Justin Trudeau hints at boosting Canada’s military spending

I'll believe it when I see it.

 

[dimsum]

Meanwhile, me in my Smartwool long underwear at high altitude

Not sure if aircrew still get issued the Stanfields long undies for extreme cold, but those were great.

 

[KevinB]

If you have six inches or more of hard snow, a one- or two-man shelter of blocks and slabs is easy to build.
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Easy for those who’ve done it multiple times you mean.

 

[Fishbone Jones]

Wool is the only material that will keep you warm when soaking wet.

I haven't tried the low temp end, and likely never will, of the US sleep system I have.

I got a brand new system with all the bags etc for just under $100 US at a military show in Ohio.

It is very well planned out and from some limited use appears to be capable of everything stated on the label.

 

[YZT580]

Wool is the only material that will keep you warm when soaking wet.

I haven't tried the low temp end, and likely never will, of the US sleep system I have.

I got a brand new system with all the bags etc for just under $100 US at a military show in Ohio.

It is very well planned out and from some limited use appears to be capable of everything stated on the label.

pure wool, yes, but most wool products are maybe 60% and it is the synthetics that chill you out

 

[Fishbone Jones]

pure wool, yes, but most wool products are maybe 60% and it is the synthetics that chill you out

If I'm buying wool, only stuff tagged 100% Merino wool goes in my cart.

 

[dapaterson]

Easy for those who’ve done it multiple times you mean.

So you're saying you don't have experience with more than six inches?

 

[KevinB]

pure wool, yes, but most wool products are maybe 60% and it is the synthetics that chill you out

Agreed - the key is knowing what you have, and what it is useful for.

Too many companies offer entire lines of gear, but tend to only offer a few really good items in their portfolios.

If I'm buying wool, only stuff tagged 100% Merino wool goes in my cart.

I love the stuff — but for certain things wool/synthetic mixes are great, for they can offer moisture wicking and durability greater than solid wool, but at a cost of insulating value when damp. The key is again what do you want this item for…

Equipping a Multi-Purpose force is extremely expensive (I avoid General Purpose as that tends to mean average). As many items will need to be duplicated to provide for the extremes on either end, as well as acquisition of enough of those items that things can be rotated and replaced as needed.

 

[Good2Golf]

Meanwhile, me in my Smartwool long underwear at high altitude

So you're saying you don't have experience with more than six inches?

So you beat on KevinB, but don’t complement daftandbarmy how hot he looks in his wool underwear… #consistency

 

[Brad Sallows]

Easy for those who’ve done it multiple times you mean.

That might have been my third or fourth. The previous ones were for five or six people (Scouts), with block walls, and saplings and a piece of poly for the roof (covered with loose snow for insulation). We also used snow trenches and tree wells. At some point one of the leaders showed us how to construct an igloo, and it was simple enough I remembered and replicated the task 20 years later during a winter indoc exercise. They ain't difficult.

 

[KevinB]

That might have been my third or fourth. The previous ones were for five or six people (Scouts), with block walls, and saplings and a piece of poly for the roof (covered with loose snow for insulation). We also used snow trenches and tree wells. At some point one of the leaders showed us how to construct an igloo, and it was simple enough I remembered and replicated the task 20 years later during a winter indoc exercise. They ain't difficult.

It isn’t difficult if you have the correct snow conditions, which takes experience to recognize. Some snow conditions result in useless materials that are easy to see that won’t work and you need to end up making your own snow/slush mix.

But other snow conditions result in a really granular snow/ice that can get cut into blocks via a snow knife - and while it can appear good will flay apart with winds and leave you open and unprepared. (Ask me how I know).

In the ideal world you have time to upgrade it and make snowcrete walls etc.

 

[SeaKingTacco]

I am, apparently, the least adept igloo builder in the world…to the point where the Inuit instructor took pity on me and helped me to finish it.

 

[Halifax Tar]

Maybe this is not only a stupid question but one I should be asking myself; but why not just buy the Army a winter/arctic sleeping bag and then a three season sleeping bag ?

Also these are greatest hunting pants I've ever owned, I have two pair:

Big Bill 18 Oz. Merino Wool Cargo Hunting & Outdoor Pants - 234MER

www.gostwear.com

I also wear the old issued flannel shirt and a 1970s wool red plaid jacket.

I will say, on the non motorized moose hunt up around Meat Cove in the highlands this past Dec, the wool was welcome but super heavy when I was putting on 15+ kms a day.

 

[ueo]

Easy for those who’ve done it multiple times you mean.

Most kids of earlier times tunneled into drifts and piles. Limited experience what with helo parents!

 

[KevinB]

Most kids of earlier times tunneled into drifts and piles. Limited experience what with helo parents!

That is again assuming that one has a lot of snow to do so, and at least in my experience most of that snow was relatively packed from being plowed or shoveled out of driveways and roads — which made for superb building snow. I made better snow systems as a child on my parents lawn in the 70’s than I was ever able to build anywhere else.

I also got to go into a nice warm home when my snowsuit got soaked, and warm up and dry it off.

 

[Maxman1]

Most kids of earlier times tunneled into drifts and piles. Limited experience what with helo parents!

That's basically a quinzhee.

 

[markppcli]

Maybe this is not only a stupid question but one I should be asking myself; but why not just buy the Army a winter/arctic sleeping bag and then a three season sleeping bag ?

Also these are greatest hunting pants I've ever owned, I have two pair:

Big Bill 18 Oz. Merino Wool Cargo Hunting & Outdoor Pants - 234MER

www.gostwear.com

I also wear the old issued flannel shirt and a 1970s wool red plaid jacket.

I will say, on the non motorized moose hunt up around Meat Cove in the highlands this past Dec, the wool was welcome but super heavy when I was putting on 15+ kms a day.

There functionally is, with some kit being army specific. The plan is to have an extreme cold weather bag, and honestly I don’t hate the GPSB because I sleep warm and prefer to have a lighter system. I also think some of our winter training is stupid, sleeping in a base layer is totally acceptable and can had some warmth if you need it.

 

[MARS]

Canada's plan to donate refurbished armour to Ukraine is still spinning its wheels​

More than 9 months after the vehicles were transferred, Ottawa and an Ontario firm are still negotiating​

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/armatec-canadian-forces-dnd-ukraine-1.7323330

 

[OldSolduer]

There functionally is, with some kit being army specific. The plan is to have an extreme cold weather bag, and honestly I don’t hate the GPSB because I sleep warm and prefer to have a lighter system. I also think some of our winter training is stupid, sleeping in a base layer is totally acceptable and can had some warmth if you need it.

Simple solution is to retire and NOT have to sleep out.

 

[Ignatius]

Pick a window Trudeau, you're leaving baby! Canadians are done with the Liberals. It's simply time for a change and Canadians want change. Don't let the door hit you on the way out Trudeau! LOL. Oh it's gonna be so good to see Trudeau gone next election.

 

[Quirky]

Pick a window Trudeau, you're leaving baby! Canadians are done with the Liberals. It's simply time for a change and Canadians want change. Don't let the door hit you on the way out Trudeau! LOL. Oh it's gonna be so good to see Trudeau gone next election.

While Trudeau is insufferable, Freeland makes him look normal. She's just an awful smug and incompetent minister. I don't know how people can tolerate her in Question Period.