Army Guy

I agree, Jagmeet will ask Carney for something big and Carney will give it to him, because Carney wants to be PM badly ...And i hope he does stay on to Oct, so Canadians get to see him in action, and what he is really trying to sell with all his lies, ....

Whats true is the people who vote liberal; are normally pretty easy to fool. Mark Carney has already been caught in a vast amount of lies, proving is no different than justin, or for that matter any of today's liberals....something Canadians seem to love lies, deception, huge spending, social programs, taxes, and carbon levies, thiefs, padding their own pockets all the things liberal voters love and depend on. An election can not come soon enough....

It is the right thing to do, A large majority don't want to be Americans,that includes a large majority of conservatives as well...But lets not pretend some of trump's policies are forcing this nation to stand up and take notice of its federal responsibilities, such as our border, the rest of the security apparatus, our defensive packs with NATO, NORAD, ETC...But none of us want to sell out our nation to the americans...

Thanks for the condescending remarks, Which not sure where they came from or why, but here we are..., I've had nothing but respect for you and your service. Your basically telling me to STFU and stop posting in anything military related, as you see it as complaining....This coming from a guy who has done the same thing, complaining about military topics or Public service workers....Normally i would just end this with a f*ck you...and the horse you rode in on.... What i don't need is for some Air force guy with no operational experience to lecture me on what is professional or not, or what is going to work in an operational theater or not....I spent my whole career doing just that....Understanding the current direction to achieve force manning objectives casts a wide net that attracts quantity not quality... and not the direction we should be following...is also paramount. What is needed is not mass numbers from across the entire civilian population and all it's spectrums, but quality recruits that can easily conquer the rigors of their jobs...pass higher fitness levels than currently expected but also mental health profiles. That may sound like complaining but those very concerns are coming from the rank and file of 2 RCR , RCD and Arty school.... As for becoming dougie, Dougie has proven to the world he is a Royal Canadian , an infantryman and on that note alone he has earned my respect as a soldier..... I have no issues with Dougie, and would serve alongside of him any day, you may not like his personality, but that's not what makes him a good soldier, he has been molded by the best soldiers in Canada has to offer. I hope the lectures are done with, and perhaps your the one that should be looking forward to a better day

I don't recall every saying my career was more important than yours, several times i have applauded your career and the SAR tech profession. You have judged me, many times in this post alone. As you have judged other trades as well. Thats your problem you think only combat arms can be considered warriors, but your wrong....warriors exist in all elements and in all trades...Not sure how to describe those that signed onto unlimited liability, and have put their life's on the line to defend this nation and our foreign policy..And while we don't have an Air force band like this one, hard not to listen to this and say there are no warriors in the air force... While in Afghanistan i worked with navy clearance divers who cleared IED's , worked with the Air force Tactical aviation planning Road moves with over head helo protection, or getting our guys to a LZ....All of them have been professional, all credit to their trades, all of them meet the standard for being called warriors...Never meet a door gunner i did not like...all of them warriors...My definition of being a warrior is is not as small as yours, every man women that shared that battlefield with me and my company...are warriors... I've been all across this nation, and worked with every element, to think an infantry soldiers is locked up in a glass case inside the regiment lines is naïve, as me thinking your whole career was as a sar tech... Not that i want to get into a dick measuring contest, but there is plenty of work for an infantry soldier than what's available in the Regitment... The regiment is just down the road i have serving members drop by an a regular basis, might be the difference from working in the air force, and those working in the regiment, the regiment is a life long membership....my opinions describe here are not just mine, but theirs as well, and not many are happy with NEW Army, discipline is lacking, SRNCO are afraid to charge anyone for fear of being canceled...all it takes is one accusation true or not to have a career stopped or ended...it is not just Generals that are getting canceled...lack of training, equipment, and toxic leadership plagues the new military...Ask the last Chief of the military, who clearly said toxic leadership is a major problem with our current leadership... Standards are there for a reason, most of them have been proven crisis or conflict time after time...Changing them just so the military can attract those that like the new hair or grooming standards, or the weight standards...is not a net plus...having some 300 lb soldier is not a net plus, it is waste of resources and training time...when was the last time you seen a 300 lb Sar tech...due to fat not muscle...Our military is a small one quality is what we need not quantity Do i have to like it , these new changes...nope i don't it is not my military anymore as you have said....but it does not make my opinions or the ones that are still serving any less true...

