Recent content by Colin Parkinson

But is you sent in the biggest ass kissers with a suggestion that if this case proceeds well, then there might be good for their career, then you see some interesting stuff. Ass kissers rarely give a crap about left or right, just what they believe will help their career and what they think/are...

That is a fair question and really depends on how quickly and effectively the West can respond to that threat. Anything that is not critical to the economy is not coming.

What I would expect to see come a conflict requiring everything, is the Hero Class CCG turned over to the RCN with as many CCG volunteers as they can get. They would likley get some .50cal RWS's and some sort hang off the side underwater sensing equipment.

The Army making some changes

Orca's are restricted to protected waters and will be needed to train up the crews.

Come a major war, Canada is going to need all the Kingston's and AOP's to protect and patrol the coasts. Just maintaining clear routes into Halifax, St Lawrence, Vancouver, Esquimalt, Prince Rupert is going to keep them busy and likely the RCN will have to take over some fishing vessels as well...

Plus a very, very different mindset in the CCG. For the Navaids crews, think construction workers at sea. For the SAR types, think firefighters. Fisheries research, think fisherman. Personally I think all the major CCG vessel should carry a couple of .50cals The purpose of that is to support...

Following the actual legislative process is so Harper Era, not good enough for the young vibrant hip kid way of governance.

I have very little sympathy for the Navy on this one. The Arctic Ocean and coastline is part of Canada and one of growing importance. They were able to dodge this bullet as long as no one cared about the Arctic (including government). It may not be as sexy as ASW/BMD, visiting Ports around the...

Artillery school Segovia, right in the city core Infantry school Toledo, 5 minutes from the Old City

1980's , Shilo was a terrible place to be posted as a OR. To many people I knew became alcoholics and/or divorced. there was very little to do and very few job opportunities for the non-military spouse.

My buddy is constable in the RCMP, she is a ER nurse at LGH. With the two of them working fulltime, they could not afford to buy a two bedroom apartment in North Van.

I think if we had most of our other ducks in a row, then this issue about tampons would not have pissed people off as much. The Forces seem to the lower ranks and outsiders as focusing on the chickenshit stuff and ignoring real problems. Whether that's fair or not, that seems to be the gist of it.

A lot don't even attend classes, they register and then look for work instead.

The previous CO of our Navy League Corp is RCMP (As was our branch President for a bit) He spent 6 years pulling it from a massive shambles to a well running organization that I got to inherit. I don't think people realize just how much volunteer work your average police officer does.