100% agree did 35 years of service, with many tours, all across the globe, we have always been short on equipment, CF members have always been there to make up that difference, and while in peace time that is ok, but there is no excuses for our government and citizens to send our troops into harms way with out the most modern equipment available... Waiting for enough soldiers to perish before rushing in new equipment sends one message only to the military....it is cheaper to bury our soldiers, airmen, and sailors than it is to purchase new top of the line equipment...Canadian citizens must be proud on all the money they have saved, i'm sure it is of comfort to those 159 members families that came home in flagged draped coffins that this nation put in as much effort to foreign policy as those CF members did...may we never forget their sacrifice and may we not forget just how little our government and citizens did for that very same foreign policy... members signed on to unlimited liability upon signing up for the forces...it is to bad our citizens and government do not have the same patriotic sense duty / country. Signed disappointed vet...
I'm sorry to say but to serve country and flag is an honor and a privilege warriors have , defend the virtues and values of the nation its constitution it's sovereignty and independence is axiomatic in any member of armed forces around the world. If an eventual government or even some people among the nation is unwilling to recognize the sacrifice of the members of the armed forces or even insult and despise soldiers, that is no excuse to falter to our duties to the nation, in previous comments I mention how the WOKE culture is affecting the soul of the nation your comment even if unwilling and even if I'm sure you don't support that is a small token of how much this cultural movement affects the country that even members of the armed Forces think in terms of Material value rather than duty and Honor. My speech might sound not realistic or pragmatic in real life however if you ever where in that fox hole and your buddies are bleeding left and right what value has money when you are 5 minutes away from death, money can give you many things glory in the battlefield is not one of them. The day Glory for the nation means little or comes second than material values to the troops the country is in huge problems. But is not your fault you are just one more involuntary victim of the Woke infestation against the values of freedom world wide.
It's because you fight for resources not our freedom. Who was your oath sworn to , us the people or the crown and its successors? Lots of resources in this country but real freedom is hard to find. Did you fight so the people would get trampled with horses while unarmed!?
I did 11.5 years. Got blown up 2 years in, did another 8 and a bit years moving around to different units filling gaps. I released in 2017. Anyone who is still in should get out for their own safety.
I am actually going towards it because being a nurse in civ hospitals cannot be worse. My military friends from high school are all accomplished now, and my nursing comrades are either burnt out, have switched a million times, or got fucked up during covid. Zero accountability, execs making bang and likely thousands of fucked up health care professionals. CAF cannot be worse. But maybe it's a worse I can bear.
Was at sea once as an air force member with the Sea King. I remember an admiral came on board and talk about difficulty crewing ship. His solutions, once your ship would be in dry dock, he wanted sailors to sail on another ship… and instead of 3 years posting to a ship, make it a 5 years… that’s one great way to motivate your people… Also a general housed a town hall on a base, talking about pilot shortage and high volume of voluntary release… his answer “Don’t forget that you are officers first”! Again, great way to motivate people!! Great leadership in the CAF…
The risk aversion of the CAF leadership is absolutely crippling. I've seen the highest ranks incapable of making even low-risk decisions, and that was 10 years ago. Things have not gotten better. I'm not sure if that's more a symptom or the disease, but either way, a fish rots from the head.
no consequences for bad leaders and no liability for bad decision leading to dangerous situations. But you better be there on time to wait all day or you will hear about it for a while
I'm too old, but I cannot image a young male third-generation Canadian being overjoyed at the thought of joining a military that regards them as settlers, oppressors, and members of the wrong linguistic group. As a third class Canadian, I'd let first- and second-class Canadians defend the country.
EXACTLY why I talked my son out of joining. Why should he serve a nation that hates him because he is a white male. *bleep* the CAF and the government of Canada!!
I joined the military in 08 and got out in 2013 I mainly saw the 1st and 2nd class Canadians defending the country with bits of 3rd class holding up the rear.
7.5 years served here . My kids don’t even know I served and likely keep it that way. The BS with the upper chain of command was unreal. I was more than happy to leave . I work in the trades , and have never looked back . More than doubled my pay and half the year off with no Bs involved .
In 1980, the corporate tax rate was 36%. Today? 15%, one of the lowest in the OECD. Corporations only contribute 25% to overall taxes collected. Over the same period of time, the feds cut building in social housing, and reduced proportionate expenditure in defense and health. So here we are.
@@PUREHOZER thank you for realizing it’s not just some woke liberal left bullshit idiot conservatives think it is. not a single political party in this country cares about the military
@@PUREHOZER it's not about Justin and Pierre it's about the people being a bunch of cowards scared to be called racist. The born and raised made Canada. This is our home and to be called racist by people who hate us because they hate our race means nothing to me.
Who would want to enlist to serve for a country that couldn't care less about you and a government that thinks offering veteran's help is offering assisted suicide. Or taking vets to court because according to Trudeau "Some veterans want more than Ottawa can afford". Because things like a pension, wheelchairs, and prosthetics are too expensive, but multiple pay raises for members of government is totally fine.
I did a year in the infantry reserves to get my feet wet and then was going to switch to reg force. My officer cadet constantly fucked up up our weekend schedule and blamed me and others for not listening. I got confirmation then had to try to reschedule my weekends with my son, which is a headache. Beyond that the management was absolutely stunned. Any private sector management like that would have been fired in a matter of weeks. I didn't mind sentry duty, mud, rain, cots, even the gas chambers that sucked, it was the management man. I'm back in the trades as a carpenter, i get shit done and am likely starting my own business soon as the demand is growing. I would have served, but they need to get organized
Almost the same story for me, I did three years in infantry reserve while going to trade school and starting off as a welder. I kept getting scheduled for courses, taking the time off from work and then getting bumped off the course. Then finally the last straw was when they sent me an AWOL notice despite me having notified all necessary parties I couldn’t take anymore time off. It was a joke. I know several people with the same story or worse
Don’t wanna Join because of the management. I’m 21 fit live in the country I know I could do everything they throw at me but hearing everyone else’s bad times I ain’t gonna join.
I did 8 years in the reserve force, I would constantly be changing plans and taking time off with little notice and because I was younger in my 20's my employer (having understood I was a reservist and I would have to go away once and a while) didn't believe that this was real and I was using the army to get time off work. He called my chain of command (the number they provided) and he came back to me and apologized. He literally said "I'm sorry I didn't believe you, those people are morons"
Because the day soldiers are no longer willing to fight to protect the country who will? Foes of freedom are gathering my friend what is happening in Ucraine should make us all reflect on what happens to countries that neglect their will to defend themselves or that trust their sovergeignity and freedom to others. we are in a new cold war era the time to say farewell to military spending and troop reduction is over governments that dont step up on this on time will pay dearly their negligence if you do a historic paralelism Uchrain now id the new spanish civil war where all news weapon systems are been tested and tactics are been tune up, hat means that we still have to go through a Munich treaty in which due to weakness of the west the world will have to make an evil deal and later on we will see another eastern border crisis perhaps not poland this time but moldavia or the baltic nations as already hapen before I just hope that this time we dont need another fall of France to realize how much the threat has been underestimated.
You don't get recruits by lowering standards, pushing DEI and social justice and encouraging nose rings and purple hair. You get recruits by maintaining tough standards, being professional and running an organization that a smart, fit, patriotic youth would be proud to be part of. My Dad di 37 yrs, my brother 38 and I did 35. My son is gearing up to join - despite the loss of direction. It's bad but we hear the same stuff from the UK and the US. The pendulum needs to swing back. Winning in combat is life or death - not a social experiment.
I agree 100% there’s one thing they need to get rid of in recruit school is the carding system, when you recourse recruits in there last two weeks of there recruit course back to the very beginning then there is something majorly wrong!
@@evilbred974 These are all good points that I could/should have enumerated in my post. I suppose I was looking at it from a 'warrior calling' perspective than just as a job choice. But you are correct attracting good people is highly competitive these days. The recruiting process is agonizingly long. Particularly in the reserves where a 17 yr old looking for a part time job may have to wait a year for enrolment. A previous army commander was in the process of fixing that ... then he was posted... then he released and the plague hit... The CAF can still appeal to a niche market: high school grads who do not intend to go into university. In their selectiveness, police forces want applicants (if they are white males) to have degrees. A degree is no guarantee of quality and is certainly not needed for the CAF in order to be a soldier. There does appear to be an element that believes that lowering standards will somehow entice more recruits. If someone needs purple hair in order to consider joining, they are not likely to be the kind of soldier we want.
@@evilbred974 I served 22 years, just got out 4 years ago and could have served another 13 years before aging out. You have good points, but the reality is that the CAF is not making an effort to recruit its traditional recruit, i.e. young males. The current recruiting system is geared towards meeting SJW targets, not males.
liberalism in a military isn’t necessary, but i think if you looked at canadian recruiters vs american there’s a very clear difference: america sign here… canada: jump through all these hoops getting paper work for schools you were in that i could probably get the info way easier, and that’s just scratching the surface, when the government doesn’t meet the requirements they set on defensive spending how many educated young people are going to join a sinking ship? actings start with the military imo, the average canadian knows nothing about military or what miracles over 100 units of reserves are doing in latvia, the government has to set up imo on allll fronts… want me to continue or get the point??
A once highly professional and respected military force has been reduced to a shadow of it's former self by liberal neglect, clapped out equipment, poor selection of recruits, lazy officers and the myth that "diversity" is somehow useful in what should be a highly cohesive environment. I joined up in 1974 and served until 1982 as a 031. We thought things were on the fritz back then but, compared to what the Forces had been subjected to under Trudeau Junior, we had it pretty good. Politicians have no place in the military.
@@evilbred974although I agree with you that BOTH political parties are to blame, the forces has severely declined over the last 8 years, mostly because of the present fiasco in power. This poster is correct in his assumptions, as far as I’m concerned (minus excluding the Conservative Party in the blame).
