Army Guy Posted February 23, 2022 Report Posted February 23, 2022 This is another story on our Armed Forces, read between the lines and you'll find out just how much our current military is suffering... Currently there will be 2000 soldier/ airmen/navy members deployed and our military is stress out, with the minister declaring DND is over tasked, This is not new it was the same way in Afghanistan, a battle group of about 1500 and at one time 3000 soldiers meant soldiers were deploying every 1 1/2 with the average soldier having 3 tours 5 to 8 tours were not uncommon. Thats in combat, with the Taliban, combat with the Russians is going to be 1000 times tougher... But back then we had close to 70,000 troops today they have 60,000 with 10,000 of those sick, hurt, or unfit for duty... Why can we only deploy 2000 is the question you should be asking.... If we are 21st on the world scale for our military, i'd hate to see 22 and. (1) Canada considering sending military reinforcements to NATO in eastern Europe: Anand - National | Globalnews.ca 1 Quote We, the willing, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have now done so much for so long with so little, we are now capable of doing anything with nothing.
Moonlight Graham Posted February 23, 2022 Report Posted February 23, 2022 50,000 active troops? That''s a national disgrace. We just sent like 450 troops to help with Ukraine. 450 lol. Quote "All generalizations are false, including this one." - Mark Twain Partisanship is a disease of the intellect.
Faramir Posted February 24, 2022 Report Posted February 24, 2022 How did Cretein balance budgets? On the back of the military. By the time Harper came around the military by many experts needed 10% year over year increases. Harper didn't do enough. And we now have an anti-military gov in power. Quote
Nefarious Banana Posted February 24, 2022 Report Posted February 24, 2022 Our navy is in dry-dock . . . on the boat trailer. That out sourced Chinese built Evinrude needs a sparkplug (back-ordered). 1 Quote
Army Guy Posted February 25, 2022 Author Report Posted February 25, 2022 Justin has announced that may consider now sending 3400 more troops or a battle group, which is half a brigade. plus they are sending fighter aircraft and naval vessels... Wonder how a 40 year old f-18 will do against Russians new aircraft.. Not a lot when facing 150,000 Russian troops with modern equipment... Quote We, the willing, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have now done so much for so long with so little, we are now capable of doing anything with nothing.
Moonbox Posted February 25, 2022 Report Posted February 25, 2022 On 2/23/2022 at 6:48 PM, Army Guy said: But back then we had close to 70,000 troops today they have 60,000 with 10,000 of those sick, hurt, or unfit for duty... Why can we only deploy 2000 is the question you should be asking.... If we are 21st on the world scale for our military, i'd hate to see 22 and. 21st in the world for what? Spending? Canada has little/no force projection capabilities and has to rely on allies for logistics and often transport. We've virtually no independent operational capability and (I would imagine) wouldn't be even be capable of defending our own soil if anyone ever invaded. Canada not spending its military dollars wisely is one of the oldest stories I know. From what I understand, the soldiers themselves are well trained and motivated, and we have some fairly good equipment in different places, but the whole apparatus seems to be built on the assumption that the Americans will and our other allies will look after a lot of the...details for us. Quote "A man is no more entitled to an opinion for which he cannot account than he does for a pint of beer for which he cannot pay" - Anonymous
Aristides Posted February 25, 2022 Report Posted February 25, 2022 On 2/23/2022 at 3:54 PM, Moonlight Graham said: 50,000 active troops? That''s a national disgrace. We just sent like 450 troops to help with Ukraine. 450 lol. That's total regular forces, army, navy and airforce. Quote
Nexii Posted February 25, 2022 Report Posted February 25, 2022 (edited) Judging our military based on spending as a % of GDP or gross amount is deceptive, because salaries are such a big part of it. Russia spends 3x what we do yet they have 20x the troops. We should look at our number of troops, planes, ships etc per capita vis a vis other allies and rivals. And yea the other issue as noted is that spending doesn't equal effectiveness if you are wasteful... Edited February 25, 2022 by Nexii 1 Quote
Aristides Posted February 25, 2022 Report Posted February 25, 2022 33 minutes ago, Nexii said: Judging our military based on spending as a % of GDP or gross amount is deceptive, because salaries are such a big part of it. Russia spends 3x what we do yet they have 20x the troops. We should look at our number of troops, planes, ships etc per capita vis a vis other allies and rivals. And yea the other issue as noted is that spending doesn't equal effectiveness if you are wasteful... If you have an all volunteer force you need to make it attractive for people to join and that includes decent pay. Quote
WestCanMan Posted February 25, 2022 Report Posted February 25, 2022 2 minutes ago, Nexii said: Judging our military based on spending as a % of GDP or gross amount is deceptive, because salaries are such a big part of it. Russia spends 3x what we do yet they have 20x the troops. We should look at our number of troops, planes, ships etc per capita vis a vis other allies and rivals. And yea the other issue as noted is that spending doesn't equal effectiveness if you are wasteful... A lot of countries still have universal male conscription. (I'm sure you know the drill: every male serves for 1-3 years from 18 and then they're basically 'reservists' until they're about 60. They come back for training for about 1 month every few years) I worked with a guy from Turkey who lived here but he actually went back home to do meet his reservist obligations. It's a low-cost way to have strong military capability with a much lower bill than we have here, where most of our soldiers are full-time. Quote If CNN gave an infinite number of monkeys an infinite number of typewriters, leftists would believe everything they typed. If you missed something on the Cultist Narrative Network, don't worry, the dolt horde here will make sure everyone hears it. Kamala didn't get where she is because of her achievements or anything that came out of her mouth.
