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That is probably the second-worst (first is management wanting the vibe of a full office) reason to opt for in-person. If you were pick a compelling reasons in favour of WFH, enormously reducing the entire commuting and workday infrastructure, public and private, is right up there.

Missiles aside, what's the bottleneck? Electronics and sensors?

Copy. Ideal route as in "how the current system is meant to work," or "probably the best way to do it?" And I absolutely meant bait for the hypothetical recruit! Noted. Got it. Wasn't sure if certain singular or small-department shipboard roles were intentionally filled with people who'd...

Certainly. Just batted that out as a very tidy option for bait. Running with the idea of incentives, when does Logistician Bloggins (clerk, met, cook, firefighter, PA, whatever) get their first posting identified, and would there be an easy way to ID and incentivize people in those trades to go...

A more intensive refit cycle in all those spare yards with hundreds of trained tradespeople hanging around, along with a massive (including standing up Crown machining capacity) parts buy/build. Fixing MARTECH and the whole "risk management by assuming the risk" thing, plus flags not...

Since the frigates will be the fleet backbone for some time to come, would there be value in using the two most ragged ones as Fleet School annexes alongside Halifax and Esquimalt?

Where in the defence realm would an immediate influx of $billions be spendable? Go to the Germans or Koreans and put in an paid up front order for Tanks, Many, and all the other tracked things to make a true heavy brigade... Financial incentives wherever they're actually useful for...

Maybe doeskin? Doesn't look quite like barathea.

Hope Macron has a contingency for "abject failure by Congress." Continue to be amazed that this young century's best opportunity for pork (setting aside all the good moral, foreign policy, and trade reasons for support) hasn't been embraced by Congress (or opportunities seen by US arms...

For the effects achieved, is there a cheaper way? Betting that, for equivalent under-ice coverage and response alone, you'd be looking at enormous investments in sensor nets, personnel, and aviation to do a less effective job.

Must say I was a little surprised when I discovered what their rig looked like! Could make an argument that the Guards title for units associated with the seat of power is as much a French concept as a British one.

They might be more easily convinced to up sticks, though.

I was thinking more that getting rid of such a unit was a bit of an own goal. Which hackles?

There's them, but I meant the Canadian Guards.

Was looking for a setup that would still have a "novice constable" pipeline, rather than (if you want people rolling into the federal roles to have meaningful time on the road) only having the option of trying to lure $100k-$120k/year constables out of their at least somewhat settled life. Is...