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I know there is the ❤️ emoji but it doesn't do that story justice I seriously love that 🥹❤️ If more stories like that got out to the public, or those stories were more widely shared among media, police would probably have a lot less hostility thrown their way The media taints stories all...

https://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/edmonton-police-officer-competes-in-worlds-strongest-man-competition I know Tristan (somewhat - just through crossing paths within the emergency services community here in Edmonton) and he's a freaking HULK of a man! He may be 6'3" tall but with his...

In theory my friend, in theory... ("What doesn't kill you probably leaves you weaker..." probably should have also become a famous quote somewhere along the way, imo)

Well ya see...when a country has a government as committed to incompetence as strongly as ours is, anything is possible! Now read the following in a Chrystia Freeland voice in your head: "Think of it this way - when students and immigrants arrive here without the savings or means to support...

This. Very much this. I think most people would reasonably assume that certain foreign countries have an interest in who gets elected here and what cabinet portfolio they end up with because it directly affects certain aspects of their trade with Canada, how much it will cost for them to...

Ummmmmm...yeah... ...Because not having Trudeau around would be absolutely awful...

What hasn't been that way...the helo essentially being an extension of the ship in terms of ASW? Or the helo operating independently of the ship? Can you (or anybody else) expand on that last part? (Without violating ASW OPSEC) Does the MH-60R function differently than a Cyclone or a Merlin...

Project Management Office* And fair point about other users of a product being taken with a grain of salt. I hadn't thought of that in my late night stupor. At least maintenance chiefs in other countries could provide some feedback in terms of how maintenance intensive a platform is, how...

That's all good math. But I don't think it's factoring in the RCAF deployment of 4 Griffons (flight crew + ground crew) nor the additional armoured squadron Those 2 additional capabilities will bring us closer to the 2,200 number that's been touted.

Literally mate... One guy. Just get one guy from the PMO to spend a day or two on the phone calling the actual manufacturer of the aircraft with the relevant questions on hand - and another day or so calling some senior maintenance staff in air forces that operate the thing. Ask the relevant...

Not trying to derail the thread, this thought just came to me upon reading this... But if there was ever a straightforward project that would improve morale in the jump companies, probably save VAC a ton of knee injury claims, is justifiable, and wouldn't cost billions of dollars....replacing...

You forgot Kingfisher in there! And TAPV! And, and, and...

That's what I was thinking. I know Chinooks have operated off flat tops in the past, but I don't think it's ever been for a prolonged period of time. (The Falklands being the longest operation where a Chinook operated from a vessel in salt water, I believe) (And I seem to remember that when...

Agreed. The only thoughts that come to mind initially are 'Well they won't need escorts if they are traveling as fast as a plane' but that argument is bunk, as they'll require escorts orbiting when they arrive on station... Maybe if flying low, they can zip from horizon to horizon before...

I see it as a very slim possibility. Canada didn't invest any funds into any of the development of the next generation helicopter programs, nor barely mentioned any interest thus far Nor does the Bell Textron plant in Canada manufacture any of their military product lines I don't see Bell...

I like your train of thought - it's logical and makes a lot of sense. Getting something that has a rear ramp so it could possibly deploy the ultra light vehicles, UGV's, the on-boarding of patients during SAR type operations and of possible ASW use in terms of deploying stores. Do any...

Me neither man...

Are we even a G7 country anymore? I know we are considered a G7 nation, but in practical & real terms...are we? Considering Mexico, a country with widespread poverty & a massive cartel problem, recently overtook us as America's largest trading partner...I'm starting to have my doubts that...

Hard to disagree with that!

To be fair, I think dysfunctional government can be applied to all of North America. And some of our western European allies as well.