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Both MPLS PD and St Paul Police had bad reputations for both questionable behaviors dealing with the various communities that make up those cities stretching back decades. They've also had corruption issues that date back to the 19th century. The very few interactions I've had with them the...

CRAF was it's acronym I can recall at the moment what it stood for. Basically Airlines would purchase or modify airliners for use in case of emergency. Modifications would consist of reinforcing floors. Means of making it easier to convert the aircraft to either the troop carrier or cargo...

The House Saud are really brave when they have someone locked in the basement of one of their embassies. In the field not so much or for that matter all that effective either.

Claim rejected, non-service related injury.

It should be as I recall one of the contenders for the S 3 competition was base on the E 2 and C 2 COD aircraft.

Yes , but it's not the Canadian North. Avery important distinction. Absolutely completely different from the examples you give . No, seriously...😉

I foget what the Brits called the little op in 1972 when Guatemala was rattling a sabre at what is now Belize . They took the carrier Ark Royal from somewhere in the mid Atlantic drove her to within 1000 mile from Belize . Where they promptly launched two Buccaneers who flew a demonstration...

Currently I suspect the best we can hope for are a limited distribution of photocopies of Rheimetall sales brochures. Just to remind people what an actual tank really looks like.

Plus you had 19 or 20 reserve regiments run a squadron's worth of Sherman's.

Actually in to order to do that you might have to something on the order of 450 - 600 tanks. And I suspect that actually a minimum. Sitting at Cancer Care waiting for my next appointment so I'll do another posting later

I have thought and continue to do so that both the AP mine and CBU treaties were a stupid idea. Then again I was never the Minister of Foreign Affairs or candidate for UN SecGen . So my opinion doesn't count.

Well, that too.

It's a sign that Trudeau is starting to loose control of the caucus. Ordinarily Liberal caucus members don't sneeze without permission. This the second time in little more then month some MPs have strayed.

This country's leading Military affairs expert.,.

Fitted for but not with .... anything...

Like most totalitarian regimes, the basic philosophy of their expectations can be summed up as , " Love us ,serve us mind body and soul...or die . And maybe die anyway."

Good point , but why did it actually take that for them do what was actually necessary in the first place . It's a shame it actually takes something like that however.

Have you known a time when any Canadian Government of any stripe allowed reality to interfere with their plans ?

You know that, I know that . But I am telling you that's how it will used to shut down the use of reserve pilots. I am would love to see the use of reserve pilots. It actually frightens me as to how little depth we have right across the board throughout the the Forces. This is country is...

I personally think in spite of what I have already said.., that it's a pretty good ideas. I just don't think it will happen.