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Western countries are gearing up for war for the first time in decades

Western nations are taking steps to put their armed forces on a war footing for the first time in decades, according to the boss of defence-technology company QinetiQ.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, concerns about China’s ambitions in the Pacific, escalations in the Israel-Hamas conflict and Houthi attacks on shipping in the Red Sea have spurred Britain, the US, Australia and their allies to invest time and money in testing the readiness of air, sea and land forces, said Steve Wadey, QinetiQ’s chief executive.

Canada is 4th from the bottom in NATO expenditures.

by Blazingcatfur•May 24, 2024May 23, 2024•0•"CAF - Canadian Armed Forces", Canada, NATO

Stopping the CAF ‘death spiral’

The CAF should seek to recruit more cross dressing men like US has done.

OTTAWA—Last week, there was seemingly some good news for Canada’s beleaguered Armed Forces. A May 7 Toronto Star news headline noted that “The number of applicants to join Canada’s military is soaring.”

Unfortunately the text continued with: “Why hasn’t that resulted in more of them in uniform?” The answer, it turns out, is that the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) are unable to process the applications they receive in a timely fashion. As a result, the gap between recruiting and those serving personnel who are releasing from the CAF continues to widen.

by Blazingcatfur•May 21, 2024May 21, 2024•0•"CAF - Canadian Armed Forces", WTF?

Trudeau government has spent $10 million promoting DEI in the military as recruitment flounders

Canada’s Department of National Defence has spent nearly $10 million on so-called diversity, equity and inclusion programs since Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took office in 2015.

According to records released May 7 by Blacklock’s Reporter, the Department of National Defence has paid consultants and contractors $9,510,247 to promote “equity and inclusion” within the military.

by Blazingcatfur•May 15, 2024May 15, 2024•0•"CAF - Canadian Armed Forces", "DEI - Code For Anti-White Racism", "DEI - Diversity Equity Inclusion", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

‘Our NATO allies are despairing’: Retired general says Trudeau government failing on defence

Lt.-Gen. (ret’d) Andrew Leslie is keen to talk about the embarrassing state of Canadian military preparedness.

“The current prime minister of Canada is not serious about defence. Full stop. A large number of his cabinet members are not serious about defence. Full stop,” the former Liberal MP tells me.

by Blazingcatfur•May 12, 2024May 12, 2024•0•"CAF - Canadian Armed Forces", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

National Defence wins award for its efforts to hide information from the public

Attempts by National Defence to hide the costs of a multi-billion dollar warship construction project has earned it a top secrecy award from a national journalism organization.

National Defence will receive the “Outstanding Achievement in Government Secrecy” award for taking three years to respond to an access to information request about the cost of the Canadian Surface Combatant program.

by Blazingcatfur•May 11, 2024May 11, 2024•0•"CAF - Canadian Armed Forces"

Soldiers Resistant to Degeneracy in the Armed Forces Must Be ‘Educated’ or ‘Move Along’: Defence Chief

Voted most likely never to to be missed.

Soldiers Resistant to Culture Change in Armed Forces Must Be ‘Educated’ or ‘Move Along’: Defence Chief

Soldiers who resist the military’s culture overhaul and “cannot be educated” should “move along,” says Canada’s top general.

Chief of the Defence Staff General Wayne Eyre made the comments as he testified before the House of Commons defence committee on May 8. Gen. Eyre is set to retire in the coming months.

The top general was involved in pushing for major changes to the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) culture related to issues like sexual misconduct and so-called systemic racism.

by Blazingcatfur•May 11, 2024May 10, 2024•0•"CAF - Canadian Armed Forces", Big Deviant

Leopard Tank Variant Canada Donated To Ukraine Has No Spare Parts Production

Canada will send along this cool model to keep the Tankers busy.

Canada presses Germany to boost parts production as Ukraine struggles to field its Leopard tanks

Germany’s defence minister acknowledged Friday that countries like Canada — and to a lesser extent Ukraine — are in a tough spot when it comes to maintaining older variants of the Leopard 2 main battle tank and keeping them in the field.

Boris Pistorious, who visited Ottawa and met with his counterpart Defence Minister Bill Blair, was asked about the world-wide shortage of spare parts affecting the A4 model of the Leopard, the type overwhelmingly used by the Canadian Army.

It’s also the model which Canada, Poland, Norway, Denmark, Spain, Sweden, the Netherlands and Portugal all donated to Ukraine.

by Blazingcatfur•May 10, 2024May 10, 2024•0•"CAF - Canadian Armed Forces", Canada, WTF?

