Posted by Ivan Stewart (Mr.) from St.Albert AB Canada on April 25, 2021 at 16:14:02:
In Reply to: Re: JTF 2 is the best model for the CF's future posted by Mark Bossi on November 12, 2021 at 08:00:50:
Other spec. ops. units have a tremendous head start on the Canadians. The SAS have been doing this since 1941 and are nearly always on "operations" somewhere in the world in either a direct or advisory role. I will guarantee you that once JTF II is properly trained and experienced, our government will mis-employ them....I can see them laying in a hide calling in fire missions on "Battle Bridge" in Wainwright...just like Recce Pl.
The Canadian government doesn't have the balls to keep an counter-terrorist unit up the sharp end. It clashes too much with Canadian sensibility. And soon enough we will once again be the poor cousins to the Brit's and the Yanks...Yes I too have been on exercises were we kicked American butt (nearly always!)but we come across as "also rans" and wannabe's. In order for JTF to become a success a new paradigm has to emerge. No more of this fucking UN Peacekeeper bullshit...trust me I know all about spending six months filling sandbags in Cyprus. As a government and a people we must make a concerted effort to train and develop JTF II with exchange programs, realistic training and adequate financing. The personnel must be second to none ( i.e. A currently serving member of JTF is an aquaintance of mine and quite frankly is a "fucking waste of rations!") There has been a mass exodus from the infantry in the last 10 years...a lot of them good men who got sick and tired of the governments treatment of the army...and the constant expectation to do more with less. A lot of the troops that were left over from that exodus and are still serving leave a lot to be desired.
So, again, let JTF II mature and lets see what emerges and lets hope I'm wrong
Ivan Stewart