tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665728.post6529273946585488495..comments2024-03-28T00:01:34.598-07:00Comments on The Galloping Beaver: Harper's ArmyDavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03203592149876300192noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665728.post-16316958872579561672014-01-21T14:57:25.026-08:002014-01-21T14:57:25.026-08:00Dave's comment "It is exacerbated by a l...Dave's comment "It is exacerbated by a lack of officers being commissioned from the ranks with enough grey hair and mud on their boots to invoke the necessary terror into the little snots" is right on the money.<br /><br />And this newly minted post-war CDS is lacks any ability to invoke terror into those combat hardened "little snots". A pilot, is going to try to 'ole Canadian soldierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11251146880108444252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665728.post-86523249556122789162014-01-17T12:08:40.912-08:002014-01-17T12:08:40.912-08:00The problem with Hainse, and those of his ilk, is ...The problem with Hainse, and those of his ilk, is that the application of QR&O has always been highly selective. That particular class of "ring knocker" views QR&O as contradictory in nature because full application would prevent them from equating the station of "class" with that of "rank". I've met a lot of officers who, when asked why they abandon the Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03203592149876300192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665728.post-8264666400396672692014-01-16T09:48:06.648-08:002014-01-16T09:48:06.648-08:00It's interesting that the memo quotes lower le...It's interesting that the memo quotes lower level standing orders (DAOD and CANFORGEN) but omits the root of all restrictions: Queen's Regulations and Orders for the Canadian Forces 19.14(2):<br /><br />No officer or non-commissioned member shall do or say anything that:<br /><br /> if seen or heard by any member of the public, might reflect discredit on the Canadian Forces or on any Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12862597168871768315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665728.post-21452718457650934612014-01-14T19:44:04.976-08:002014-01-14T19:44:04.976-08:00what do these mindless idiots think? as you point...what do these mindless idiots think? as you pointed out many have had a few tours and don't scare that easy. Going to the media will give everyone a very clear view of what is going on. we have already seen how poorly the vets are treated. We have seen the number of suicides of armed forces personnel. it could be that all the armed forces might be left with are those working in the heade.a.f.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06244666617774794918noreply@blogger.com