Since when do we think it is OK to vote on people citizenship, he is as canadian as the rest of you........i mean WTF...Cancel culture at it's best... This is stupid to the ninth degree...

Why would he have to cancel it has there been any funding put towards the project, it will be forgotten come election time.......or is it just Justin farting in the wind, as per normal......this has zero chance of surviving the election, be it liberal or conservative...I mean come on is this really what the country needs ahead of tariffs, and all that brings....

Dramatic, I'm not the one that said the military does not want warriors...When the entire organization is comprised of nothing more than warriors....How stupid was that comment...Every member signs onto unlimited liability...our primary mission is to defend the nation, that includes every member of the forces...even SAR techs ... You need to do some research on what happened in Afghanistan, what Canada's roles were, and who carried them out...The primary role for the Battle group was to fight an insurgency war...Had nothing to do with logistical support, RCMP were responsible for training ANP(police), Humanity aid was given out by another team (PRT) made up of many trades form all elements....... You need to talk to some logistical guys who served there because if you think they never went outside the wire you're mistaken...Anyone that went outside the wire faced the dangers of combat, most of the time it was not IF you would be hit by enemy forces but rather when in your trip...You do them a disservice by saying they didn't see combat...As soon as you left the front gate you were on the battlefield... which is why everyone was armed and trained to defend themselves... Ya it was way more than soldiers, we had Navy EOD guys, plus NAVY purple trades, we had air force guys pilots , crew, etc...all went on the battlefield, everyone of them were and are warriors... You can judge me all you want, I did not write that article i just agree with it.....and if you somehow see this as the way forward then good for you,thats your opinion.....but in the job i was doing these standards could get someone killed or injured... it is obvious we had much different career paths, and you know very little of the Army life and what is expected of each soldier....and what is expected today according to your standards or believes , is not nor will be acceptable for combat, nor would it be acceptable standards as a SAR tech... And most that i talk to agree the standards need to be raised considerably, for the jobs that they may be required to fit in to...

It was a long time ago, BMI is one of many tools in the medical worlds tool box , but BMI index is not used on a regular basis to categorize troops,at one time we had fitness tests, and BMI readings fail one and you were placed on Piggy parade.... .like it once was... Fitness tests is how they determine fitness levels..if you pass you can be as fat as you want....fail and you keep doing it until you pass....fail enough times then your sent to the MIR, where they will put your on a diet, and ordered on a PT program to lose your weight...fail that and you will be given a release....But BMI is not the only tool in that tool box...nor is it the main tool to determine your body make up....they don't care about your size, just your fitness levels.

