Re: mail list: Thanx Woody!

["Steve Kuervers" <skuervers@hotmail.com>]

Brad:
There may be actual 'experts' on this list.  But my civy job has me working 
pretty close with 1 GS Bn in Edmonton at times, and to be honest, the 
majority of them are still trying to figure out their orbat, their jobs, and 
their op responsibilities.  The GS Bn seems to be focused mostly on second 
line from what I've seen, but has to be able to support directly at times.  
I think the best description of the problem at this time is 'state of flux' 
and 'watch and shoot'.
Steve
>From: "Bradley Sallows" <Bradley_Sallows@ismbc.com>
>Reply-To: army@cipherlogic.on.ca
>To: army@cipherlogic.on.ca
>Subject: Re: mail list: Thanx Woody!
>Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2021 12:48:40 -0700
>
>
>
> >Reserve Regiments whom are usually only Bn on paper (Coy+ or Sqn+ in 
>reality),
>don't really require a LCOL to command them.
>
>If we cap the CO at Maj and RSM at MWO, then either a number of other 
>positions
>will require rank reduction or we need to properly adopt the Russian 
>approach,
>in which appointment is always measured before rank.  I've seen lip service 
>paid
>to the latter, but at the end of the day nearly every person I've seen 
>filling
>an appointment above their rank is less respected than if they had the full
>rank.  This is a cultural thing we would need to work through.
>
> >Does a Colonel really have to lead a brigade that can field at most a 
>reduced
>battle group.
>
>Here it becomes politically interesting.  A reserve brigade has a regular 
>LCol
>chief of staff (COS).  Reducing the reserve commander's rank would 
>presumably
>reduce 10 LCol positions to Maj for the Regular Force, and would probably 
>affect
>a few Maj (down to Capt) as well.  Of course, maybe we could have a proper
>brigade HQ in which the G3 (Maj) is the COS and the G4 (Maj) the Assistant 
>COS
>(ACOS).
>
> >When I mentioned the Airborne brigade, I intended on making it a given 
>that the
>C&S and CSS where included.
>
>Absolutely.  Don't forget about higher echelons of support, in which we 
>lack
>(well, are in the process of developing if my interpretation is correct)
>capability.
>
> >However my emhasise was on the return to full strength of the nine 
>infantry
>battalions, three armoured regiments etc...
>
>Are these valuable without full-strength brigade CSS and medical units, not 
>to
>mention the aforementioned higher echelon units?
>
>Is there anyone on the list who can elaborate on the number, role, and 
>basic
>organization of the GS svc bns which were stood up recently, and where they 
>fit
>in garrison-wise and operationally?
>
>Brad Sallows
>
>
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