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A long post but an interesting post... Please forgive the totally noob question from an army guy, but why doesn't the navy reserve operate as augmentees for the whole fleet rather than just operating the MCDVs? From the sounds of it the navy reserve isn't really a part-time "citizen's force at...

I agree; an interesting discussion; more please,  :salute:

ThainC If you're applying to the Westies as a DEO (I didn't realize they had any officers  ;D)  then visit them directly since they will be one of the primer movers on your application. The CFRC probably wants to you fill out the official application form which asks about your experience and...

It may be time for Harper to speak directly to the Canadian people on national TV to explain the Afghanistan mission; if Martin could preempt primetime to deliver an "apology" to the country for adscam, then Harper should be able to do it for something as serious as war...

http://www.smh.com.au/news/NATIONAL/Army-may-recruit-drug-users-overweight/2006/08/24/1156012665686.html Army may recruit drug users, overweightAugust 24, 2006 - 5:44PM Former drug users, people with tattoos and the overweight could soon be welcome in the Australian Defence Force. Middle-aged...

+1  ;) As always thanks for your perspective, cheers, mdh

Duey Do you think the air force is damaging its credibility by not being more responsive to the AF mission and making the Griffon deployment happen whatever the obstacles (or indeed the CF18). From what I've read it seems that deployment of our air assets would be possible with a more...

Just out of curiosity what's driving the exodus? Pay? Working conditions? Too many deployments? Or all of the above?  ??? I would have thought the navy would be an attractive alternative to young recruits who want to see a bit of the world - or is that just romantic sentiment on my part...

Think the movie you're referring to is "Hope and Glory" directed by John Boorman (1987); excellent movie.... cheers, mdh

I love to run in camo paint - that's it - no pants no shirt no nothing - I look a bit like Martin Sheen sticking his head out of the river in Apocalypse Now...the chics dig it  8)

Ah there you go; considering the shortage of junior officers in some of the reserve infantry units you sound like you're competitive. Sometimes a CO can be fussy if he wants to board the "right" kind of officers in the unit. Under those circumstances I would just stick with the process and see...

Amazing... I wonder what it's like having a responsible opposition party?

Mortar Guy/ Ghost778 raise some important points. We should be careful about giving the impression that the CF despises the media or that we are engaged in sweeping generalizations about the state of the 5th estate. In the end we need the media to deliver our messages to the general public; in...

Which raises another question - are you going officer or NCO? I assume if you're being interviewed by the CO it's mostly likely officer? That might change the dynamics of your situation.

Sorry that your initial experience with a reserve unit was less than optimal. IIRC the EK Scots are mostly a rural unit near Windsor. You might want to consider reserve units in Windsor itself such as the Windsor Regiment, which is a pretty strong recce reserve unit. As for "flagging" your...

It seems to me that any argument that attempts to rehabilitate Haig or any other WWI general usually boils down to two fundamental points: 1. That Haig was no worse than any other WWI general, and there was no alternative; 2. That valuable lessons were learned that justified the Somme. Of...

The Bronco - little bit of this, little bit of that....IIRC one was shot down in the GWI and its crew displayed on TV by the Iraqis... http://www.fas.org/irp/program/collect/ov-10.htm mdh

I don't think it's overly simplistic. The armies that went to war in August 1914 were for all intents and purposes 19th century armies. It's easy to forget that the high water mark of Victorianism, the Diamond Jubilee, had only taken place 17 years before. That's fewer years than Expo 86 in BC...

Xavier I think you might be overstating Keegan's assessment of Churchill (mind I'm going by what he's written in his history of World War One.) In fact Keegan is far more critical of Haig than Churchill. But the interesting thing about clever revisionist history is the level of cleverness; it...

Keep in mind that Haig's reputation was first undermined by its participants.  Siegfreid Sassoon's superb "Memoirs of an Infantry Officer" and Robert Graves' equally poignant "Goodbye to all that" created a literary sensation during the inter-war years for their respective frankness and...