To which i said standards should be increased.... Yes i said battlefield, any time they issue you live rounds your on the battlefield be that army/ air force, or navy... WTF are you talking about never see a battlefield....everyone in Afghanistan seen the battlefield at least a couple of times, same as while they were deployed in MALI...Iraq, Syria, Libya,Somalia, Bosnia,the list goes on and on... If you have or subject to rules of engagement, then your involved in a conflict, get issued a weapon with live rounds your involved in a conflict....In Afghanistan most logistic troops were involved in supplying each FOB or canadian troop concentration...meaning going outside the wire a few times every week....convoys lasting 12 to 16 hours were not uncommon...Getting shot at while on a convoy was also a common thing..Not sure where you get the facts of there would be lucky to see a battlefield...But almost every mission or tour that i have been involved with i have been issued a weapon and live rounds and was subjected to rules of engagement...If what you say is true no battlefields why issue weapons, why the requirement for armored vehs like LAVs etc.... I also mentioned the ability to extract persons from vehicles / aircraft and or below decks on ships, you were a sar tech have you ever tried to rescue an obese person out of a confined space ....it is not an easy task at the best of times, now add the stresses of combat/ fire/ sinking in water etc to that and now your putting people in danger... The CF is recruiting FAT people, The standards to be sent to basic training is ridiculous low and could be meet by most people once at basic. Upon arrival at boot camp That's when they test everyone to see if they can meet these low standards, failure to meet these standards you place on what was called fat camp, where you will be given dietary advice and attend PT classes several times a day, until they can meet the minimum standards..each candidate is given a full year to meet these standards.. Not sure what military you served in but the military needs warriors, it is full of warriors...shit more than 1/2 of all the sar techs are from the warrior side of the house....being a warrior is more than being combat arms it includes every trade in the military, with very few exceptions...it is also a state of mind, ANYONE in any trade could get involved in a shooting war....everyone has to have the ability to defend themselves in a combat theater....or you don't belong there....from medics, to clerks, to supply techs, drivers, all of them get exposed to the battle field. Military does not issue everyone in theater a pistol and long arm because they want them to look cool...Army has a saying , everyone is a soldier first , tradesmen second....for a good reason...

We can't resist anyone that put some effort into attacking us....shit i remember the winnipeg floods taxed out the military and that's was when we were over 70,000 members...being fat is a circumstance you get when you sacrifice PT time for work time, and lower the training standards to get some people to join....This has been going on for years now, the media has been reporting it every week, your acting like your surprised...because you have not been listening like most Canadians... I've said this many times the US marine corp has more women in their organization than we have people....our Infantry corp numbers is in the low thousands... Our speciality has never been arctic defence...US and UK troops are better trained in those areas than we are....like everything else our artic defenses have been left to rot on the vine...a few years ago it was delegated to our Reserve forces...And if you think the regular force are equipped badly try the reserves it will make you sick....The reserve LDSH in PEI is an armored unit they drive G wagons ( jeeps)... NATO and the US chain of command are very interested in our arctic defence, Canada has not shown any interest so NATO trains others for that task...IN Alaska and other Arctic nations......

The old army did not care what you thought, they gave you an order get thin, if you did not comply your were sent home...no arguing, it was that simple...each soldier is tasked with keeping themselves in shape, round is not the shape they are looking for... it is not the military's responsibility to keep you in shape...That's your choice... Today personal shortages are so great that standards are put aside, becasue they don't have the people to do day to day work let alone deployments, forcing them to work long hours to keep up...give you an example before a major exercise our mechanics would work maybe 12 to 16 hours a day to get our vehicles in working order....then spend the entire exercise working around most of the clock to keep them in that condition....add to this a severe shortage of men and women, and these hours get longer and longer...you need to be fit to allow your body to cope with these stresses....once these personal numbers get back on track your going to see a good portion of these people either get out or fired.... Military is unlike any other job...they don't ask anyone to do anything , they tell you, failure to compile results in a few things getting fired is one of them... charged , money taken from your check, or confined either in barracks or jail...most military people compile if you like your job....They are going to give you access to everything you need medical examinations, dietician advice, plus an experienced PT instructor....and your supervisor is going to make sure you make all these appointments, etc, etc, and provide you with the motivation your going to need...they will give you the time you need to get fit, or you'll be fired..you and your family will be moved back to place of recruitment, or you'll pay to have the movers move you where you want to go..

SOmebody gave it some thought why is it in our constitution, under freedoms of religion....a couple years ago a guy got his picture taken with a colander on his head because he had started up a new religion...you don't have to believe that is your choice, but that does not make it untrue does it...