@@dserrao7188 Another thing to consider about the last 8 years has been a lack of a big mission (that is until Russia invaded Ukraine). I left in 2015 not because of leadership fiascos, because it’s the CAF and that’s to be expected. I left because the Canadian mission in Afghanistan came to an end the year prior. I don’t know the numbers, but there may have been lots of other guys who also left once it was “mission accomplished” in 2014.
As a 32 year air force vet this saddens me to no end. My son is third gen military and the stories he tells me are appalling. There are more chiefs than braves so to speak. Way too top heavy with morons who know nothing. They can't get new equipment and there is not enough. His trade is 40% low on manpower and very few in the training chain. You can buy aircraft, tanks and ships, but they need personnel to fix and man them. As my son has noted there is way too much political correctness and not enough maintaining standards to make a coherent fighting force. Someone has to emphasize that your main job is to kill people. Imagine that!
Just go with the flow Burdflu. If you've not been in the military (Reserves) it's a whole new world. Do what they ask, basic training is not the same atmosphere as when you're finally at your unit. Grin and bear it :-) Good luck. St. Jean is not the real world.@@Burdflu
@@octoberfox3399 I was somewhat surprised to find out how much we work with the US- the air forces in particular due to norad and some aircraft trade agreements.
131 now, its 631 regular force members to 1 GOFO. US has 2-5k, 1 GOFO. So we are probably top heavy, but it also may be a result of the type of missions we take on, and the fact that there have not been that many casualties in the ranks, like in previous world conflicts, hence many officers grow old in their job... however, what this also means is that if Canada was to make a sudden draft or multiply their forces to be 10 times bigger, they will have the officers to get the job done. So it can be seen a strength in keeping lots of experience officers just in case. I think I prefer having that than what Stalin did during the purge, and the Russian army was a disaster in 1941 Barbarossa as he killed off all the capable officers because he was too afraid that they would challenge his authority... it took a lot of dead Russians and Stalingrad, before new experienced officers were promoted up the ranks.... I think a 1/3 of Russia got massacred and starved by that war, they certainly had the most casualties.... Canada can't afford to make that blunder.
@Saturnin-sm7od “…experienced officers…” You crack me up, mate! They’re experienced alright. Experienced at careerism. How do you acquire experience…without actually being in a position to acquire experience, as the CAF is undermanned, under equipped, and under deployed in a combat role?
@@mangore623 Teaching through war is the worst way to determine competent leaders, as a lot of principles need to be hammered into them through military institutions like west point, or Canada, RMCC. This idea that battle will just make commanders is folly, it will just lead to loss and quick death. When Hitler invaded Russia in 1941, they ran and he soon had 3 million POWs, the problem was there were no good leaders left after the Stalin purges of the 30s. They actually had to search the gulags and reenlist officers that were considered enemies of the state, or enemies of Stalin, in order to mount a proper counter offensive. Only then, where they able to mount a proper counter attack against the Germans, but do not ever forget that England and America supplied incredible amounts of resources to Stalin during that fight so that they would be successful against the Germans. It is really important that people understand history otherwise they will repeat it. Basic training takes 6 weeks in the Canadian armed forces, after that you learn specialties... but boot camp is short. To train an officer, takes years and years. I am fine with this model. When war starts, half these names will die or be demoted, but you still need a big pool to chose the very best from.
I know !!! I was posted in Shilo in 2004 and I was considered "exotic" being french canadian :P Always has a good time out there, never felt any hate from my fellow english colleagues.
@icheltanguay8664 After having served a few years, I came to the realization that almost without exception, French Canadian's after having served a few years were absolutely no different than us Anglo's ...and they in turn, the same opinion.
@@oleinfidel if the military training and discipline did its job correctly thats exactly what would be expected. Uniformity and cooperation in everything.
No one wants to fight for a government that wants to replace them or throw them in prison if they complain about it. You would probably find more Canadians willing to join the very forces that are fighting against Ottawa than joining Ottawa's forces. Ottawa knows this, that's why it is frantically importing even more people and disarming real Canadians.
yeah i am from Calgary Alberta and i understand a lot as to why recruitment has been low, its because we have a huge amount of people coming from over seas to seek refuge, and they don't want to do what they were already doing back home. a lot of people, at least a lot of people in my school are Muslim or Arab and it kind of frustrates me because most people who come here usually either take our jobs, they do nothing, or become associated or join gangs, have a shoot out, kill a bunch of people, are arrested and then are thrown back out just to end up doing the same crap all over again. hell i know at least most people at school don't even speak English. and because of the whole white people coming and sending native kids to residential schools our curriculum has to have indigenous meaning and so on. when November 11th came around all they did at the assembly was talk about a black company that fought in WWII and no one else was talked about like bro i understand that the schools supposed to represent, respect, and honor indigenous people but I mean come on, don't just talk about a group of people who fought because there was so many Canadian brothers and sisters who died at war and they only honored a certain group of people. after that I was furious. And most importantly I know a lot of people who have parents who are across seas fighting right now or deployed, hell my best friends mom is out there fighting but does the school care. FUCK NO.
You do not fight for the government. You fight for the people of this country. NOBODY has ever joined because a political party is running things. Why don't people understand this?
Maybe the Canadian government and the media should stop vilifying young Caucasian men, and telling them they're not wanted in 'spaces' that are for everyone but them.
Did 10 years all during afghan. Multiple tours and worked with some hard as nails guys. Best job I ever had. Present day; I tell any kid to get a good trade and avoid the military at all costs unless you’re lost so to speak. We can’t even make 2% spending with credible threats out there. Total embarrassment. Kids get a good trade/worthwhile skill or education (ie. not general arts) and help build canada back up. Screw DND and the gov’t. Even the current MND is a useless twat along with the CDS. Drones.
Canada is one of the most beautiful and best countries in the world... anyone who says otherwise is reading right wing Putin propaganda, or has not traveled out of the country. Every time my plane touched down at Pearson I was as giddy as little school boy so happy to be back home. This is the best land and anyone that says otherwise probably has much bigger issues on their plate.... those folks should be seeking self help not be trying to change the system to suit their own racist beliefs.
Real shame should have never unified the 3 services in 1968? that was the start of it, guess who was PM then? Pierre T, now we have the son, good luck with that one...
It's funny that its always the people that did not sacrifice that think today is so much worse than what these hero's lived through ww2, so spoiled and unable to see that their own choices maybe their own limiting factors
Have you been on a Canadian Forces Base recently? You can forget the smartly turned out soldiers, sailor's and air-crew of the 90's or early 2000's. Basic Training doesn't have any weapon's training any more - that's right - no more weapon's training. Personal grooming? Time was when it took a medical chit to be allowed to grow a beard. Nope, not any more. Seems like most men are going around with facial hair in various lengths. I was at CFB Kingston last week, and saw a Master Warrant Officer with a huge beard down past his collar-bone - he looked like a biker. High-and-tight? Not required. Bloused pant legs. Nope. Berets pulled over the head like a toque. It's all about 'feelings' now, and not about duty. It's all subjective and how do I feel today. The Forces have been in garrison, tied-up or on the ground since the Liberals came to power. There are more General Staff in the CAF with 55,000 members than in the USMC with 180,000 standing members. Kissing-ass and getting promoted is what it's all about now. Forget about doing what is right. No sense of duty to Canada, but a huge focus on self. It is a National SHAME.
Everyday when I put on the uniform I took pride in how I looked. Polished boots, ironed shirts, clean-shaven, trimmed hair, and my beret on properly. I wanted any civilian who saw me, to see a professional soldier. I took pride in how I looked. During basic training at CFRS Cornwallis they emphasized looking professional. Damn, we did look good!
The online application is horrendous and when you call your local recruitment the personnel have no idea on how to help you navigate the online application.
I joined up in 1974 and the application was two pages of basic information such as : Date of birth, City of birth, are you willing to die for your country, do you have any relatives in the forces etc. The old KISS principle.
The son of a friend has been waiting for close to a year for enlistment to proceed. Lost paperwork and the whole deal… Told him it was the best thing that could happen to him and to find a better employer.
The Forces hire the same computer guys you do to set that up eh. The Personnel at Recruiting drive Tanks and Fire Machine Guns so they are generally right where you are when it comes to that I'd think. DND hires alot of outside Consultants and Tech people.
its even wose if you dont live in the big citys im from medicine hat and the closest recruiters other than reserves are in Calgary and they dont keep track I took my Medical and Aptitude test then had to wait to get glasses and they said we will call you when we are coming down again, mind you this was in like 2023 in September i wrote my Aptitude test and then was told to get the eye doctor to evaluate my eyes then i did so called back and was told they have no idea on when they are coming back down here, was also told id be called once a month to see if i was still interested in the military and here i am in june 2024 working as a laborer , after trying to join CAF since since i graduated in 2018, our recruitment is so abysmal it would take me less time to just emigrate to the us and serve their since its more lucrative as well as a better environment
Canada has been a great country with lots of potential, but in its current state and trajectory, it's getting harder to think of even living here past retirement, assuming the pensions and investments aren't gone by then. While I still think the bulk of our servicemen are honorable people who deserve our support, if the woke agenda being pushed upon the CAF doesn't stop, within a few years it would be difficult to trust or respect the character of anyone who's still part of it, much less care what might happen to them if they ever see combat.
Imagine going into combat with an international student that couldn't even input your Timmy's order properly. They just want a stable job so they can send the money back home so their Punjabi house will have 12ft high walls around the perimeter. Oh and they’ll spit in your Timmy’s coffee out of spite if you give them shit for getting your order wrong.
Among a myriad of other factors, Canada's population growth is primarily due to immigration. It is no secret that multiculturalism is the death of patriotism. This alone could equate to significantly lower CAF recruitment. I've spoken to many new Canadians who use the term "my country". (of course referring to where they came from, and not Canada, where they live)
I cannot believe that those coming from our targeted immigration countries, want to come to Canada to join our Military. Even though I hear the politicians say that they should.
