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    New Ontario Government 2018

    https://nationalpost.com/news/world/doug-ford-to-announce-inquiry-into-previous-liberal-governments-spending
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    Queen withdraws from Canadian military tattoo in row over staircase

    From The Times of London More at the link
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    RN Commander reprimanded for submarine mishap

    Whoops. More at Link
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    MARS Officer - Command Development Course

    The end of the dreaded "Command Exams"...
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    Command Styles in the Canadian Navy

    I meant to post this link in this thread but I maxed out my allowable number of characters (20,000). It is a rather lengthy read, but Section 2 provides an interesting comparision of the culture differences between the 3 elements and the resultant Command styles applicable to each.  The...
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    Naval Officer career progression and Command

    CMS' recently released SITREP on Naval Officer Career progression is below. --------- 3371-5075-1 (DGNP/RDIMS #182808) 19 October 2009 Distribution List NAVAL OFFICER CAREER PROGRESSION INTRODUCTION 1. It has been a number of years since the last letter on naval officer career...
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    Happy Trafalgar Day

    ...why doesn't Hallmark make a card for that? At any rate, Happy Trafalgar Day to everyone, particularly those of us in the Navy.  I am sure there are Mess Dinners in the works throughout the Fleet - we are having our on Friday :) For those that may be unfamiliar...
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    Former honoured citizen charged with fraud

    Did not see this posted anywhere.  Shared with the usuual caveats. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/toronto/former-honoured-citizen-charged-with-fraud/article1309256/ ------------------------------------------------- Former honoured citizen charged with fraud Burlington's citizen...
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    Did you know?

    An interesting video.  Not sure if the statistics are accurate, but it is food for thought.  It appears as though it was a marketing video shown to Sony execs in 2008.  It appears, from the You Tube comments and some people I have asked, that it is being played in highschools around the US and...
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    Looking for info on ARSIC (S)

    I am deploying shortly (early Sep) to a position within the Afghan Regional Security Integration Command (South). Is there anyone who has some familiarity with this Command?  I received this tasking about 6 hours ago, so I am still in the early stages of my research - Google, DIN, etc...
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    Crew tames fire aboard navy frigate in Atlantic

    Did not see this posted yet - shared with the usual disclaimers. http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Crew+tames+fire+aboard+navy+frigate+Atlantic/1570782/story.html Crew tames fire aboard navy frigate in Atlantic 'Freddie' unfazed after serious blaze By Richard Foot, Canwest News ServiceMay Crew...
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    Online ads using Canadian soldier picture, fake story to sell 'vehicles'

    I didn't see this posted elsewhere - please lock if it has. Shared in accordance with the "fair dealing" provisions, Section 29, of the Copyright Act. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2008/11/10/car-ad.html Online ads using Canadian soldier picture, fake story to sell 'vehicles' An internet...
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    Website designed to assist Reservists

    Here, reproduced under the Fair Dealing provisions (§29) of the Copyright Act from today's Regina Leader-Post is an article about potential employer support to reservists http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/news/story.html?id=9de7fda3-7274-425f-9368-100eb47fc34d Web site designed to assist...
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    HMCS Labrador - Secret Arctic Mission

    Reproduced under the Fair Dealing provisions (§29) of the Copyright Act from today's Ottawa Citizen Link is here: http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=4861c252-8c3e-47b5-a2ce-a28c1046685e ------------------------------------ Sailor helped risky Arctic mission pay off for...
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    Sniper shots investigated - Ottawa Sun article

    The link is here: http://www.ottawasun.com/News/Afghan/2008/11/03/7285191-sun.html ------------------------------------------------- Sniper shots investigated DND probed, concluded sharpshooters on video circulating Net aren't Canadian, records show By KATHLEEN HARRIS, NATIONAL BUREAU CHIEF...
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    Reservists in AFG

    Didn't see this posted anywhere else.  Please delete if it has. An article from Christie Blatchford, reproduced under the Fair Dealing provisions (§29) of the Copyright Act from today’s Globe and Mail...
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    Joint-Navy-RCMP drug bust at sea

    Here, in an article reproduced under the Fair Dealing provisions (§29) of the Copyright Act from today’s Globe and Mail, is a story about Freddie http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080922.wBust0923/BNStory/National/home Navy's 'stalker of the seas' nabs drug boat OLIVER...
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    New policy for DND/CF email addresses

    I heard about this a couple of weeks ago - here is the direction that my Formation has just issued: ---------------------------------------------------------------- New Government of Canada-wide Standards for Emails and Bilingual Signature Blocks As part of the Treasury Board Secretariat’s...
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    Research into different fitness standards for each element

    Did not see this anywhere else.  Pls feel free to merge/move or delete as appropriate. http://calsun.canoe.ca/News/National/2008/08/15/6458891-sun.html Fri, August 15, 2008 New standards fit to be tried UPDATED: 2008-08-15 03:01:04 MST Canadian military to come up with different fitness...
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    Ships in Toronto

    HMC Ships SUMMERSIDE, GLACE BAY and SHAWINIGAN are tied up alongside HTO park (at the foot of Spadina) in Toronto.  They will be open for public tours on Saturday, Sunday and Tuesday from 1300-1600.  If anyone on these boards is interested in a private tour, outside of the times for the public...
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