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9 May 2022
I like to write threads with funny gifs about Canadian Armed Forces culture, doctrine, and management issues - mostly late at night to avoid sleeping. This is a meta 🧵 of 🧵:
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In 1964, Canadians submitted 3,541 proposals to the parliamentary committee tasked to pick a new national flag.
Honestly, I think we should have picked Keith Quasena's bold depiction of our country's fiercest and most bloodthirsty predator.
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The CAF failed to meet recruiting goals for a decade yet in 2025 hit a post Cold War record.
In 2025 the Snowbirds had a historically light schedule, only performing aerobatic shows at 15 🇨🇦 events.
In this paper I will demonstrate that the Snowbirds actually hurt recruiting...
May 20
Fraser Tolmie: Snowbirds' 'pause' a devastating blow to recruitment nationalpost.com/opinion/fra…
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Listen, don't pretend that if your neighbor asked you to help them out and shovel their driveway every winter since 1961, you wouldn't eventually get fed up and tell them to buy their own damn snowblower.
May 1
Canada’s top general says military won't renew program to prevent avalanches on Trans-Canada Highway ottawacitizen.com/public-ser…
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Manifesting this for myself so hard.
Apr 29
South Korea sweetens submarine bid, will manufacture armoured vehicles in Canada if chosen, @judyatrinh reports ctvnews.ca/business/article/…
Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com
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Sig Sauer's marketing team has the opportunity to make the funniest slogan of all time.
Apr 23
Every handgun in the Queensland Police Service is being recalled for urgent testing, after at least three misfired like a fully automatic weapon. The critical fault could trigger a replacement of all 15,000 glocks.
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Despite big investments it's unlikely that 🇨🇦 Army logistics will improve anytime soon. Part of the problem is a persistent inability to procure rational fleets. It's not just overlapping trucks, but the basics. 7 different beret colours, 16 sizes each. 112 line items to manage!
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For anyone who ever worked at the old Canadian Army headquarters at 110 O'Connor, this is what it looks like today.
It wasn't the nicest building, sure, but at least there weren't any damn geese.
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Colt 🇨🇦 is great at making receivers & barrels for AR-15s but the Munitions Supply Program gives them 1st refusal to make any small arms, including ones they don't know how to make (Tikka T3x, M240)
Non-zero chance we're paying them to try to CNC mill glass from aluminum billet.
Apr 7
Colt Optics Selected to Support the Canadian Modular Assault Rifle (CMAR) Program
truenorthstrategicreview.ca/…
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If I was the head of the Canadian military I would simply order my staff to submit a Memorandum to Cabinet & Treasury Board submission to the Government, creating an urgent procurement system via a Crown Corporation to rapidly modernize the CAF via fast contracts with 🇨🇦 firms🤷🏻♂️.
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I am once again begging people not to simply divide the contract value by the quantity and assuming that's the unit cost.
20-40% of any military contract is typically in-service support, spare parts, accessories, training, all necessary additional spending above item cost.
Mar 19
Canada spending $307M to buy new modular army rifles from Colt nationalnewswatch.com/2026/0… #nationlnewswatch via @natnewswatch
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Most 🇨🇦 military exercises in the Arctic are about sovereignty & survival - when the weather gets bad, you hunker down.
3 RCR however was sent to JPMRC, which is an exercise about fighting a real enemy who wants to kill you, along with the weather.
Good context in this article:
Mar 12
Read more: washingtontimes.com/news/202…
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The 🇨🇦 Army is making the Caiman our standard helmet but the exciting news is how. Rather than launching a lengthy procurement, we're using existing NATO framework contracts.
Up next? We need to start using procurement as a service contracts to manage basic clothing & equipment.
The Canadian Department of National Defence has ordered 29,000 Batlskin Caiman® ballistic helmet systems from Galvion through the NSPA framework, bringing the total number of units ordered by Canada to over 44,000
🔗 hubs.la/Q045HFmx0
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🇨🇦 has said we won't participate in the conflict in Iran. A political position of course - but what could we even contribute?
We started an air defence project in 2017. It has acquired nothing. We have nothing to fight these threats.
We are irrelevant until we fix procurement.
Mar 2
A spectacular Iranian video of underground tunnels filled with Shahed-136 strike UAVs, as well as a new jet-powered Shahed that is different in shape than the previously-seen Shahed-236.
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Communication is a leadership responsibility, but CAF DND handed that responsibility off to public affairs staff long ago, creating a risk-adverse system of endless approvals at every level that delays & muddies all messages.
We need empowered uniformed spokespersons, now.
LGen Blanchet said that with increased defence investment, the CAF has a responsibility to clearly explain its actions on equipment, personnel, and operations, helping Canadians understand how these efforts advance national security while honestly addressing challenges.
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BREAKING: Canadian government releases list of highest ranking anti-fascists in the Canadian Military:
veterans.gc.ca/en/remembranc…
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This program is designed to poach qualified pilots from allied militaries to match planned rapid growth of the CAF, modelled on a successful Australian program running for decades.
The hyperbole on the internet today about it is quite literally information warfare against us.
Feb 18
Canada is launching a new immigration category for "skilled military recruits" with job offers from the Canadian Armed Forces, including doctors, nurses, and pilots.
Minister Lena Diab says it will help "defend our sovereignty" and "keep Canadians safe."
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Cool defence industrial strategy and all, but for the love of god can we please let battalion & brigade commanders spend more than $25k on each purchase now?
Are we trying to build sovereign industry for military capabilities or office supplies?
Canada’s new defence industrial strategy and a new sign in the window: Sovereignty through capability ctvnews.ca/politics/article/…
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Get yourself someone who looks at you the way a weapons technician looks at a Carl Gustaf.
Snow on the range. Fire in the garage.
Before manoeuvre and fire, mechanics ensure every vehicle is ready, maintaining the foundation of defence and reinforcing deterrence.
#WeAreNATO
Photo: Cpl Justin Dreimanis
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Always interesting to see a Canadian LAV 6.0 chassis with a different turret.
We'd arguably be in a better spot if we mixed & matched turrets from established specialized OEMs rather than keep welding up our own collection of catalogue ordered parts.
Feb 7
Target impact demonstration of the MK44 Bushmaster II 30 / 40 mm 🇺🇸 cannon on a Kongsberg MCT-30 🇳🇴 turret.
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