14. The Canadian Forces are the armed forces of Her Majesty raised by Canada and consist . . .
casca said:I think the reason for the change is that now CAF stands for Canadian Air Force, which makes sense. However even when i joined back in 81 we were calling the forces the CF so we didn't confuse what we were talking about. Anyone have another reason for the change?
Inch said:As the others have stated, CAF does not stand for Canadian Air Force and never has. After CAF was dropped from aircraft paint schemes, there was a short time when it said "Armed Forces/ Forces Armee" next to the roundel. This was also dropped and now it's simply the roundel with the trademark "Canada" with the little flag over the last "a" painted on the fuselage. There's also a flag with "Canadian Forces" painted on the aircraft.
I too don't believe it's some big PCness conspiracy to remove the "Armed" from the name, I've only ever heard it called the CF besides what the recruiting posters said.
FSTO said:Maybe this is just the traditionalist in me talking but, I am a little disturbed about the "TRADEMARK" symbol on our aircraft. I uaually thank god everytime I am walking towards one of our warships and there isn't a trademark symbol over my ships name or on the funnel.
MCG said:From the National Defence Act:
14. The Canadian Forces are the armed forces of Her Majesty raised by Canada and consist . . .
It never was CAF. It has always been CF
We did go through a period where everything comming out of the recruiting world had "Canadian Armed Forces" stamped on it, but I don't think I've ever seen it reduced to acronym on anything official.
It is amazing what you can miss when your .PDF version has the right edge of the page cut off.Sam69 said:Again, from the National Defence Act (Part II, Sect 14):
"The Canadian Forces are the armed forces of Her Majesty raised by Canada and consist of one Service called the Canadian Armed Forces."