US Army Reviving the 11th Airborne Division in Alaska

[Good2Golf]

Wouldn’t that be Kryyptonite?

 

[Kirkhill]

There was before 1903. The Root Reforms saw this title changed to Chief of Staff. This was done in part to reinforce a civilian chain of command (the Chief of Staff worked for the Secretary of the Army) and in part in reference to the Prussian Army, where the senior military official was the Chief of the Great General Staff, who provided military advice to civilian political leaders. The UK also adopted this approach around the same time, with the titular head of the Army becoming the "Chief of the General Staff."

Ahem. "Chief of the Imperial General Staff" donchano? At least after 1909.

 

[Retired AF Guy]

Be interesting to see how this unfolds....or is it a move to send troops into Canada and liberate us from trudeau?

Nope, that's the role for the 10th Mountain Division in Fort Drum, New York.

 

[OldSolduer]

Nope, that's the role for the 10th Mountain Division in Fort Drum, New York.

Are there any mountains near Fort Drum?

 

[Infanteer]

The Rockies.

 

[SeaKingTacco]

The Rockies.

The Appalachians are a no shit Mountain Chain, especially in New Hampshire and Maine.

 

[medicineman]

Are there any mountains near Fort Drum?

Ft Henry Hill...

 

[KevinB]

The Appalachians are a no shit Mountain Chain, especially in New Hampshire and Maine.

They are only considered Mountains in the East part of NA
Westerns know better to mis-mark hills.

 

[Blackadder1916]

They are only considered Mountains in the East part of NA
Westerns know better to mis-mark hills.

Somebody should have told Saskatchewan that back in 1971 when they so designated "Mount Blackstrap".

 

[medicineman]

Somebody should have told Saskatchewan that back in 1971 when they so designated "Mount Blackstrap".

Isn't that that little dip in the Trans-Canada Highway around the AB border?

 

[Kirkhill]

Isn't that that little dip in the Trans-Canada Highway around the AB border?

I think you mean the pile of used tires just across the highway from Dundurn.

 

[Blackadder1916]

Isn't that that little dip in the Trans-Canada Highway around the AB border?

No, it's the landfill SE of Dundern. I was at a meeting once where someone suggested it as a location to run a (Militia) bde ski school and basic mtn ops course.

From the highway outside Dundern
In the distance, follow horizon right of centre, see the pimple.

 

[KevinB]

No, it's the landfill SE of Dundern. I was at a meeting once where someone suggested it as a location to run a (Militia) bde ski school and basic mtn ops course.

From the highway outside Dundern
In the distance, follow horizon right of centre, see the pimple.

A 43m mound on a former landfill for a Mountain Ops course?

One could run a better course off the LTF in Edmonton.

 

[GK .Dundas]

The reason the 10th is in upper New York state has nothing to do with either Canada or mountains. And every thing to do with the senior Senator from NY who was at the time chairman of the Senate defence appropriations committee.
And he wanted s military base in his district.
Could have been worse he could have been from Kansas.

 

[Kirkhill]

A 43m mound on a former landfill for a Mountain Ops course?

One could run a better course off the LTF in Edmonton.

It was good enough for the Canada Games in 1971... don't forget the runout onto the ice of the lake. That doubles the drop to 86m. Positively vertiginious.

The creation of Blackstrap Mountain is a lasting legacy that continues to be enjoyed by Saskatoon residents, used for biking in the summer and skiing and snowboarding in the winter. The man made hill cost approximately $600,000 to build, the total cost included snowmaking, lifts and a day lodge.

Saskatoon 1971

www.canadagames.ca

 

[SeaKingTacco]

It was good enough for the Canada Games in 1971... don't forget the runout onto the ice of the lake. That doubles the drop to 86m. Positively vertiginious.

Saskatoon 1971

www.canadagames.ca

I have tobogganed on that hill.

 

[Blackadder1916]

A 43m mound on a former landfill for a Mountain Ops course?

One could run a better course off the LTF in Edmonton.

I probably should have used an emoji of some sort to signify the absurdity of the suggestion. When the suggestion was made (it was during a training coord conference in the 1990s) there was a lot of rolling of eyes. The individual who made it had probably never done a bde ski school, mtn ops or even been to Dundern before.

 

[SeaKingTacco]

I probably should have used an emoji of some sort to signify the absurdity of the suggestion. When the suggestion was made (it was during a training coord conference in the 1990s) there was a lot of rolling of eyes. The individual who made it had probably never done a bde ski school, mtn ops or even been to Dundern before.

Dundurn has an awesome training area. Mountain Ops would not be my first choice of training objectives there, however.

 

[KevinB]

Dundurn has an awesome training area. Mountain Ops would not be my first choice of training objectives there, however.

It is a fantastic dismounted patrol venue.

 

[Kirkhill]

Dundurn has an awesome training area. Mountain Ops would not be my first choice of training objectives there, however.

Great for snowshoes and banger boards though.