So sad to hear. I just retired from academia and it too is in disarray... people leaving, fiscal irresponsibility, ideological training being forced upon people, focus on money/grants. My university went on strike a couple of years ago (I refused to participate). Most profs resent teaching and just want to focus on their research (which is often fluff). It is sad to see how so many sectors of society have been taken over some of the most out of touch elites you can imagine. Thanks for the video.
Reading these comments renews my hope. I'm not Canadian, but live near the border. What's happening to all Western countries is downright wrong, one can hope the pendulum swings the other way sooner rather than later.
I went into the CAF in 89 and I took advantage of the FRP in '92. They paid me for a bunch of stuff when I left. That was a good deal for someone who only served 3 years and had had enough of the BS in my unit. I went back to university and completed my BSc and have never looked back. I don't regret having served but I can honestly say I do not know why anyone would want to serve today with our completely screwed up government and leadership.
@@583327 TBH, It is an all the above scenario. 1. Anti-military culture enabled by the fact we're under American security. Washington being too nice, let's it pass. 2. Related point 1, a fortress North America mentality. Crises are "over there". We're safe over here because no one will attack us. Except that if our allies are invaded, the world will become more hostile to Canada. 3. Because there's no crisis today, we can ramp up funding later. 4. Due to point 3, successive decades of this thinking justified cuts to DND, so DND damaged procurement, training etc.. due to people either retiring or voting with their feet, leading to the atrophication of procurement, training. 5. Crisis arrives but Canada now can't ramp up quickly because there aren't enough people in place. Rinse, repeat... Assuming there is no full scale nuclear war, crisis passes. This will repeat itself in 20-30 years..
The brainwashing happening in our “educational institutions” being pushed by Transnational crime factions trying to destabilize our country from within is the real culprit. We are under attack from within, there be traitors among the “leadership”.
Under Harper, the strength of the Regular Force increased from 60,000 to 68,000 albeit it was reduced somewhat again after the recession hit. During his time in office the RCAF got C-17s, C-130Js, and CH-47s. The Army got Leopard 2A6s, M777 artillery, LAV 6.0, RG-31 MRAPs, Counter IED suites, Complete replacement of soldier personal kit, TAPVs, Armored Engineer Vehicles, and a host of upgrades to existing equipment. He cut the largest Shipbuilding contract in Canadian history for replacements for the frigates as well as the Arctic Patrol Ships and vessels for the Coast Guard and put in place Project Resolve which provided the Navy with an interim replenishment capacity to support task groups - which the Liberal’s all but halted trying to get their hands into the till and purged Admiral Norman for doing his job. And Harper did this all while bringing us through the worse global recession since the 1920s. Now, under the Liberals, we spend $29.1 billion on National defense which is an exaggeration as that also includes money for the Coast Guard and RCMP that has nothing to do with defense while we blow an astounding $46.5 billion annually just to service the massive and crippling debt they have incurred by pillaging the treasury for their friends. In at least one trade (Marine Engineer of which I can speak with experience) senior officers, with some complicit Senior CPOs waged a war on the trade for 30 years and is now all but destroyed despite repeated warnings of the impact they were having. The Canadian military needs to be separated from the Ministry of Defense as it was prior to 1974 and forcibly if necessary, rebuilt on the Australian model which is not only getting far more bang for the defense buck, but completely capable of fulfilling its functions.
@@Kraken_MybuttHe did precisely what the VAC asked for. The problem with that is that the VAC was being run by a bunch of of goofs that hadn't actually talked to any of the Vets drawing medical pensions. And then when the changes were made, they blamed Harper. As far as I'm concerned, the idiots who ran off at the mouth claiming that "this is what the Vets want" only to have the actual Vets say "no it wasn't" when it was implemented should have been fired and lost any pensions they had. I listened to some of these assholes and they made me sick. Oh, and I get a disability pension....
We were at war. Had to buy all those things because we had let them age out or sold them off throughout the 90's. The military hasn't been a popular spending item since the end of the cold war and what spending we do is horribly mismanaged and wasteful. procurement and management needs to be torn down and rebuilt but no party is going to spend any political capital on that until we find ourselves in a war again without basic equipment.
@@daledaleson5278 that's pretty much it. Canada was an embarrassment when they got to Afghanistan. They HAD to buy stuff for the troops and I think that's the only reason Harper did it
yea lets not pretend the forces didn't fire people for not getting a certain medical procedure..that might play a part. Granted the forces were going downhill anyway, but that really expedited the process
I used to be in CF. I’m discouraging all my family and friends and their kids from joining. Don’t do it, it’s not worth the unlimited liability to a country that couldn’t care less and discriminates against the majority male demographic of this country
@@s66458--- then maybe you haven't seen the forced culture shift within the CAF and how the CAF is being used as a testing ground for all progressivism and "Diversity"
You know who has plenty of personnel and shiny new gear? ...the hundreds of police they bused in to Ottawa during the protests to crack the sculls of peaceful protestors. There's no personnel shortage, it's just been repurposed against us.
Storm troopers used against fellow Canadians while Gaza protestors run wild with impunity. Our government has no respect and despises homegrown Canadians. Time to toss this federal government and get back to saving our country.
Lets see, if i was a young guy and wanted to be in the military, i would go somewhere else and join up. I could write a book but our so called navy is an embarassment. We have very few ships that are usually in the repair shop. The airforce has old and second hand jets and vietnam type choppers with a couple extra blades attached. Our north is protected by eskimos on skidoos. They did get new bolt action rifles a couple of years ago i have to admit. Around the bases everyone is fat and out of shape, wearing god awful uniforms. Most of them have ptsd because somebody pinched their bums or said something to hurt their feelings. The guys can wear purses and skirts and have tampon machines in the bathrooms. I was once proud of our army but that ended in the 60s when they started wearing those blue berets.
The recruitment is disastrous. I applied 1 year ago to the Montreal recruitment center for a job as an Aviation Systems Technician and I have been stuck at the medical stage for 6 months without any news. I am 19 years old and motivated to join the forces but really I am certain that the slow recruitment removes a lot of possible new recruits
I'm a air cadet at the moment, I also see how soft we have become. Once I leave, I'll hopefully join RCAF as a CF-18 or F-35 pilot to serve my country. Although I come from south america, I am proud to call myself a citizen of Canada. I just wish people my age could see my views and maybe Canada could rise up to what we had in the 70s. I will salute my flag, as it is my homeland.
Most immigrants come to Canada and get brainwashed and then call us colonizers and tell us to go back to Europe. Usually after they barely been in our country long enough to know anything, total disrespect.
although you may be ashamed just remember to keep your head high and do the best you can man, I know times are tough but hopefully things will be on the up and up.
I am hearing of a qualified and university-educated individual timing out on his medical and interview because the last ones was done too long ago and he has not been given the full green light to be sworn in. Anecdotal stories indicate component transfers of trained pers from ResF to RegF is taking up to two years.
I did 11 years and 2019 got kicked out for standing up for myself and my family! Leadership has completely lost control! I was also desperately trying to OT and go pilot but I couldn't because nobody to fill my current position lmfao that was 2013 😂
I served in a Canadian Armed Forces infantry regiment during the 1970s. I still remember the protesters with their righteous slogans. One that really stood out was , 'SUPPOSE THEY GAVE A WAR AND NOBODY CAME?" My reply to those protesters was, "Suppose they gave a war and JUST THE OTHER SIDE CAME?" I also feel that many citizens of Canada feel the same as the citizens in Rudyard Kipling's poem TOMMY. That's a poem that's well worth reading.
Leaving in 5 months, tired of being in an embarrassment of an army where my civi buddies send clips of headlines talk about tampons I mens rooms and other woke crap here. Tired of going into work just to do nothing all day because the equipment is broken.
Just read 300 comments. Maybe two could be partially considered positive. All the rest agree with the video. Personally, I was a cadet 6 years, CIC reservist officer for 7 years (my wife the same for 6)., and cadet parent for 7 years. Both kids were/are in cadets. Just told my son yesterday that, turning 17 next week, he's getting to be what they call "military age." I told him, "Do not join, if there's a draft, don't be drafted." Thankfully, he has asthma and the daughter has bad knees. Here's one of the reasons - from nearly 30 years involved with the cadet program, whose stated aim is to promote the idea of joining the forces, all I ever saw was less, less and less. The program barely even exists now. I heard they might be getting rid of summer camps, although I can't confirm that. Isn't it odd that in the 60s we had several hundred CF-100s and CF-104s, and had pilots for them all, with a population half of what we have today, and now we need mercenaries to fly? Small idea: actually take cadets up in Hercs and Griffons and Chinooks, and see what happens to recruiting numbers.
As someone who severed with the CAF , I can tell you from experience , the CAF is an absolute joke , and has been for decades , because of the lack of Political will Good people , treated badly Nothing will change
Honestly as a 24 year old im actually scared of what our country will become in my lifetime let alone my children and descendants, I can honestly say that i believe that Canada cannot defend it self, whether its that crackdown on guns for hunters, or the Military, the amount of land we have and the size of our military, it scary, India becoming a World power and then getting a slap on the wrist when you assassinated that Sikhs leader on Canadian soil, in order for canada to defend it self from and type of attack it would be with either heavy reliance on our southern neighbors or a radical shift in the current Canadian identity, Im okay with the immigrants i understand the need to find a better life but the gross amount we take in before worrying about our own citizens first is crazy, and its only going up last year was 400k something and 2024 is already projected at nearly 600k, soon i feel and believe their wont be a Canada anymore, and a Canadian will no longer mean what it used to be instead it would just mean a cesspool of immigrants, Canadians as a whole are soon to be outnumbered by our Alien Friendly government, that sees foreigners as more important than a canadian
There is not a lack of people interested in joining the CAF. There is a lack of people who are willing to put their lives on hold for 2+ years in order to get in the door. The recruiting process is broken.
im out of the military now and it was probably what turned my young patriotic mind with absolute hatred for Trudeau the lack of personal is only one of the problems any leadership worth a damn has already been discharged for one reason or another replaced by inferior trash who are a bunch of yes men to the civilian goverment(we tell you what we need not the other way around so you can save some money for the year and spend 10x the next because the trach you got us sucks), the logistics of the army can not even be sustained now and were at peace. Literally got to scrap one good truck for parts so that we can fix the others. I left the army not proud of my service but how I wasted my youth on it. The lowering of the standards was horrible they told us " the canadian army must represent the civilian population" well F that. Im still have my name in the reserves so if we have to go to war I will go but I will probably die from my own equipment before making contact with the enemy
I can tell you there is on average 40 to 60 recruits at one time or another putting in there releases in at St Jean recruit school! That’s just pathetic! What’s going on in that school?