SO he was not a fan of net zero, or other carbon related polices....let alone his job such as inflation or printing money... I'm and she is not blaming him for everything, your assuming that she or others did not take any of his advice, that this guy was insulated from everything that happened in the UK economy....and yet he is claiming the exact same thing with the mulroney government, that it was his advice that put them on the right track....so which one is it....did he give advice or not... She must have had something going for her she was after all PM, you don't get that job for being a buffoon all your life...Ok you may have a point Justin was a buffoon and he got elected 3 times...but was she a disgrace...clinton got caught with his penis is someone else mouth, and yet he was not a disgrace, justin destroyed our nations everything and we do not say he was a disgrace.... So explain it to me, Or are you going to tell me that being head of BOC sets our economies path forward, that he sets policies and drives our economy....not even close....government does that, he advices when call upon to do so....pushing net zero, or other carbon related policies is not in his preview, like you commented before he was political...but people listened didn't they...

Why would you assume she or others did not? i mean what do you think his job was , and since your sticking up for carney what did he do that is worth all the hoopla...Funney most of the programs she mentioned like net zero Carney was one of the front men for that, also incharge of correcting inflation and interest rates...nooo we'll by pass that shit after all he is a liberal and deserves better.... So she resigned...what does that have to do with her opinion of carney.... One could say the same thing about carney, anything on economic policy is worth jack shit...He is nothing more than a banker, not an economist...

nope, not even close, liberals are much much worse than these fascist you keep going on about...liberalism is like a getting disease without prompt action it spreads everywhere, you know what i'm talking about right...Sure you do your a liberal...and your time in the spotlight is almost over....time to let the adults govern again...

SO nothing she has said in this video is true, that the british government did not take any of his advice on net zero, or any other advice he had given to the government at the time....nor has he given any advice to future British governments....he had no control over the interest rates, nor inflation, that basically he sat in the bank of UK and did what exactly....Carny gets his slate wiped and a pat on the back....because of what information that you have that we don't.

Thats one hell of a statement because Justin has spent more than any other PM in history, including our war years....Not sure where the money is coming from, maybe the budget will balance itself but this guy is a banker he should have a plan right, only three ways to spend new money, cut some place, or raise taxes, or just add it to our national debt like justin did...It seems like the liberals will just keep printing money until the bank is broke....so much for inflation control, sound monetary policies, for which bankers are known for....its spend like a drunken sailor... I'm starting to think this is the guy we need in charge, to finish off where Justin left us...Broke... Matthew Lau: Carney's spending plan would put even Trudeau to shame

I agree, she is the chick in charge and blame can be pointed in her direction for failures and wins....but if she relied on Carney advice he and you guys need to own that portion of blame Mr Carney may not be this pie in the sky many have made him out to be...There are many examples posted here on this forum to atleast make people question the guys motives, or qualifications...and when taken all together may point to he is the wrong guy just like justin was...

So she did have credibility at one time, but because she was booted she has none...And yet Carney was given Justin advice and council for 5 years....tying the two together his service with the UK, and here in Canada, along with some terrible years as Justin advisor...and we have the prime liberal candidate...does not take much to meet Liberal voters threshold for PM does it.

BMI is not the standard the CF uses to access obesity, it may be a tool that some may use but it is not the standard, because to many factors in false positive readings... We know a good portion Canadians are overweight, Before when there was standards, during your first doctors exams if you were obese, you be told lose some weight come back later...Now every Canadian must be able to attempt joining they take almost anyone....during the first PT test if you can't make it your sent to fat camp, the standard is very very low.......here your given a diet plan and do PT several times a day until you can pass...after a full year, your given the heave hoe....released for failure to achieved basic pt test...BTW during your training PT are a regular intervals to ensure in the end you can maintain or achieve CF minimum standard....

Must have had some credibility she was elected to the PM chair...

What does this have to do with her opinion on Carney, she was politician longer than a couple of months, she seen first hand the effects of Carney management of their bank....Discounting her opinion because of a failed budget sounds like a grown up thing to do.......you should absolutely hate justin then...

What would she have to gain by this interview. Did she blame carney for her downfall ? No she did however tell anyone who would listen what he did as his tenure as the head of Bank of UK which lasted much longer than her tenure....