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Yes. And now, people are talking about the Afghan era as when we got everything we wanted.A general feeling our military is inept and underfunded. While this is true to some degree the opinion is much worse then reality I believe. This is also largely the fault of the media. The only news surrounding the CAF they will "print" is negative. During Afghanistan they criticized the CAF for not having the right equipment to protect the soldiers, equipment they made it impossible for the CAF to purchase, tanks with A/C for example. In the 90's buying new tanks would have been political suicide.
From reading various posts, people (even in the CAF) treat it like a monolith.
Sure, some parts are inept and underfunded, but the Cpl's view of their Army combat arms unit's issues doesn't necessarily translate into an Air Force project or a Navy training establishment.
I understand that the articles have a max word count so they tend to condense (and maybe oversimplify) things, but the nuance gets missed. And that may skew the reader's opinions on the subject.
Hmm, if CFB/ASU London didn't get essentially demolished...And in terms of geography- up the number of RegF opportunities for those now stable jobs in Southwestern Ontario/ Golden Horseshoe. 10 million people.
Although you'd just hear more people complaining about housing prices in SW ON. Houses 30 min north of London are going for $1.5m