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recceguy
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posted 18 June 2021 14:28
Found in today's email.I won't post the entire article as it's rather lenghty, but will include the site at the end of the intro. If anyone wants the whole article posted I'll repost. Frustrated Rank and File Fed up with Toiling for Arrogant Brass By Scott Taylor ON TARGET LAST YEAR the Defence Department conducted an extensive survey among officers who had recently completed a peacekeeping tour. The driving force behind this study was the realization that the army's morale was in the toilet and none of the top brass at National Defence Headquarters could pinpoint the reasons why. As the submissions began flooding in, the peacekeeping veterans' responses were surprisingly candid and contemptuously critical of both the rationale behind many of the missions on which they had been deployed and of those individuals (read: the same top brass conducting this survey) responsible for repeatedly endangering their lives. click here for complete article [ 18 June 2001: Message edited by: recceguy ]
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centurion
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posted 19 June 2021 15:10
Don't care about Mr Taylor's agenda. You can read the report in full and judge for yourself if he's making this up on his own. Sounds like he quoted verbatum from the report. Go to the site below, click on "Debrief the Leaders (Officers), it will take you to the next page, click on "Debrief the Leader's Project(Officers) Adobe Acrobat". This will download the report in .PDF format (you need acrobat reader to view). It's 27 pages of some rather enlightening reading.web page
People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.
--George Orwell--
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opcentre
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posted 25 June 2021 14:08
Morale in the Canadian Forces??? Has nothing to do with the operational tempo. Has nothing to do with travelling overseas back to back. Whenever a tour comes up within a Regiment, troops are putting their hands up to go and are frustrated if they didn't make that tour. If the CF didn't have these tours morale would be 1000 % lower then what it is now. What else would a soldier have to look forward to or be proud of. We no longer have any large bases outside of Canada. Our training exercises are minimal. When was the last time we had a large scale joint army exercise with our Nato Allies, or even our neighbouring US partners. We haven't even deployed all three Brigades on a joint exercise in Canada. For the Armour Corps it was a major revelation just to deploy one troop of leopards from the RCD's and 12RBC to Wainwright and Suffield to train with the Strats and 1CMBG. Most of our exercises are under funded and provide little ammunition and small amounts of live fire training. I think when we look at the CF, especially the Army, these oversea tours are what keep morale from reaching the bottom of the sink. Recruitment is down, retaining soldiers is difficult. My guess for morale being low would involve many different reasons. How about: The government and NDHQ's meddling in purchasing new equipment for the CF. It decreases my morale to know that the purchase of new helicopters for the Navy is not considered a priority and that the purchase is wrapped up in politics. That DND probably won't be replacing the aging Leopards with a tracked Main Battle Tank. That the new Iltis replacement project has only one company bidding because DND manipulated the procurement requirements. That the Navy had to stop operating the HMCS HURON because there are not enough sailors or money. That they allowed women in to the Submarine trade even though DND did a survey of sailors and 89% did not want women in the subs. That the regular force lost an armoured unit 8th Canadian Hussars to the Reserves because of budget cuts, that training standards have dropped within the military and especially the Combat Arms. That we no longer have a Airborne Regiment. That a quarter of the CF 18's are now mothballed, that we have no heavy air transport lift capability and must rely on the US for it. That the Navy doesn't have a transport ship for overseas deployments of the Army. And on and on and on. So, I think that the CF members have a right to be low on morale with no brighter picture on the horizon. The only thing we can all do is Soldier on and be true Canadians. Because for most of us serving in the CF is not for the money. Not for the credit, and it is not to be a hero. It is because this is who we are, and despite all the negative events that surround us we still choose to be part of something that is more then just now. We choose to be part of Canada and its great history and its prevailing future. And for me to take a grain of salt from one of the few people in Canada who dedicates his time and life for the serving soldiers of the CF and the betterment of the Canadian military would be to kick a friend in the mouth and say no thanks for your help. Scott Taylor is a proud Canadian.
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posted 18 June 2021 21:46
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