From SJ? Its a self contained, don't even need to go outside for anything boy scout camp? Let me guess, someone saying "can i touch you" was told no and the recruits cried?
@@williamblaney3316 it’s irrelevant now to criticise the facilities, me being a cornwallis recruit, it’s what it is, the whole idea is to build teamwork and to train people to obey orders not to mention military ideology, but to recourse recruits with less than 3 weeks to graduate and make them start all over again is insane and defeats the whole purpose of the place, all due to a carding system, just absurd, by the way I know this happens on a regular basis.
@@Multheman02 my point, as you well know, today's recruits wouldn't make it through 1st week in Cornwallis and the actual "standards " the military used to have. And I saw more than my fair share of recourse folks, and 99% of them didn't belong in a military environment. You want to serve with them, go ahead. I know even at 60 I could walk through today's Basic.
@@williamblaney3316 yes I agree with you👍 but for better or worse we are stuck in this time so got to work with what you have, having said that, considering the state of our Armed Forces now, they should be encouraging teamwork etc. I’m sure you know what I mean, instead they have this carding system that penalises people on an individual basis, no if you screw up all of you wear it, get to many cards and your in front of a senior officer for a review and most times recourse, sometimes right back to day 1! That would discourage anyone. They can’t afford to do this on a regular basis since they are desperate for recruits! And carding is for anything, your boots aren’t laced properly or you forget your running shoes for gym little shit like that, 20 pushups and a yelling at would of sufficed, you know what I’m saying, just a screwed up system.
Canada and Nato. Security for those International duty free shipping containers. All these companies and conglomerates have their own security for their products. It does not necessarily allow them to dictate policy in foreign countries. How were those Persian Golf games?
Agreed lost it in 68 when they went CAF lost most of the tradition and pride( no gay pride) in those days, you were gone if you were that way. Most of the 3 services, many got out starting then...
Years ago finished my ql5’s requested my advanced promotion to cpl it was turned down. Yet they gave the advance promotion to a kiss ass and a guy that crashed a vehicle. The way they treat people is horrible. So I released.
I served for 34 years and came to the conclusion that the military exists so the government can spread money around to those it likes. I joined in 1985 and retired in 2019. When I joined, government was in the process of buying new maritime helos. 34 years later I retired still having not seeen a new helo, although the government had spent billions on the project.
@@MrB00mbang It's true and is documented. You can also follow along with the process over the decades. As part of the $2B spent, Cretien incurred a $500M penalty when he tore up the contract Mulroney's government had signed for replacement helos.
Nope I have very little respect for the Canadian Military after having served with them Afghanistan and Iraq. I have seen whole platoons of Canadian troops that have fouled their underwear under fire. Vietnam and Prior, Canadian Military was a force to be reckoned with, now it is not so. No BMI Standard, you can be 5' tall and 300lbs and they will still take you. You can be 60 and in a wheel chair and they will still take you. Not allowed to run in their combat boots, a Hurt Feelings form if your DI yells at you. (plus all the other stuff I have been told.) The Canadian Air farce can't even shoot down a Chinese Spy Balloon and had to call the U.S. to do it for them! It would only take 1 platoon of U.S. Marines to take over the entire Canadian Military. (Believe it or not there are more Retired Combat Marines in Canada than there are actual active duty Canadian troops!) Scary how low they have fallen.
It's easy to criticize and focus on the negatives. People rarely want to speak about the benefits/positive changes that military service can provide. Don't rely on UA-cam videos or the internet to shape your views and sway you from making a life changing decision like joining the military. Online content creators only seek to garner views as that is their main metric/bottom line. And the best way to do that is to use video titles/video topics with negative connotations because that's always proven to get people to click. Please keep this in mind when seeking out information about joining the military.
As a reservist form the early 90’s I can say that the Canadian system of government is not worth the trouble and energy of training. I’ve told any young man talking about joining not to, go get a trade. I’m sad that my oldest friend’s son joined the regular army. Waste of youth on this country
After 22 years I released from CAV, even though I am still eligible for another 10 years service, I could not accept the lowering of standards and new age mandates from leftist bureaucrats! That coupled with very poor top leadership that were given more pips and crowns in order to fill positions of senior officers responsible for critical decisions affecting service people careers and performance , again these were bureaucratic promotions to please civil movements and minority grandstanders pressuring govt! Shame on the previous three ministers of national defence, for destroying the reputation of a once proud and well respected military, now turning it into circus, there are some government parties that just have no idea about national defence or homeland security and have no business interfering. Don’t get me wrong, there are still some outstanding people serving and they’re doing their best, but the experienced people are in short supply and leaving on a regular basis.
The military has evolved into an extension of the Liberal Party of Canada because of the passivity of the senior staff. My grandfather served, dad was a career soldier, My brother, sister and I served but I would do my best to discourage anyone from joining lest they find themselves as pariahs and at odds with the progressive DEI mandates.
This is not the US. It is not looked good to be in the military. I can't forget the two from my MBA and engineering classes. They do have trouble in civilian life. Civilian life is not like the military. In my MBA class, the soldier was weird to us.
You forgot to mention that the FRP was supposed to target those that were close to retirement, those injured but trying to make it to retirement age and/or the “sick - lame and lazy”. What the FRP actually ended up targeting were the good soldiers that were disenfranchised with a lack of pay raises, promotions, no (or minimal) relevant equipment.
Why serve and possibly die for an ungrateful nation.... signed a Canadian Afghan Vet
That nation was the USA, Canada should never have got involved as it only worsened our national security.
Truth...no different in America
100% agree did 35 years of service, with many tours, all across the globe, we have always been short on equipment, CF members have always been there to make up that difference, and while in peace time that is ok, but there is no excuses for our government and citizens to send our troops into harms way with out the most modern equipment available...
Waiting for enough soldiers to perish before rushing in new equipment sends one message only to the military....it is cheaper to bury our soldiers, airmen, and sailors than it is to purchase new top of the line equipment...Canadian citizens must be proud on all the money they have saved, i'm sure it is of comfort to those 159 members families that came home in flagged draped coffins that this nation put in as much effort to foreign policy as those CF members did...may we never forget their sacrifice and may we not forget just how little our government and citizens did for that very same foreign policy...
members signed on to unlimited liability upon signing up for the forces...it is to bad our citizens and government do not have the same patriotic sense duty / country.
Signed disappointed vet...
I'm sorry to say but to serve country and flag is an honor and a privilege warriors have , defend the virtues and values of the nation its constitution it's sovereignty and independence is axiomatic in any member of armed forces around the world.
If an eventual government or even some people among the nation is unwilling to recognize the sacrifice of the members of the armed forces or even insult and despise soldiers, that is no excuse to falter to our duties to the nation, in previous comments I mention how the WOKE culture is affecting the soul of the nation your comment even if unwilling and even if I'm sure you don't support that is a small token of how much this cultural movement affects the country that even members of the armed Forces think in terms of Material value rather than duty and Honor.
My speech might sound not realistic or pragmatic in real life however if you ever where in that fox hole and your buddies are bleeding left and right what value has money when you are 5 minutes away from death, money can give you many things glory in the battlefield is not one of them.
The day Glory for the nation means little or comes second than material values to the troops the country is in huge problems.
But is not your fault you are just one more involuntary victim of the Woke infestation against the values of freedom world wide.
It's because you fight for resources not our freedom. Who was your oath sworn to , us the people or the crown and its successors? Lots of resources in this country but real freedom is hard to find. Did you fight so the people would get trampled with horses while unarmed!?
The Canadian Military is riding on a hope and a prayer. NATO is looking at us as a Joke.
I did 11.5 years. Got blown up 2 years in, did another 8 and a bit years moving around to different units filling gaps. I released in 2017.
Anyone who is still in should get out for their own safety.
12 years I did.....I decided one day I'm out I'm done...
I am actually going towards it because being a nurse in civ hospitals cannot be worse. My military friends from high school are all accomplished now, and my nursing comrades are either burnt out, have switched a million times, or got fucked up during covid. Zero accountability, execs making bang and likely thousands of fucked up health care professionals. CAF cannot be worse. But maybe it's a worse I can bear.
Be careful and take care of yourself. Document everything even if you think its small. Details matter. Best of luck and i wish you well. @Burdflu
Glad i did time time already. I would never serve in Trudeau's woke military.
Was at sea once as an air force member with the Sea King. I remember an admiral came on board and talk about difficulty crewing ship. His solutions, once your ship would be in dry dock, he wanted sailors to sail on another ship… and instead of 3 years posting to a ship, make it a 5 years… that’s one great way to motivate your people… Also a general housed a town hall on a base, talking about pilot shortage and high volume of voluntary release… his answer “Don’t forget that you are officers first”! Again, great way to motivate people!! Great leadership in the CAF…
Canadians join in the military with a knife versus the enemy with missiles. No thanks
The risk aversion of the CAF leadership is absolutely crippling. I've seen the highest ranks incapable of making even low-risk decisions, and that was 10 years ago. Things have not gotten better. I'm not sure if that's more a symptom or the disease, but either way, a fish rots from the head.
It's a symptom of a much larger disease, glad I got out.
no consequences for bad leaders and no liability for bad decision leading to dangerous situations.
But you better be there on time to wait all day or you will hear about it for a while
Sons of Canada. Do NOT fight for this government. They do not appreciate your sacrifice
Women serve too...
Doing this to themselves.
