Argus Posted June 30, 2018 Report Posted June 30, 2018 (edited) In today's paper we see the promotion of a whole bunch of people to the rank of general. According to the cite below that we had 130 generals and admirals in January. Presumably we now have more. The number of generals has grown 60% since 2003 while the size of the military hasn't really increased at all. We have a total of 79,000 people in the military. That's one general for about every 600 people. For those unfamiliar with rank structures, the average NORMAL rank structure goes something like this. 30 men in a platoon headed by a lieutenant 3-4 platoons (90-120) in a company headed by a captain 3 companies( 350) in a battalion headed by a major 3 batallions (1000 men) in a regiment headed by a lieutenant colonel. So our generals have approximately half the responsibility of a lieutenant colonel. They're all highly paid and busily producing reams of unimportant papers, documents and reports. Meanwhile our military starves for lack of funds and has to pass the hat around to its soldiers hoping they can borrow sleeping bags for new recruits. http://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/defence-watch/gen-jon-vance-announces-more-promotions-for-generals https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2018/05/03/number-of-canadian-military-generals-admirals-growing-at-faster-rate-than-soldiers-sailors.html Edited June 30, 2018 by Argus 1 Quote "A liberal is someone who claims to be open to all points of view — and then is surprised and offended to find there are other points of view.” William F Buckley
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