At the Maritime Security Conference this past June, Commodore Mark Norman, then the Atlantic Fleet Commander, gave a very candid dinner address on his views about the future of the navy. In particular, he made several comments about the naval reserve. Here are a few of them: The concept of […]
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This is a very good debate, and I also believe it is long overdue. I am a naval reservist on a “Class A” contract, serving as a military occupation advisor for naval engineers. A few quick thoughts come to mind: - To me, a redefinition of the naval reserves within […]
I am the Standards Chief Petty Officer for marine propulsion systems at the Canadian Forces Fleet School in Esquimalt. I find the points made by the contributors to this topic are interesting but they require additional input about the technical issues. Commodore Gagliardi states that the status quo is not […]
This debate is a pleasure to read, but also somewhat frustrating. In speaking of “relevant” operational tasks, it seems to me that Eric Lerhe misses the whole point of the part-time naval reservists. When Capt. Walter Hose founded the naval reserve (NAVRES) in the 1920s, it was highly unlikely he […]
Thank you for your comments but I feel compelled to respond to some of your statements, particularly those involving the 'part-time' and 'relevant' reserves. 1) I agree with your comment that there should not be a 'choice' between TRUMP replacements and A/OPVs but I fear such a choice has already […]
A number of commentators in this forum have proposed to take the crews from the MCDVs and move them into the A/OPVs with the assumption that this will be fairly easy and relatively painless as compared to manning them with 'scarce' regular force talent. Alternatively others have suggested that the […]