PuckChaser said:
Its called the IRU, combat arms troops ready to go on X hours NTM. Where X is the number of hours you need them in, if the current NTM status for the IRU is not acceptable to CJOC. Seems like someone's already started and finished the "capability gap", they just don't have the beret colour people want. Good thing CJOC doesn't see empires, it tasks capabilities.
Dimsum: Great idea, we just added another 25-30 PYs for the working dogs. I think if we tried real hard, we could cut AESOP in half and send all those PYs to RCAF Infantry.
This was addressed above. http://army.ca/forums/threads/119416/post-1441557.html#msg1441557
It's not RCAF Infantry; its Force Protection.
How is the Reg Frce Inf Bn's doing? Here's an indication...
dangerboy said:
Those 60 PYs have to come from somewhere. The 3rd BNs in the Infantry lost an entire rifle platoon per battalion to free up 100 PYs as the CAF created a new capability. The word from Ottawa is if you want a new capability you have to find a way to do it without increasing the size of the CAF.
So, where are the FP positions coming from then? Already answered as well.
Ditch said:
Lots of PY discussion going on - how about PY neutral? ARAF has plenty of job openings, as does the Militia - we are short in the thousands right now for manning our Primary Reserves.
Why do this? Again, already addressed
Currently - we use WASF and MPs for facility/aircraft FP. The MPs have a specialty called TASO - basically deployed armed security for airplanes when they land in scary airfields. We don't have the luxury of 6 months prior to train up people and enter them into CFTPO. Earthquake hits today, we roll tonight into whatever country that is - with whatever security issues might be at hand. Russians are being frisky, we deploy armed fighters to XXX FOL and send armed WASF to guard them.
We have armed RCAF personnel out there right now - not MPs, not Infantry. We want to make those RCAF personnel not just qualified but specialized to conduct these duties. We don't have the luxury of waiting days for a tasking of unfamiliar Green Berets to show up.
I don't know, but maybe the idea of using the IRU was already discussed and the Army said "no we can't respond in the time you need. We can't post a platoon to locations X,Y and Z either. Recommend you source this internally, ChairForce".
I mentioned PIDs before...they don't provide anything a Combat Diver or Clearance Diver couldn't do. Maybe it was studied as well, and someone recommended creating the PITDs and PID MOSID to cover the 'gap', because the other guys capable of doing it (in terms of skillsets) weren't available to actually fill the task because of 'other priorities'.
The Air Force wants the ability to provide FP on multi-million dollar assets. Some of us have said those assets can go out the door in extremely fast timelines, and that the best way to be able to provide FP is to have those FP pers co-located.
Ditch has provided fairly detailed 'hows and whys', that people just seem to want to turn a blind eye to, rather than seriously consider them.
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captloadie said:
They would likely not deploy, depending on the level of their training.
Hopefully, that can change as time goes on.