In post European Nationalist Canada......I think your comment is racist. 😆
Canada's OVERALL crime levels due to immigration is only a mere 12% behind the United States right now. Weird hey? Won't here that on CBC.
Exactly, just read the oag audits on how the place is run by the braintrust,
@@jaypee389 no, it’s definitely sexist.
LMAO my biggest waste of time was in the CAF. It is a complete joke of a military.
I'm too old, but I cannot image a young male third-generation Canadian being overjoyed at the thought of joining a military that regards them as settlers, oppressors, and members of the wrong linguistic group. As a third class Canadian, I'd let first- and second-class Canadians defend the country.
EXACTLY why I talked my son out of joining. Why should he serve a nation that hates him because he is a white male. *bleep* the CAF and the government of Canada!!
I joined the military in 08 and got out in 2013 I mainly saw the 1st and 2nd class Canadians defending the country with bits of 3rd class holding up the rear.
i want to join so bad but i’m terrified i will be belittled for being a white christian, i don’t think i could take it.
WORD!
7.5 years served here . My kids don’t even know I served and likely keep it that way. The BS with the upper chain of command was unreal. I was more than happy to leave . I work in the trades , and have never looked back . More than doubled my pay and half the year off with no Bs involved .
In 1980, the corporate tax rate was 36%.
Today? 15%, one of the lowest in the OECD.
Corporations only contribute 25% to overall taxes collected.
Over the same period of time, the feds cut building in social housing, and reduced proportionate expenditure in defense and health.
So here we are.
Our pm needs to go
Have you seen gen z with your sober eyes?! That's why we can't staff the military!
Time to get ride of wokeness in the military and this country.
Prime for an invasion
Justin's idea of Canada isn't worth doing anything for.
no idiots fail to realize the military has just been a political pawn for both parties. NO one cares
yup and sadly I don't believe pier's idea of Canada will be any different.
@@PUREHOZER thank you for realizing it’s not just some woke liberal left bullshit idiot conservatives think it is. not a single political party in this country cares about the military
@@PUREHOZER it's not about Justin and Pierre it's about the people being a bunch of cowards scared to be called racist. The born and raised made Canada. This is our home and to be called racist by people who hate us because they hate our race means nothing to me.
@@PUREHOZER you might be right, but we can hope. And it's almost impossible to be worse than JT
Who would want to enlist to serve for a country that couldn't care less about you and a government that thinks offering veteran's help is offering assisted suicide. Or taking vets to court because according to Trudeau "Some veterans want more than Ottawa can afford". Because things like a pension, wheelchairs, and prosthetics are too expensive, but multiple pay raises for members of government is totally fine.
I did a year in the infantry reserves to get my feet wet and then was going to switch to reg force. My officer cadet constantly fucked up up our weekend schedule and blamed me and others for not listening. I got confirmation then had to try to reschedule my weekends with my son, which is a headache.
Beyond that the management was absolutely stunned. Any private sector management like that would have been fired in a matter of weeks.
I didn't mind sentry duty, mud, rain, cots, even the gas chambers that sucked, it was the management man. I'm back in the trades as a carpenter, i get shit done and am likely starting my own business soon as the demand is growing. I would have served, but they need to get organized
Almost the same story for me, I did three years in infantry reserve while going to trade school and starting off as a welder. I kept getting scheduled for courses, taking the time off from work and then getting bumped off the course. Then finally the last straw was when they sent me an AWOL notice despite me having notified all necessary parties I couldn’t take anymore time off. It was a joke. I know several people with the same story or worse
Don’t wanna Join because of the management. I’m 21 fit live in the country I know I could do everything they throw at me but hearing everyone else’s bad times I ain’t gonna join.
I did 8 years in the reserve force, I would constantly be changing plans and taking time off with little notice and because I was younger in my 20's my employer (having understood I was a reservist and I would have to go away once and a while) didn't believe that this was real and I was using the army to get time off work. He called my chain of command (the number they provided) and he came back to me and apologized. He literally said "I'm sorry I didn't believe you, those people are morons"
Why would you fight for a country that despises and holds you in contempt. No thank you.
Because the day soldiers are no longer willing to fight to protect the country who will?
Foes of freedom are gathering my friend what is happening in Ucraine should make us all reflect on what happens to countries that neglect their will to defend themselves or that trust their sovergeignity and freedom to others. we are in a new cold war era the time to say farewell to military spending and troop reduction is over governments that dont step up on this on time will pay dearly their negligence if you do a historic paralelism Uchrain now id the new spanish civil war where all news weapon systems are been tested and tactics are been tune up, hat means that we still have to go through a Munich treaty in which due to weakness of the west the world will have to make an evil deal and later on we will see another eastern border crisis perhaps not poland this time but moldavia or the baltic nations as already hapen before I just hope that this time we dont need another fall of France to realize how much the threat has been underestimated.
@@edgardogarcia2719 don't feed the trolls, doubt half the people posting the hate are even Canadian, lots shillsbots on the net lately.
@@edgardogarcia2719 The foes of freedom are our own government.
You don't get recruits by lowering standards, pushing DEI and social justice and encouraging nose rings and purple hair. You get recruits by maintaining tough standards, being professional and running an organization that a smart, fit, patriotic youth would be proud to be part of. My Dad di 37 yrs, my brother 38 and I did 35. My son is gearing up to join - despite the loss of direction. It's bad but we hear the same stuff from the UK and the US. The pendulum needs to swing back. Winning in combat is life or death - not a social experiment.
I agree 100% there’s one thing they need to get rid of in recruit school is the carding system, when you recourse recruits in there last two weeks of there recruit course back to the very beginning then there is something majorly wrong!
@@evilbred974 These are all good points that I could/should have enumerated in my post. I suppose I was looking at it from a 'warrior calling' perspective than just as a job choice. But you are correct attracting good people is highly competitive these days.
The recruiting process is agonizingly long. Particularly in the reserves where a 17 yr old looking for a part time job may have to wait a year for enrolment. A previous army commander was in the process of fixing that ... then he was posted... then he released and the plague hit...
The CAF can still appeal to a niche market: high school grads who do not intend to go into university. In their selectiveness, police forces want applicants (if they are white males) to have degrees. A degree is no guarantee of quality and is certainly not needed for the CAF in order to be a soldier.
There does appear to be an element that believes that lowering standards will somehow entice more recruits. If someone needs purple hair in order to consider joining, they are not likely to be the kind of soldier we want.
@@evilbred974 I served 22 years, just got out 4 years ago and could have served another 13 years before aging out. You have good points, but the reality is that the CAF is not making an effort to recruit its traditional recruit, i.e. young males. The current recruiting system is geared towards meeting SJW targets, not males.
Very well stated
liberalism in a military isn’t necessary, but i think if you looked at canadian recruiters vs american there’s a very clear difference: america sign here… canada: jump through all these hoops getting paper work for schools you were in that i could probably get the info way easier, and that’s just scratching the surface, when the government doesn’t meet the requirements they set on defensive spending how many educated young people are going to join a sinking ship? actings start with the military imo, the average canadian knows nothing about military or what miracles over 100 units of reserves are doing in latvia, the government has to set up imo on allll fronts… want me to continue or get the point??
A once highly professional and respected military force has been reduced to a shadow of it's former self by liberal neglect, clapped out equipment, poor selection of recruits, lazy officers and the myth that "diversity" is somehow useful in what should be a highly cohesive environment.
I joined up in 1974 and served until 1982 as a 031. We thought things were on the fritz back then but, compared to what the Forces had been subjected to under Trudeau Junior, we had it pretty good. Politicians have no place in the military.
@@evilbred974 Liberalism is a mental disorder.
@@evilbred974although I agree with you that BOTH political parties are to blame, the forces has severely declined over the last 8 years, mostly because of the present fiasco in power. This poster is correct in his assumptions, as far as I’m concerned (minus excluding the Conservative Party in the blame).
@@dserrao7188 Another thing to consider about the last 8 years has been a lack of a big mission (that is until Russia invaded Ukraine). I left in 2015 not because of leadership fiascos, because it’s the CAF and that’s to be expected. I left because the Canadian mission in Afghanistan came to an end the year prior. I don’t know the numbers, but there may have been lots of other guys who also left once it was “mission accomplished” in 2014.
Not to mention the abysmal treatment of our vets.
THAT, is the problem. Except for Erin O’Toole, few of our politicians, have ever served, in the Canadian Unarmed Forces.
As a 32 year air force vet this saddens me to no end. My son is third gen military and the stories he tells me are appalling. There are more chiefs than braves so to speak. Way too top heavy with morons who know nothing. They can't get new equipment and there is not enough. His trade is 40% low on manpower and very few in the training chain. You can buy aircraft, tanks and ships, but they need personnel to fix and man them. As my son has noted there is way too much political correctness and not enough maintaining standards to make a coherent fighting force. Someone has to emphasize that your main job is to kill people. Imagine that!
I'm a month out from BMQ for RCAF log. Any advice? I am also 36 y/o heh.
Just go with the flow Burdflu. If you've not been in the military (Reserves) it's a whole new world. Do what they ask, basic training is not the same atmosphere as when you're finally at your unit. Grin and bear it :-) Good luck. St. Jean is not the real world.@@Burdflu
@@Jeep4X I keep that in mind. Thankya sir.
Starting to sound more and more like the states.
@@octoberfox3399 I was somewhat surprised to find out how much we work with the US- the air forces in particular due to norad and some aircraft trade agreements.
And yet we have 129 generals
That's about 32 times more than serviceable tanks, sounds about right.
We have 384 on payroll. Most have made up positions in Ottawa.
131 now, its 631 regular force members to 1 GOFO. US has 2-5k, 1 GOFO. So we are probably top heavy, but it also may be a result of the type of missions we take on, and the fact that there have not been that many casualties in the ranks, like in previous world conflicts, hence many officers grow old in their job... however, what this also means is that if Canada was to make a sudden draft or multiply their forces to be 10 times bigger, they will have the officers to get the job done. So it can be seen a strength in keeping lots of experience officers just in case. I think I prefer having that than what Stalin did during the purge, and the Russian army was a disaster in 1941 Barbarossa as he killed off all the capable officers because he was too afraid that they would challenge his authority... it took a lot of dead Russians and Stalingrad, before new experienced officers were promoted up the ranks.... I think a 1/3 of Russia got massacred and starved by that war, they certainly had the most casualties.... Canada can't afford to make that blunder.
