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IN HOC SIGNO said:I know that all you army guys are joking. We all know that the Navy is the Senior Service. ;D
I know that RN = Real Navy. What did RCN stand for. ;D
Drummy
IN HOC SIGNO said:I know that all you army guys are joking. We all know that the Navy is the Senior Service. ;D
Hebridean said:Is the coast guard patrolling on the atlantic right now? I know this has probably come up before but why not arm the coastguard to do fishery patrols and some constabular duties-they are out there anyway. Or is hiring a couple thousand rcmp officers to serve exclusively on coastguard ships a better idea?
Drummy said:I know that RN = Real Navy. What did RCN stand for. ;D
Drummy
geo said:I know.... but figuratively, after having been beached, anything going out is a sortie of sorts.
MarkOttawa said:Do you doubt there is an agenda?
http://toyoufromfailinghands.blogspot.com/2007/01/do-you-doubt-there-is-agenda.html
Mark
Ottawa
whiskey601 said:Server error.
Nfld Sapper said:RCN = Real Cr**y Navy ;D
Ex-Dragoon said:RCN = Real Cr**y Navy Grin
Boater said:Thanks for the information
The Canadian army is definetly older than the navy so maybe "Senior Service" is a carry over from the RN
Ex-Dragoon said:Do you have to be warned again?
warspite said:So from what I've read the navy spends around 350 milion on operations a year (going on memory here). If the government can't budget 350 million for something as basic as operations where in the world is the navy going to get the money for modernization programs let alone for new ships?
Canadian air force also faces cash crunch
Last Updated: Thursday, January 18, 2007 | 9:36 PM ET
CBC News
A money crunch in the Canadian military that temporarily suspended a navy mission is also affecting the air force and forcing it to look for places to trim the budget, CBC News has learned.
As the end of fiscal year approaches, the air force faces a shortfall of $28.1 million. It will balance the books by lowering its fuel stocks and putting off what it calls minor projects.
"But I want to emphasize that no aircraft operations will be affected. There'll be no reduction in flying hours. And aircraft will certainly not be sitting on the ground as a result of the over-programming," Capt. Jim Hutcheson, an air force spokesman, said Thursday.
On Wednesday, the navy said it didn't have the money to send HMCS Halifax on a scheduled sovereignty mission off the East Cast.
Defence Minister Gordon O'Connor later announced the Canadian Forces would reallocate up to $5 million so HMCS Halifax could set sail. It is set to head to sea on Monday. That money will come from somewhere else in the Armed Forces' existing budget.
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Some military analysts say the root cause of this cash crunch is the mission in Afghanistan, where Canada currently has more than 2,000 troops. Inside the military, some commanders also say the army's commitment in Afghanistan is putting pressure on the other branches of the Armed Forces.
"With the commitment to Afghanistan, Iraq, … we're seeing countries, not only just Canada, but Great Britain, the Americans also, having to make very hard decisions within where they're spending their military bucks," said Rob Huebert of the Institute for Military and Strategic Studies.
But O'Connor rejected that argument.
"The Afghan mission is budgeted quite separately. The air force, army, navy and other elements of the Armed Forces have their budgets each year," he said.
"Afghanistan is managed separately."
warspite said:So from what I've read the navy spends around 350 milion on operations a year (going on memory here). If the government can't budget 350 million for something as basic as operations where in the world is the navy going to get the money for modernization programs let alone for new ships?
....well, do you have a problem or not...apparently not.Lieut. Gagne said it is common for the navy to plan exercises and patrols whose total cost could exceed the money the navy is allotted at the start of the fiscal year. Additional funding usually rolls in throughout the year, she said.
For example, the Canadian navy's proposed budget for the 2005-2006 fiscal year was approximately $241-million; by year's end, however, the navy had received a total of about $315-million.
"I'm feeling that this is being overblown because it's a process that takes place every year and funding still continues to come in," she said.
"We still have 2? months to juggle funds. Actually, we might not even have to cancel anything."
Article posted by airmich on previous page....Ex-Dragoon said:Whats your source?
For example, the Canadian navy's proposed budget for the 2005-2006 fiscal year was approximately $241-million; by year's end, however, the navy had received a total of about $315-million.