Next to the Staff turnover last year, the largest change we've had is in how we apply and manage warnings. In the old days, it was by manually slapping a huge banner on a user's account, writing it up and then manually removing it when the time came. The new approach is simpler and more transparent, for everyone. It's also streamlined to keep the Staff from becoming bogged down in managing warnings.

Overview:

• A 0% warning can be used if a "warning shot" is needed, with no impact.
• Users may apply a +5% warning to another user via the MilPoints Assessment screen, this falls into line with our users policing users approach.
• At 10% a user is added to a watch list for the staff.
• At 25% a user is moderated (all posts must be approved)
• At 50%+ a user is muted (they cannot post)
• Warnings automatically decay at a rate of 10% per day.
• Each Staff can apply no more than 50% to a given user, on a given day.
• This means any Staff can mute a user immediately, but concurrence from another Staff is required to keep it in place.
• E.G. A user with 70% warning will be unable to post for 2 days, and back to normal usage in 7 days.
• A user's entire warning history is displayed on the warning screen.
• Staff can decrease warning % at any time.
• All messages and warnings are logged, this helps any review process.

If you receive a warning that you wish to dispute, PM me and I will look into it. Please do not PM any Staff you see online. We're trying, as much as possible, to streamline how we handle matters like this, and a common approach is what is required.

Any questions, don't hesitate to contact me.

https://www.thelawyersdaily.ca/articles/7379

In a legal earthquake for the military justice system, the Court Martial Appeal Court of Canada (CMAC) has split 2-1 to strike down s. 130(1)(a) of the National Defence Act (NDA) because the majority held that the provision — which deems Criminal Code offences committed in Canada by military members to be “service offences” — deprives military accused of their Charter s. 11(f) right to trial by jury.

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CFNIS arrested Leading Seaman Maxime Mercier, 27, a weapons engineering technician on HMCS Montreal, without incident. The FSOC says its officers seized a package of pills.

The following morning at 9:30 a.m., CFNIS arrested a second Canadian Armed Forces member, Leading Seaman Alexandre Begin. The 31-year-old, who works as a steward at CFB Halifax, was arrested at his place of work.

More at link

Changing of the helicopter guard: Cyclone ‘leaps ahead’ of Sea Kings

It’s easy to tell that the most recent addition to the 443 Maritime Helicopter Squadron fleet — a CH-148 Cyclone helicopter — is fresh from the manufacturer.

“Some of them still have the new-car smell, which is nice,” said Lt.-Col. Travis Chapman, the squadron’s commanding officer. “We’re pretty excited to be ramping up in the 148 Cyclone age.”


https://www.timescolonist.com/islander/changing-of-the-helicopter-guard-cyclone-leaps-ahead-of-sea-kings-1.23397390

Have people been having issues getting into the DND website dnd.ca?  Every time I've tried for the last week or so, it takes forever to try to download something...and in the end, I get nothing.