Nexii Posted February 25, 2022 Report Posted February 25, 2022 11 minutes ago, WestCanMan said: A lot of countries still have universal male conscription. (I'm sure you know the drill: every male serves for 1-3 years from 18 and then they're basically 'reservists' until they're about 60. They come back for training for about 1 month every few years) I worked with a guy from Turkey who lived here but he actually went back home to do meet his reservist obligations. It's a low-cost way to have strong military capability with a much lower bill than we have here, where most of our soldiers are full-time. Lower cost for spending, but not working for a few years is a significant loss of economic activity and tax revenue. I'm sure the net still works out cheaper but conscription is still expensive in developed countries. We probably couldn't have conscription without Quebec separating though, to be realistic Quote
Aristides Posted February 25, 2022 Report Posted February 25, 2022 12 minutes ago, Nexii said: Lower cost for spending, but not working for a few years is a significant loss of economic activity and tax revenue. I'm sure the net still works out cheaper but conscription is still expensive in developed countries. We probably couldn't have conscription without Quebec separating though, to be realistic And yet Scandinavian countries and Switzerland have very high standards of living. Quote
Nexii Posted February 25, 2022 Report Posted February 25, 2022 1 minute ago, Aristides said: And yet Scandinavian countries and Switzerland have very high standards of living. South Korea, Singapore, Israel, Taiwan, Estonia, Lithuania too Though all these countries have hostile neighbours. We don't consider Russia a 'neighbour' though maybe we should now 1 Quote
WestCanMan Posted February 25, 2022 Report Posted February 25, 2022 15 minutes ago, Nexii said: Lower cost for spending, but not working for a few years is a significant loss of economic activity and tax revenue. I'm sure the net still works out cheaper but conscription is still expensive in developed countries. We'd have to pay them, and maybe it could be for 6 months or 1 year. Still worth it. Quote We probably couldn't have conscription without Quebec separating though, to be realistic The have their own Van Doo Regiment, with a pretty proud history I might add, it shouldn't be hard to sell that to separatists. The 22nd are all grunts (government rejects unfit for naval training - ? to army guy, yz and D93) but they could get AF training (kind of homo-erotic, but I'm not judging) which has very valuable training for the civilian world, or they could man-up and join the few, the proud, and the elite in the navy. Quote If CNN gave an infinite number of monkeys an infinite number of typewriters, leftists would believe everything they typed. If you missed something on the Cultist Narrative Network, don't worry, the dolt horde here will make sure everyone hears it. Kamala didn't get where she is because of her achievements or anything that came out of her mouth.