Canadian military should turn to private sector for space surveillance tech, MPs told

The Canadian military could have modern satellite coverage in the Arctic a decade earlier than envisioned if the federal government is willing to follow the example of other countries and embrace commercial options in space, a House of Commons committee heard Monday.

Mike Greenley, chief executive officer of MDA Canada, told committee members Canada has fallen behind the rest of the globe from “a military space capability perspective” and is not effectively working with companies in the aerospace sector.

by Blazingcatfur•May 7, 2024May 6, 2024•0•"CAF - Canadian Armed Forces"

Military raked by critics online after unveiling new army logo

The Canadian Army learned some valuable lessons Friday: art is in the eye of the beholder and it pays to be precise, even on social media.

The military faced a huge backlash online after unveiling a new logo for the army on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter.

by Blazingcatfur•May 4, 2024May 4, 2024•0•"CAF - Canadian Armed Forces"

Trudeau is asking military ‘to suck and blow at the same time,’ says Gen. Eyre

Just over a month into the new fiscal year and two weeks after the federal budget, the Department of National Defence is struggling to reconcile the Liberal government’s approach to military funding — giving with one hand while taking with the other.

Gen. Wayne Eyre, the country’s top military commander, told the rank-and-file in a remote town hall event last week that he doesn’t have answers to crucial questions about how internal budget cuts and funding reallocation square with promises of additional money in the recently released defence policy.

“We’re being asked to suck and blow at the same time,” Eyre, the chief of the defence staff, told about 1,300 members of the Armed Forces who tuned in for the presentation. A video copy of his presentation was obtained by CBC News.

by Blazingcatfur•May 3, 2024May 3, 2024•0•"CAF - Canadian Armed Forces", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Changes to training forced by budget cuts could leave military less ready for a fight, experts warn

Internal budget cuts at the Department of National Defence are being blamed for the Canadian Armed Forces decision to make radical changes to training for fighter pilots and for soldiers destined for Latvia — an overhaul that experts warn could undermine military readiness.

The army is no longer requiring that troops headed for deployment in Eastern Europe take part in a major qualifying exercise at the base in Wainwright, Alta., the department said in a media statement issued after CBC News asked questions.

by Blazingcatfur•May 2, 2024May 2, 2024•0•"CAF - Canadian Armed Forces", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Increasing ‘space-mindedness’ a top priority for Canadian military: commander

OTTAWA – The commander of the Canadian Armed Forces Space Division says gaining awareness of what’s going on outside our planet is one of his top priorities.

Brig.-Gen. Michael Adamson made the comments in front of the House of Commons national defence committee, which is studying the military’s role in defending space for the first time.

by Blazingcatfur•April 30, 2024April 30, 2024•0•"CAF - Canadian Armed Forces", "UFO's"

Just how bad is Canada’s defence spending problem?

The current state of Canada’s military and defence spending has been the subject of international criticism and a source of growing isolation from key allies. In a world of evolving geopolitical tensions and new and emerging threats, Canada’s underinvestment in national defence represents a major vulnerability.

by Blazingcatfur•April 29, 2024April 29, 2024•0•"CAF - Canadian Armed Forces", Canada

Canadian military to destroy 11,000 Second World War-era pistols

The Canadian military plans to destroy 11,000 of its Second World War-era pistols by the end of this year.

The move comes as the Canadian Forces confirmed it has received the final deliveries of a new 9-mm pistol as part of a $19.4-million project.

by Blazingcatfur•April 24, 2024April 24, 2024•0•"CAF - Canadian Armed Forces"

Demands of defence policy almost double military’s recruitment gap, top soldier warns

Canada’s armed forces are ready for emergency pronoun deployment under battlefield conditions.

The recruiting hole in which the Canadian military finds itself is deeper and potentially more serious than it might appear at first glance — in part because of all the new equipment the federal government has ordered, or plans to order in the near future.

Just recently, Defence Minister Bill Blair estimated the military is short up to 16,500 members and said the Armed Forces’ failure to boost recruitment is leading it into a “death spiral.”

But the country’s top military commander, Gen. Wayne Eyre, told CBC News in a recent interview that the problem is actually bigger than the numbers cited by the minister suggest.

by Blazingcatfur•April 19, 2024April 19, 2024•0•"CAF - Canadian Armed Forces"