@Saturnin-sm7od “…experienced officers…”
You crack me up, mate! They’re experienced alright. Experienced at careerism. How do you acquire experience…without actually being in a position to acquire experience, as the CAF is undermanned, under equipped, and under deployed in a combat role?
@@mangore623 Teaching through war is the worst way to determine competent leaders, as a lot of principles need to be hammered into them through military institutions like west point, or Canada, RMCC. This idea that battle will just make commanders is folly, it will just lead to loss and quick death. When Hitler invaded Russia in 1941, they ran and he soon had 3 million POWs, the problem was there were no good leaders left after the Stalin purges of the 30s. They actually had to search the gulags and reenlist officers that were considered enemies of the state, or enemies of Stalin, in order to mount a proper counter offensive. Only then, where they able to mount a proper counter attack against the Germans, but do not ever forget that England and America supplied incredible amounts of resources to Stalin during that fight so that they would be successful against the Germans. It is really important that people understand history otherwise they will repeat it.
Basic training takes 6 weeks in the Canadian armed forces, after that you learn specialties... but boot camp is short. To train an officer, takes years and years. I am fine with this model. When war starts, half these names will die or be demoted, but you still need a big pool to chose the very best from.
Missing the good old days when diversity just meant French Canadian
J’aimerais mieux avoir des Anglais dans mon peloton que des Somaliens.
I know !!!
I was posted in Shilo in 2004 and I was considered "exotic" being french canadian :P
Always has a good time out there, never felt any hate from my fellow english colleagues.
@icheltanguay8664 After having served a few years, I came to the realization that almost without exception, French Canadian's after having served a few years were absolutely no different than us Anglo's ...and they in turn, the same opinion.
@zacharydurocher4085 I
@@oleinfidel if the military training and discipline did its job correctly thats exactly what would be expected. Uniformity and cooperation in everything.
No one wants to fight for a government that wants to replace them or throw them in prison if they complain about it. You would probably find more Canadians willing to join the very forces that are fighting against Ottawa than joining Ottawa's forces. Ottawa knows this, that's why it is frantically importing even more people and disarming real Canadians.
Nailed it.
correct
TRUTH!
Well said
Could not have said it any better .
After 37 years of Service, I can no longer recommend the Armed Forces as a Career option to young men or women.
About time you woke up. Your all a disgrace to this country respectfully.
Why? could you please explain. I just applied
37 years in is hard af. Thank you for your service
@@AraOGTheServantoftheMostHigh same
not everyone is a general material
yeah i am from Calgary Alberta and i understand a lot as to why recruitment has been low, its because we have a huge amount of people coming from over seas to seek refuge, and they don't want to do what they were already doing back home. a lot of people, at least a lot of people in my school are Muslim or Arab and it kind of frustrates me because most people who come here usually either take our jobs, they do nothing, or become associated or join gangs, have a shoot out, kill a bunch of people, are arrested and then are thrown back out just to end up doing the same crap all over again. hell i know at least most people at school don't even speak English. and because of the whole white people coming and sending native kids to residential schools our curriculum has to have indigenous meaning and so on. when November 11th came around all they did at the assembly was talk about a black company that fought in WWII and no one else was talked about like bro i understand that the schools supposed to represent, respect, and honor indigenous people but I mean come on, don't just talk about a group of people who fought because there was so many Canadian brothers and sisters who died at war and they only honored a certain group of people. after that I was furious. And most importantly I know a lot of people who have parents who are across seas fighting right now or deployed, hell my best friends mom is out there fighting but does the school care. FUCK NO.
Why would I serve a bunch of anti-gun feminists?
I will never fight for this Administration that has nothing but contempt for us.
I AGREE SIR..
Don't worry bro, when you move to Russia, you won't get the choice.
You do not fight for the government. You fight for the people of this country. NOBODY has ever joined because a political party is running things. Why don't people understand this?
Maybe the Canadian government and the media should stop vilifying young Caucasian men, and telling them they're not wanted in 'spaces' that are for everyone but them.
Tried joining the RCAF once I was of age. Ended up getting rejected and am now flying in the USA.
Fight for a gov that abuses the rights you are fighting and dying for. Certainly not.
Did 10 years all during afghan. Multiple tours and worked with some hard as nails guys. Best job I ever had. Present day; I tell any kid to get a good trade and avoid the military at all costs unless you’re lost so to speak. We can’t even make 2% spending with credible threats out there. Total embarrassment. Kids get a good trade/worthwhile skill or education (ie. not general arts) and help build canada back up. Screw DND and the gov’t. Even the current MND is a useless twat along with the CDS. Drones.
well said. Thank you for service.
very well said, i've been telling people looking to get into the army the exact same thing, we are not ready and have nothing going for us
Embarrassing for our country.
Reg force infantry has the same models too…
National embarrassment.
CANADA IS AN EMBARRASSMENT
If our fallen veterans could see today and what they sacrificed their lives for……..
As Shawn Ryan once said, “Bad leadership is always replaced by good leadership.”
Canada is one of the most beautiful and best countries in the world... anyone who says otherwise is reading right wing Putin propaganda, or has not traveled out of the country. Every time my plane touched down at Pearson I was as giddy as little school boy so happy to be back home. This is the best land and anyone that says otherwise probably has much bigger issues on their plate.... those folks should be seeking self help not be trying to change the system to suit their own racist beliefs.
Real shame should have never unified the 3 services in 1968? that was the start of it, guess who was PM then? Pierre T, now we have the son, good luck with that one...
It's funny that its always the people that did not sacrifice that think today is so much worse than what these hero's lived through ww2, so spoiled and unable to see that their own choices maybe their own limiting factors
Dang! I thought the tampon dispensers in the men's bathrooms would do the trick to get more people to join.
Have you been on a Canadian Forces Base recently? You can forget the smartly turned out soldiers, sailor's and air-crew of the 90's or early 2000's. Basic Training doesn't have any weapon's training any more - that's right - no more weapon's training. Personal grooming? Time was when it took a medical chit to be allowed to grow a beard. Nope, not any more. Seems like most men are going around with facial hair in various lengths. I was at CFB Kingston last week, and saw a Master Warrant Officer with a huge beard down past his collar-bone - he looked like a biker. High-and-tight? Not required. Bloused pant legs. Nope. Berets pulled over the head like a toque. It's all about 'feelings' now, and not about duty. It's all subjective and how do I feel today. The Forces have been in garrison, tied-up or on the ground since the Liberals came to power. There are more General Staff in the CAF with 55,000 members than in the USMC with 180,000 standing members. Kissing-ass and getting promoted is what it's all about now. Forget about doing what is right. No sense of duty to Canada, but a huge focus on self. It is a National SHAME.
Speaking the TRUTH
Straight up True.
God Help Us when it's Show Time.
What the hell are these civilian idiots thinking?
Yep! Proof seen in this video at 2:49.
@peterjohnston1224 Your comparison about General Staff with the USMC vs CAF blows my mind!
Everyday when I put on the uniform I took pride in how I looked. Polished boots, ironed shirts, clean-shaven, trimmed hair, and my beret on properly. I wanted any civilian who saw me, to see a professional soldier. I took pride in how I looked. During basic training at CFRS Cornwallis they emphasized looking professional. Damn, we did look good!
The online application is horrendous and when you call your local recruitment the personnel have no idea on how to help you navigate the online application.
I joined up in 1974 and the application was two pages of basic information such as :
Date of birth, City of birth, are you willing to die for your country, do you have any relatives in the forces etc. The old KISS principle.
when I enlisted it took me five years to get to BMQ.
The son of a friend has been waiting for close to a year for enlistment to proceed. Lost paperwork and the whole deal…
Told him it was the best thing that could happen to him and to find a better employer.
The Forces hire the same computer guys you do to set that up eh. The Personnel at Recruiting drive Tanks and Fire Machine Guns so they are generally right where you are when it comes to that I'd think. DND hires alot of outside Consultants and Tech people.
its even wose if you dont live in the big citys im from medicine hat and the closest recruiters other than reserves are in Calgary and they dont keep track I took my Medical and Aptitude test then had to wait to get glasses and they said we will call you when we are coming down again, mind you this was in like 2023 in September i wrote my Aptitude test and then was told to get the eye doctor to evaluate my eyes then i did so called back and was told they have no idea on when they are coming back down here, was also told id be called once a month to see if i was still interested in the military and here i am in june 2024 working as a laborer , after trying to join CAF since since i graduated in 2018, our recruitment is so abysmal it would take me less time to just emigrate to the us and serve their since its more lucrative as well as a better environment
Canada has been a great country with lots of potential, but in its current state and trajectory, it's getting harder to think of even living here past retirement, assuming the pensions and investments aren't gone by then. While I still think the bulk of our servicemen are honorable people who deserve our support, if the woke agenda being pushed upon the CAF doesn't stop, within a few years it would be difficult to trust or respect the character of anyone who's still part of it, much less care what might happen to them if they ever see combat.
This country despises and is replacing me, why would I have any sense of duty to serve it?
Imagine going into combat with an international student that couldn't even input your Timmy's order properly. They just want a stable job so they can send the money back home so their Punjabi house will have 12ft high walls around the perimeter. Oh and they’ll spit in your Timmy’s coffee out of spite if you give them shit for getting your order wrong.
@@ggn1and the smell 🤮
@@ggn1Your not wrong at all these people barely lived here and act like they already own the whole place
100% agree considering all these "New Canadians" and a good portion on natural born Canadians would run at the first sign of trouble.
