Argus Posted October 22, 2014 Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 Not yet, atleast not at the unit level, but then again i'm not sure whats going on around the base and what additional measures have been put in place.Hav'nt left the office yet..... I have heard from other guys across the country that there are measures being placed upon them. Guarantee you DND downtown is locked down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scared.In.Canada Posted October 22, 2014 Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 (edited) Oh, go away. What do you call the people who are killing Canadian soldiers...why are you afraid to call them terrorists... Edited October 22, 2014 by Scared.In.Canada Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argus Posted October 22, 2014 Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 Canadian Embassy in Washington is apparently on lockdown. Which is just silly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Army Guy Posted October 22, 2014 Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 I disagree, unlike complex attacks like 9/11 or larger bombings, both these less complex attacks, made-up of very few people, are much more easier to carry out........frankly, I'm surprised more haven't been carried out Post 9/11. Oh i agree the score big pionts on the type of plan , it's the plan itself and execution portion that if they had any training at all,could have been alot worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argus Posted October 22, 2014 Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 Alot of emotion here, as we have pers from this unit doing cermonial guard in ottawa....I'm hoping the government takes a pause and thinks before they act...I'm sure that soon DND will not be a hard target, i just hope the bad guys remain focused on DND instead of taking on other soft targets.... Not sure what you mean by that. DND has very tight security, probably better than anywhere else in Ottawa insofar as armed guards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argus Posted October 22, 2014 Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 You have got to be trolling… you can't possibly be real… Yes, that is my assessment. Ignore him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek 2.0 Posted October 22, 2014 Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 Oh i agree the score big pionts on the type of plan , it's the plan itself and execution portion that if they had any training at all,could have been alot worse. For sure, but hijacking airliners or setting off truck bombs, versus what is currently happening, will result in the same response........In essence, they receive a higher return on invested effort with attacks like these. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argus Posted October 22, 2014 Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 The soldier has died. Very sad. Apparently standing guard at the War Memorial this close to Remembrance Day is an honour. I didn't think he'd make it. Watching them still doing CPR while loading him onto the ambulance left me fairly certain he was gone. The irony is that the guards on the Cenotaph were only fairly recently implemented because of minor vandalism. Their weapons are empty, of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek 2.0 Posted October 22, 2014 Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 Not sure what you mean by that. DND has very tight security, probably better than anywhere else in Ottawa insofar as armed guards. I'm sure his intent is that he hopes they keep targeting "harder targets" like DND & Government, versus softer targets like schools, shopping centers, movie theaters etc.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boges Posted October 22, 2014 Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 Leafs game has been postponed. The Leafs were staying at the Rideau-Carlton. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyeball Posted October 22, 2014 Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 Hell, no. I'm actually annoyed the cancelled Question Period. They should just go ahead with business and not let this little dweeb interrupt them any more than necessary. That's the most sensible thing I've heard all morning but I suspect this little dweeb will result in a lot more than mere interruption of today's business. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky Road Posted October 22, 2014 Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 Check Bill Curry's twitter feed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scared.In.Canada Posted October 22, 2014 Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 (edited) I didn't think he'd make it. Watching them still doing CPR while loading him onto the ambulance left me fairly certain he was gone. The irony is that the guards on the Cenotaph were only fairly recently implemented because of minor vandalism. Their weapons are empty, of course. It disgusts me that the weapons were empty. All military personelle carrying out public duties should be fully armed. Edited October 22, 2014 by Scared.In.Canada Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dre Posted October 22, 2014 Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 Oh i agree the score big pionts on the type of plan , it's the plan itself and execution portion that if they had any training at all,could have been alot worse. I think what they did is probably sufficient to achieve their desired result. Now they will just sit back and hope that our reaction to it does 1000 times as much damage as the actual event like the US reaction to 911, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Army Guy Posted October 22, 2014 Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 Not sure what you mean by that. DND has very tight security, probably better than anywhere else in Ottawa insofar as armed guards. I think Ottawa is the exception, there are alot of bases where you just drive onto , with no security.....just the other day some guy stopped me and asked for directions to the mall, said he was lost.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybercoma Posted October 22, 2014 Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 This could turn out to be one guy who shot the soldier at the war memorial, then ran over to Parliament Hill.Given the confirmed reports that sounds exactly right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybercoma Posted October 22, 2014 Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 Hell, no. I'm actually annoyed the cancelled Question Period. They should just go ahead with business and not let this little dweeb interrupt them any more than necessary.Now this I agree with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boges Posted October 22, 2014 Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 There's going to be a lot of second guessing that none of the soldiers that were actually "on-guard" had any ammunition on them. How very Canadian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scared.In.Canada Posted October 22, 2014 Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 I think Ottawa is the exception, there are alot of bases where you just drive onto , with no security.....just the other day some guy stopped me and asked for directions to the mall, said he was lost.... Yes, my girlfriend is at Base Borden currently and I or anyone not enlisted can drive right onto it. That`s a training base but still, it`s wide open. They used to have a guard at the gate but not anymore. Now it`s unmanned and anyone can drive onto it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybercoma Posted October 22, 2014 Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 Which is just silly.To be fair, they may have intelligence that says more soldiers are going to be targeted. Military bases across the country closed to the public today and they're telling soldiers not to wear their uniforms when they're out and about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scared.In.Canada Posted October 22, 2014 Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 To be fair, they may have intelligence that says more soldiers are going to be targeted. Military bases across the country closed to the public today and they're telling soldiers not to wear their uniforms when they're out and about. My girlfriend just left base borden and it wasn`t closed yet but had heard that it was goig to be guarded at entrances. Their are two at that base. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Dog Posted October 22, 2014 Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 There's going to be a lot of second guessing that none of the soldiers that were actually "on-guard" had any ammunition on them. How very Canadian. Pretty standard for ceremonial guards IIRC. Hence the term "ceremonial." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Army Guy Posted October 22, 2014 Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 It disgusts me that the weapons were empty. All military personelle carrying out public duties should be fully armed. Why ? they were doing a ceremonial gaurd, the wpns are for show. We don't have the powers like police officers to use fire arms again'st any Canadian citizens. unless passed by government. And i hope it does not come to that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scared.In.Canada Posted October 22, 2014 Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 Pretty standard for ceremonial guards IIRC. Hence the term "ceremonial." All military personelle who are on guard duty should be fully armed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek 2.0 Posted October 22, 2014 Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 To be fair, they may have intelligence that says more soldiers are going to be targeted. Military bases across the country closed to the public today and they're telling soldiers not to wear their uniforms when they're out and about. The same was done, pre 9/11, during the First Gulf War........Or by the British military throughout the 70s and 80s (during the Troubles) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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