbits only have two breakfasts.

Isn't that what POs are for?

On a DWAN computer: dt.mil.ca Under Organizations (top bar), select Military Personnel Command In the box on the right, select Policies, Directives and Orders From the list, select CF Military Personnel Instructions Scroll down to 03/19... except there is no 03/19. What is the topic? If...

Alternative method to piss everyone off: State that you will not use your own vehicle, but want a DND/CAF vehicle instead: drive to base, drop off your car, pick up the DND/CAF vehicle, go to appointment, back to base, drop off DND/CAF vehicle, pick up your car, go home.

DRAS is the French acronym for CBI.

I'd rather the RCAF spend their efforts fixing their training contracts, buying new MPAs, new fighters, and new AAR than buying air display squadron toys. The Snowbirds are the Skyhawks and Ceremonial Guard of the RCAF.