Among a myriad of other factors, Canada's population growth is primarily due to immigration. It is no secret that multiculturalism is the death of patriotism. This alone could equate to significantly lower CAF recruitment. I've spoken to many new Canadians who use the term "my country". (of course referring to where they came from, and not Canada, where they live)
I've also noticed that it doesn't stop there. the children of immigrants born here often do the same. "back home" or 'my country".
I cannot believe that those coming from our targeted immigration countries, want to come to Canada to join our Military. Even though I hear the politicians say that they should.
this is yet another reason why Canada needs a 2nd amendment.....JUST SAYING
So sad to hear. I just retired from academia and it too is in disarray... people leaving, fiscal irresponsibility, ideological training being forced upon people, focus on money/grants. My university went on strike a couple of years ago (I refused to participate). Most profs resent teaching and just want to focus on their research (which is often fluff). It is sad to see how so many sectors of society have been taken over some of the most out of touch elites you can imagine. Thanks for the video.
Reading these comments renews my hope. I'm not Canadian, but live near the border. What's happening to all Western countries is downright wrong, one can hope the pendulum swings the other way sooner rather than later.
As a straight white male , I'm not going to serve, why take away an opportunity for a diverse individual.
I served for 33 1/2 years and I didn't care what diverse individual was beside me as long as they did there job.
@@dougbuchanan9434 That might really depend on what kind of diversity you are talking about I'll bet.
@blacksun8958 INDEED!
I went into the CAF in 89 and I took advantage of the FRP in '92. They paid me for a bunch of stuff when I left. That was a good deal for someone who only served 3 years and had had enough of the BS in my unit. I went back to university and completed my BSc and have never looked back. I don't regret having served but I can honestly say I do not know why anyone would want to serve today with our completely screwed up government and leadership.
Lack of funding is a huge part of the puzzle.
Funding always was a problem. Going back to unification in 1968
Procurement process is the real killer
@@583327 TBH,
It is an all the above scenario.
1. Anti-military culture enabled by the fact we're under American security. Washington being too nice, let's it pass.
2. Related point 1, a fortress North America mentality. Crises are "over there". We're safe over here because no one will attack us. Except that if our allies are invaded, the world will become more hostile to Canada.
3. Because there's no crisis today, we can ramp up funding later.
4. Due to point 3, successive decades of this thinking justified cuts to DND, so DND damaged procurement, training etc.. due to people either retiring or voting with their feet, leading to the atrophication of procurement, training.
5. Crisis arrives but Canada now can't ramp up quickly because there aren't enough people in place.
Rinse, repeat...
Assuming there is no full scale nuclear war, crisis passes. This will repeat itself in 20-30 years..
The brainwashing happening in our “educational institutions” being pushed by Transnational crime factions trying to destabilize our country from within is the real culprit. We are under attack from within, there be traitors among the “leadership”.
Under Harper, the strength of the Regular Force increased from 60,000 to 68,000 albeit it was reduced somewhat again after the recession hit. During his time in office the RCAF got C-17s, C-130Js, and CH-47s. The Army got Leopard 2A6s, M777 artillery, LAV 6.0, RG-31 MRAPs, Counter IED suites, Complete replacement of soldier personal kit, TAPVs, Armored Engineer Vehicles, and a host of upgrades to existing equipment. He cut the largest Shipbuilding contract in Canadian history for replacements for the frigates as well as the Arctic Patrol Ships and vessels for the Coast Guard and put in place Project Resolve which provided the Navy with an interim replenishment capacity to support task groups - which the Liberal’s all but halted trying to get their hands into the till and purged Admiral Norman for doing his job. And Harper did this all while bringing us through the worse global recession since the 1920s.
Now, under the Liberals, we spend $29.1 billion on National defense which is an exaggeration as that also includes money for the Coast Guard and RCMP that has nothing to do with defense while we blow an astounding $46.5 billion annually just to service the massive and crippling debt they have incurred by pillaging the treasury for their friends.
In at least one trade (Marine Engineer of which I can speak with experience) senior officers, with some complicit Senior CPOs waged a war on the trade for 30 years and is now all but destroyed despite repeated warnings of the impact they were having. The Canadian military needs to be separated from the Ministry of Defense as it was prior to 1974 and forcibly if necessary, rebuilt on the Australian model which is not only getting far more bang for the defense buck, but completely capable of fulfilling its functions.
Right. Now say what Harper did to the VAC
@@Kraken_MybuttHe did precisely what the VAC asked for. The problem with that is that the VAC was being run by a bunch of of goofs that hadn't actually talked to any of the Vets drawing medical pensions. And then when the changes were made, they blamed Harper. As far as I'm concerned, the idiots who ran off at the mouth claiming that "this is what the Vets want" only to have the actual Vets say "no it wasn't" when it was implemented should have been fired and lost any pensions they had. I listened to some of these assholes and they made me sick. Oh, and I get a disability pension....
We were at war. Had to buy all those things because we had let them age out or sold them off throughout the 90's. The military hasn't been a popular spending item since the end of the cold war and what spending we do is horribly mismanaged and wasteful. procurement and management needs to be torn down and rebuilt but no party is going to spend any political capital on that until we find ourselves in a war again without basic equipment.
@@daledaleson5278 that's pretty much it. Canada was an embarrassment when they got to Afghanistan. They HAD to buy stuff for the troops and I think that's the only reason Harper did it
Harper also reduced our military spending to the lowest it's ever been in our history. Less than 1% of our GDP in 2014.
yea lets not pretend the forces didn't fire people for not getting a certain medical procedure..that might play a part. Granted the forces were going downhill anyway, but that really expedited the process
I used to be in CF. I’m discouraging all my family and friends and their kids from joining. Don’t do it, it’s not worth the unlimited liability to a country that couldn’t care less and discriminates against the majority male demographic of this country
I was in for 13 years and I am doing the same thing with my kids. Don't, under any circumstances join the CAF.
Same. My white kids aren't signing up to potentially die for a country that hates them
lol. Discriminate... that has got to be the funniest thing ever. The CAF is still majority male. Not sure where the discrimination comes in.
@@s66458--- wow are you out of touch. Like showering With a homosexual? That gonna happen in today's military.
@@s66458--- then maybe you haven't seen the forced culture shift within the CAF and how the CAF is being used as a testing ground for all progressivism and "Diversity"
You know who has plenty of personnel and shiny new gear? ...the hundreds of police they bused in to Ottawa during the protests to crack the sculls of peaceful protestors.
There's no personnel shortage, it's just been repurposed against us.
Storm troopers used against fellow Canadians while Gaza protestors run wild with impunity. Our government has no respect and despises homegrown Canadians. Time to toss this federal government and get back to saving our country.
They spat on patriotic sentiments for years... thats the result...
Lets see, if i was a young guy and wanted to be in the military, i would go somewhere else and join up. I could write a book but our so called navy is an embarassment. We have very few ships that are usually in the repair shop. The airforce has old and second hand jets and vietnam type choppers with a couple extra blades attached. Our north is protected by eskimos on skidoos. They did get new bolt action rifles a couple of years ago i have to admit. Around the bases everyone is fat and out of shape, wearing god awful uniforms. Most of them have ptsd because somebody pinched their bums or said something to hurt their feelings. The guys can wear purses and skirts and have tampon machines in the bathrooms. I was once proud of our army but that ended in the 60s when they started wearing those blue berets.
Ya the whole society needs a wake up call military can't change that, starts at home that's were the character building starts
Heck,I wanted to sign up in 1997 and was told to take a hike because I was a small-town Alberta boy.
The reality is that the entire Canadian forces could not defend TORONTO .
The recruitment is disastrous. I applied 1 year ago to the Montreal recruitment center for a job as an Aviation Systems Technician and I have been stuck at the medical stage for 6 months without any news. I am 19 years old and motivated to join the forces but really I am certain that the slow recruitment removes a lot of possible new recruits
I'm a air cadet at the moment, I also see how soft we have become. Once I leave, I'll hopefully join RCAF as a CF-18 or F-35 pilot to serve my country. Although I come from south america, I am proud to call myself a citizen of Canada. I just wish people my age could see my views and maybe Canada could rise up to what we had in the 70s. I will salute my flag, as it is my homeland.
Most immigrants come to Canada and get brainwashed and then call us colonizers and tell us to go back to Europe. Usually after they barely been in our country long enough to know anything, total disrespect.
Currently serving member and ashamed of the state of our military.
although you may be ashamed just remember to keep your head high and do the best you can man, I know times are tough but hopefully things will be on the up and up.
Can you please elaborate a little bit ? I want to join reserve part time in the coming years.
@@daws5552 salty. I am a serving member. Not ashamed at all. Wish we had more resources and less bureaucracy. Some folks are just salty.
@@s66458---let me guess, you're diverse ?
@@sharpshiell diverse? How so?
I am hearing of a qualified and university-educated individual timing out on his medical and interview because the last ones was done too long ago and he has not been given the full green light to be sworn in.
Anecdotal stories indicate component transfers of trained pers from ResF to RegF is taking up to two years.
I did 11 years and 2019 got kicked out for standing up for myself and my family! Leadership has completely lost control! I was also desperately trying to OT and go pilot but I couldn't because nobody to fill my current position lmfao that was 2013 😂
I served in a Canadian Armed Forces infantry regiment during the 1970s. I still remember the protesters with their righteous slogans. One that really stood out was , 'SUPPOSE THEY GAVE A WAR AND NOBODY CAME?" My reply to those protesters was, "Suppose they gave a war and JUST THE OTHER SIDE CAME?"
I also feel that many citizens of Canada feel the same as the citizens in Rudyard Kipling's poem TOMMY. That's a poem that's well worth reading.
They wouldn't want me anyway. I'm unvaxxed
I reached out to a local recruiter and they never even got back to me.... Shows their commitment.
Leaving in 5 months, tired of being in an embarrassment of an army where my civi buddies send clips of headlines talk about tampons I mens rooms and other woke crap here. Tired of going into work just to do nothing all day because the equipment is broken.
