Okay...I've been off these means for a long time (for a variety of reasons). I drop back in and, wham, here's a topic that's near and dear.
Interestingly, the tone of some of the posts in this thread seem to suggest the Camerons are "going away". They aren't, in any way, shape or form. They are going to be tactically grouped with the RWR's, which for the most part means they are going to share a common C2 superstructure. The advantage is the collectivization of training between the two infantry units in Minto Armoury; this will result in greater numbers involved in training, and economies of scale in training administration. A similar situation currently exists in Saskatchewan where, for some time now, the Royal Regina Rifles and North Saskatchewan Regiment have been tactically grouped under an N Sask R unit HQ. Likewise, the artillery units in 38 CBG (10 Fd Regt, 26 Fd Regt and 116 Ind Fd Battery) have been tactically grouped for several years in the 38 CBG Artillery Tactical Group (ATG). Both of these latter examples are highly successful. I just attended Ex Prairie Defender 08 in Dundurn, and was witness to the impressive results achieved as a result of the Saskatchewan inf grouping. All of the inf from 38 and 41 CBG on the ex performed well, but the Saskatchewan units' performance was exceptional, in no small part because of the advantages of training larger number of infantry soldiers together, under a common C2 infrastructure, through their IBTS and other gateway training that led up to Prairie Defender. I would note that the RRR are still very much alive and well in terms of their Regimental identity, in spite of being grouped with the N Sask R.
