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Originally Posted by Baron von Kriterium
To the lay person, buying these capital items shouldn't be too onerous; however, bear in mind that we haven't seen a successful combat boot replacement in years. Several have been trialled and all have been disasters. The Army is at the point of going back to the Mk II Black Cadillacs, but they will, of course, be known as the Mk III Black Cadillacs.
Feck it; I just buy my own boots. So do many others.
Now that rant just reminds me that some recruits in their basic training don't even have all of their kit. Some are in coveralls and staff members have been known to loan them their extra boots. It is quite pathetic, actually.
All that to say that if we can't even give our soldiers the bare minimum, purchasing frigates and jet fighters is a large hurdle for the mandarins in Ottawa.
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Thanks for this point. I don't think the general population has any idea how poorly equipped the individual soldier is. I shake my head that the military can't figure out something as simple as footwear. This was an issue when I joined in '89. I remember when Gore-tex were finally issued. We were all excited at the idea of dry feet. Then these POS showed up:
FFS, as I said earlier it is a Canadian Tradition.