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Sadly, me too; realized I was an outlier when talking to peers when I start losing track of which fire on which class I was on when we were talking about some emergencies we had been around for. Fortunately they all got handled fairly quickly, but amazing how long it takes to clean up, clear up...

Less for enthusiasts, more for folks that run up on a cold door while responding to a fire alarm, chuck it open, and get an 'o shit' moment when there is actually a fire right there. The fire responses happen a few times every month, and that's a big change from decades of plain steel doors and...

That would be vigilante justice I think a lot of people could get behind. "I testified in Parliament, got threatened as a result, and my employer did nothing about it, so took it in my own hands. They were coming right for me, so it was self defence'. I mostly found the RCN claim of 'Privacy...

I think the T26 model shown is an older rev of the design, but a lot of variations and artist renditions, so I wouldn't really take anything from it.. Not sure what the ghost ship is, but they are big on the idea of 'digital twin'. I guess it sounds sexier than 'paper ship' but basically have a...

I think it did, but then explicitly said the MPs aren't investigating and don't intend to, which I had to read a few times to make sure I hand't dropped a word or something. Not that the unit investigation won't try, but random PO1/CPO2 that gets tagged with it hardly has the resources of the...

So you are saying I shouldn't autodelete the 3-4 different L1 and L2 update emails that come in daily? :D It apparently was a line item in a defence team update email earlier this week, but hasn't specifically come around yet. Guess should expect that to be incoming, but at least there is a...

I laughed at that bit as well; everytime they tout 'affordable housing' there is always an asterix or something, and it's defined as something like 80% of the market average price. It's less expensive, but it the market average is getting up to 700-800k, 80% of that is still out of reach for...

I don't even think I saw nominations come around for this one. With the jubilee medals it was a mix of people who were great and was nice to see them recognized, and some self promotional complete assholes who probably nominated themselves, with some on the scale in between. Whatever, the way...

It actually specifically says the MPs aren't investigating and have no plans to do so. Nothing like a little whisteblower/witness intimidation to get quick action I guess. The double (triple?) standards is interesting; there are plenty of people who have been crucified and identified by name in...

They really should only be thought of as training vessels anyway; they were used short term for the Olympics but they do get used hard for that training purpose. We need sea days to train people, and they are a very cheap and useful training platform to give you some sea days that is a critical...

Bit of a pallet cleanser, but some lawyers (and judges) in Ukraine behaving bad-ass-ly. Judges with machine guns: the part-time drone hunters defending Kyiv Judges with machine guns: the part-time drone hunters defending Kyiv The ‘Mriya’ unit made up of members of the legal profession patrols...

The Artic support base was massively scaled back, so sort of undercuts the ability to do sustained operations in the area. It's more of a logistics issue than desire, but the folks that did the Norploy all had a blast with really cool experiences. Hard to complain if your year includes stops in...

No, once direction was given we got onboard, was just using it as an example of where CRCN doesn't dictate requirements; ultimately that's the GoC and why painful bureacratic things like various Defence white papers are critical.

The thing is, CRCN doesn't actually dictate what projects are funded (and neither does head of the Army or Airforce). He can say whatever he wants, but doesn't mean we aren't suddenly $100M plus short on in service funding, and suddenly have more crews than platforms (vice about .6 or less)...

Because this is always funny to me; the SNL ATC skit with James MacAvoy. Also, to keep it nautical, the German coast guard;

I had to look that up; that's enough internet for today (also probably not wrong).

I've heard the same from actual submariners as well; 6 to 8 gives the operational capability they want, but not sure how you grow from less then 2 crews to 8. Across the board, crew is our limiting factor, and the cost for reduced crews in build and maintenance can be crippling. Sometimes not...

I've actually been that planner, and this had really nothing to do with the decision. It was strictly to push work to FMF, which in some cases wasn't able to get done because of the impact on the ship's operation for having to shut down the entire firemain to replace some valves, so just put it...

Fortunately even the RCN knows that nuclear submarines are a terrible idea for Canada if we ever want to actually see them, and the word went out that anybody that floats the idea will be dealt with severely. Nice to see a bit of actual sense for a change, as we'll already be hard pressed to...

The RCN does this all the time; we'll push work from DWPs to the FMFs, but means the nice coats of paint we just refreshed needs to be partially stripped off to do hotwork, or try and do repairs/part replacements on the firemain while it's needed, instead of doing it while it's dry for 2+ years...