Faramir Posted February 25, 2022 Report Posted February 25, 2022 Drafts create bad soldiers. What we need is to cut funding to snowmobile makers and use that for that military. 2 Quote
Aristides Posted February 26, 2022 Report Posted February 26, 2022 2 hours ago, Faramir said: Drafts create bad soldiers. What we need is to cut funding to snowmobile makers and use that for that military. I think it is different if everyone has to do it. Quote
cougar Posted February 26, 2022 Report Posted February 26, 2022 On 2/23/2022 at 4:06 PM, Faramir said: And we now have an anti-military gov in power. For as long as we don't meddle in others' affairs we are likely not to need our military. Quote
cougar Posted February 26, 2022 Report Posted February 26, 2022 2 hours ago, Faramir said: Drafts create bad soldiers. What we need is to cut funding to snowmobile makers and use that for that military. I agree 100%. I hate snowmobilers. You can draft each and every one of them and send them to Afghanistan, dirt bikers too. Quote
WestCanMan Posted February 26, 2022 Report Posted February 26, 2022 5 hours ago, Faramir said: Drafts create bad soldiers. What we need is to cut funding to snowmobile makers and use that for that military. It's not a draft. People have to get trained to be part of the military. Not everyone has to be a soldier, you need cooks, medics, mechanics, etc to keep your military going. When you get to choose from all of the men in a country you can build up lots of good regiments and support personnel. Quote If CNN gave an infinite number of monkeys an infinite number of typewriters, leftists would believe everything they typed. If you missed something on the Cultist Narrative Network, don't worry, the dolt horde here will make sure everyone hears it. Kamala didn't get where she is because of her achievements or anything that came out of her mouth.
DogOnPorch Posted February 26, 2022 Report Posted February 26, 2022 (edited) How to get people into the military? Not like this. Decorated veteran of Afghanistan with battle injuries tells his story about being attacked, beaten and dumped in the countryside by the police in Ottawa. https://rumble.com/vvennk-canadian-veteran-violently-arrested-by-police-in-ottawa-tells-his-story.html He was injured in an IED blast that killed 3 others. Pretend he is the baddie. Edited February 26, 2022 by DogOnPorch 1 1 Quote Nothing cracks a turtle like Leon Uris.
Zeitgeist Posted February 26, 2022 Report Posted February 26, 2022 (edited) 18 minutes ago, DogOnPorch said: How to get people into the military? Not like this. Decorated veteran of Afghanistan with battle injuries tells his story about being attacked, beaten and dumped in the countryside by the police in Ottawa. https://rumble.com/vvennk-canadian-veteran-violently-arrested-by-police-in-ottawa-tells-his-story.html He was injured in an IED blast that killed 3 others. Pretend he is the baddie. The disrespect of our government and police towards our military veterans makes all the Remembrance Day celebrations look like shams. Where is the Governor General in all this? It really shows that the pageantry and placing decorations and medals on lapels is meaningless. Government and police didn’t listen to the vets. Instead they brought aggression towards them. What sane government does this? Edited February 26, 2022 by Zeitgeist Quote
DogOnPorch Posted February 26, 2022 Report Posted February 26, 2022 9 minutes ago, Zeitgeist said: The disrespect of our government and police towards our military veterans makes all the Remembrance Day celebrations look like shams. Where is the Governor General in all this? It really shows that the pageantry and placing decorations and medals on lapels is meaningless. Government and police didn’t listen to the vets. Instead they brought aggression towards them. What sane government does this? One that prefers foreign troops be sent to Ottawa to attack veterans. That rumor seems alive and well. Aviation types have tracked the movements of the one marked aircraft in North Bay...which were odd enough. Mostly the Middle East and Africa. But the one with the markings all blacked out is impossible to track for obvious reasons. Quote Nothing cracks a turtle like Leon Uris.
Zeitgeist Posted February 26, 2022 Report Posted February 26, 2022 Just now, DogOnPorch said: One that prefers foreign troops be sent to Ottawa to attack veterans. That rumor seems alive and well. Aviation types have tracked the movements of the one marked aircraft in North Bay...which were odd enough. Mostly the Middle East and Africa. But the one with the markings all blacked out is impossible to track for obvious reasons. This government forgot who they work for. They work against the people. 2 Quote
Dougie93 Posted February 26, 2022 Report Posted February 26, 2022 8 hours ago, Zeitgeist said: The disrespect of our government and police towards our military veterans makes all the Remembrance Day celebrations look like shams. Where is the Governor General in all this? It really shows that the pageantry and placing decorations and medals on lapels is meaningless. Government and police didn’t listen to the vets. Instead they brought aggression towards them. What sane government does this? every day is remembrance day, at the going down of the sun & in the morning but indeed, I stopped going to Remembrance Day many years ago 3 Quote
DogOnPorch Posted February 26, 2022 Report Posted February 26, 2022 4 minutes ago, Dougie93 said: every day is remembrance day, at the going down of the sun & in the morning but indeed, I stopped going to Remembrance Day many years ago What's a Vimy? Kids don't even know about the history of it all. Quote Nothing cracks a turtle like Leon Uris.
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