Canada was once a great country
Just read 300 comments. Maybe two could be partially considered positive. All the rest agree with the video. Personally, I was a cadet 6 years, CIC reservist officer for 7 years (my wife the same for 6)., and cadet parent for 7 years. Both kids were/are in cadets. Just told my son yesterday that, turning 17 next week, he's getting to be what they call "military age." I told him, "Do not join, if there's a draft, don't be drafted." Thankfully, he has asthma and the daughter has bad knees.
Here's one of the reasons - from nearly 30 years involved with the cadet program, whose stated aim is to promote the idea of joining the forces, all I ever saw was less, less and less. The program barely even exists now. I heard they might be getting rid of summer camps, although I can't confirm that. Isn't it odd that in the 60s we had several hundred CF-100s and CF-104s, and had pilots for them all, with a population half of what we have today, and now we need mercenaries to fly?
Small idea: actually take cadets up in Hercs and Griffons and Chinooks, and see what happens to recruiting numbers.
As someone who severed with the CAF , I can tell you from experience , the CAF is an absolute joke , and has been for decades , because of the lack of Political will
Good people , treated badly
Nothing will change
Honestly as a 24 year old im actually scared of what our country will become in my lifetime let alone my children and descendants, I can honestly say that i believe that Canada cannot defend it self, whether its that crackdown on guns for hunters, or the Military, the amount of land we have and the size of our military, it scary, India becoming a World power and then getting a slap on the wrist when you assassinated that Sikhs leader on Canadian soil, in order for canada to defend it self from and type of attack it would be with either heavy reliance on our southern neighbors or a radical shift in the current Canadian identity, Im okay with the immigrants i understand the need to find a better life but the gross amount we take in before worrying about our own citizens first is crazy, and its only going up last year was 400k something and 2024 is already projected at nearly 600k, soon i feel and believe their wont be a Canada anymore, and a Canadian will no longer mean what it used to be instead it would just mean a cesspool of immigrants, Canadians as a whole are soon to be outnumbered by our Alien Friendly government, that sees foreigners as more important than a canadian
There is not a lack of people interested in joining the CAF. There is a lack of people who are willing to put their lives on hold for 2+ years in order to get in the door. The recruiting process is broken.
The problem is our government is to soft we need more of a stronger PM and that will take security and defence seriously
im out of the military now and it was probably what turned my young patriotic mind with absolute hatred for Trudeau the lack of personal is only one of the problems any leadership worth a damn has already been discharged for one reason or another replaced by inferior trash who are a bunch of yes men to the civilian goverment(we tell you what we need not the other way around so you can save some money for the year and spend 10x the next because the trach you got us sucks), the logistics of the army can not even be sustained now and were at peace. Literally got to scrap one good truck for parts so that we can fix the others. I left the army not proud of my service but how I wasted my youth on it. The lowering of the standards was horrible they told us " the canadian army must represent the civilian population" well F that. Im still have my name in the reserves so if we have to go to war I will go but I will probably die from my own equipment before making contact with the enemy
Are they still using the Rpss rifle?
@@freddexta3363 C7A2 is the current assault rifle befor the c7 series what is before my time was some variation of the FAL
There's No Life Like It !!! Veteran 1982 to 2023
I applied 4 years ago still waiting to get in pls kill me
simply start with updating your infantries kit to modern levels
I can tell you there is on average 40 to 60 recruits at one time or another putting in there releases in at St Jean recruit school! That’s just pathetic! What’s going on in that school?
From SJ? Its a self contained, don't even need to go outside for anything boy scout camp? Let me guess, someone saying "can i touch you" was told no and the recruits cried?
@@williamblaney3316 it’s irrelevant now to criticise the facilities, me being a cornwallis recruit, it’s what it is, the whole idea is to build teamwork and to train people to obey orders not to mention military ideology, but to recourse recruits with less than 3 weeks to graduate and make them start all over again is insane and defeats the whole purpose of the place, all due to a carding system, just absurd, by the way I know this happens on a regular basis.
@@Multheman02 my point, as you well know, today's recruits wouldn't make it through 1st week in Cornwallis and the actual "standards " the military used to have. And I saw more than my fair share of recourse folks, and 99% of them didn't belong in a military environment. You want to serve with them, go ahead. I know even at 60 I could walk through today's Basic.
@@williamblaney3316 yes I agree with you👍 but for better or worse we are stuck in this time so got to work with what you have, having said that, considering the state of our Armed Forces now, they should be encouraging teamwork etc. I’m sure you know what I mean, instead they have this carding system that penalises people on an individual basis, no if you screw up all of you wear it, get to many cards and your in front of a senior officer for a review and most times recourse, sometimes right back to day 1! That would discourage anyone. They can’t afford to do this on a regular basis since they are desperate for recruits! And carding is for anything, your boots aren’t laced properly or you forget your running shoes for gym little shit like that, 20 pushups and a yelling at would of sufficed, you know what I’m saying, just a screwed up system.
Canada and Nato. Security for those International duty free shipping containers. All these companies and conglomerates have their own security for their products. It does not necessarily allow them to dictate policy in foreign countries. How were those Persian Golf games?
This has gone on since i served in the late 70s/ early 80s. Every Canadian government since the Pearson era are to blame
Agreed lost it in 68 when they went CAF lost most of the tradition and pride( no gay pride) in those days, you were gone if you were that way. Most of the 3 services, many got out starting then...
Years ago finished my ql5’s requested my advanced promotion to cpl it was turned down. Yet they gave the advance promotion to a kiss ass and a guy that crashed a vehicle. The way they treat people is horrible. So I released.
I served for 34 years and came to the conclusion that the military exists so the government can spread money around to those it likes. I joined in 1985 and retired in 2019. When I joined, government was in the process of buying new maritime helos. 34 years later I retired still having not seeen a new helo, although the government had spent billions on the project.
If true, that should be published everywhere.
@@MrB00mbang It's true and is documented. You can also follow along with the process over the decades. As part of the $2B spent, Cretien incurred a $500M penalty when he tore up the contract Mulroney's government had signed for replacement helos.
It's because the military is not the military any more. I have friends in that all tell me "Don't join, its just a dei mess"
Nope I have very little respect for the Canadian Military after having served with them Afghanistan and Iraq. I have seen whole platoons of Canadian troops that have fouled their underwear under fire. Vietnam and Prior, Canadian Military was a force to be reckoned with, now it is not so. No BMI Standard, you can be 5' tall and 300lbs and they will still take you. You can be 60 and in a wheel chair and they will still take you. Not allowed to run in their combat boots, a Hurt Feelings form if your DI yells at you. (plus all the other stuff I have been told.) The Canadian Air farce can't even shoot down a Chinese Spy Balloon and had to call the U.S. to do it for them! It would only take 1 platoon of U.S. Marines to take over the entire Canadian Military. (Believe it or not there are more Retired Combat Marines in Canada than there are actual active duty Canadian troops!) Scary how low they have fallen.
It's easy to criticize and focus on the negatives. People rarely want to speak about the benefits/positive changes that military service can provide. Don't rely on UA-cam videos or the internet to shape your views and sway you from making a life changing decision like joining the military. Online content creators only seek to garner views as that is their main metric/bottom line. And the best way to do that is to use video titles/video topics with negative connotations because that's always proven to get people to click.
Please keep this in mind when seeking out information about joining the military.
The cold war never ended.
That thinking was foolish
As a reservist form the early 90’s I can say that the Canadian system of government is not worth the trouble and energy of training.
I’ve told any young man talking about joining not to, go get a trade. I’m sad that my oldest friend’s son joined the regular army. Waste of youth on this country
After 22 years I released from CAV, even though I am still eligible for another 10 years service, I could not accept the lowering of standards and new age mandates from leftist bureaucrats! That coupled with very poor top leadership that were given more pips and crowns in order to fill positions of senior officers responsible for critical decisions affecting service people careers and performance , again these were bureaucratic promotions to please civil movements and minority grandstanders pressuring govt!
Shame on the previous three ministers of national defence, for destroying the reputation of a once proud and well respected military, now turning it into circus, there are some government parties that just have no idea about national defence or homeland security and have no business interfering.
Don’t get me wrong, there are still some outstanding people serving and they’re doing their best, but the experienced people are in short supply and leaving on a regular basis.
The military has evolved into an extension of the Liberal Party of Canada because of the passivity of the senior staff. My grandfather served, dad was a career soldier, My brother, sister and I served but I would do my best to discourage anyone from joining lest they find themselves as pariahs and at odds with the progressive DEI mandates.
This is not the US. It is not looked good to be in the military. I can't forget the two from my MBA and engineering classes. They do have trouble in civilian life. Civilian life is not like the military. In my MBA class, the soldier was weird to us.
Eh they need a slary that aligns with housing. Withaverage housing cost in Canada being 660k, why fight for someone elses land?
I've been thinking about enlisting, and this made made me want to, actually.
Well... they fired a bunch under hateful conduct if they said anything about Trudeau's adgenda.
Tell Trudeau to call his migrant pets and gays to join up XD
Agreed get them in a uniform and send them back over there were they came from
I think tampons is when we draw the line.
Yes, as we sink ever deeper into some sort of woke twilight zone.
As soon Justin Trudeau was voted in as prime minister. I resigned my position in The Canadian forces, I will not take orders from that man
So sad. Our men and women in uniform deserve better, and we as Canadians need a Canada worth fighting for because I sure won't die for Trudeau.
Me neither!
You forgot to mention that the FRP was supposed to target those that were close to retirement, those injured but trying to make it to retirement age and/or the “sick - lame and lazy”. What the FRP actually ended up targeting were the good soldiers that were disenfranchised with a lack of pay raises, promotions, no (or minimal) relevant equipment.
We ALL know who we can thank for that.
WoW! If only they hired people in a reasonable timeline. Who would have thought... joining the army can take up to 2 years! Why?
Lol what's the reason I wonder? This is the freak'n military not a civvy seeking a job at a Walmart or something like wtf?
@@DividendFiend OK …so? The US military doesn’t take up to 6 months sometimes to recruit people. Why does our military lag so effing much?