Ben Mason

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[Ben Mason @Bemason55]

@NoahGairn I’ve seen the idea that they’ll award each yard a couple and whoever brings those in on time with quality work will be awarded more

[Ben Mason @Bemason55]

@CDNPolicyHawk @OneDadsFinance @BotheredBoy We also environmentally friendly paint that rusts a little faster. Crews are also limited in the amount of painting we can do due to ISS contracts.

[Ben Mason @Bemason55]

@MacDo8221 @CanadianUK @erinotoole @RoyalCanNavy @CanadianForces They’ve been integrated with a NATO task group conducting training and operations for the last month. Do you expect them to go without food and fuel?

[Ben Mason @Bemason55]

@Cappy_Nate @NoahGairn It’s not a good spot for either the navy or airforce….

[Ben Mason @Bemason55]

@ThomasWatsonCD @DivebumChef There are two working up right not to head to Europe for mine clearance operations

[Ben Mason @Bemason55]

@GBriereGiroux @Tendar @grok Mechanical minesweeping is an obsolete mine hunting tactic. Most modern navies are switching to side scan sonar, ROVs and divers.

[Ben Mason @Bemason55]

@tilap @CDNPolicyHawk @KnightLegg Pacific based. They have no icebreakers on the east coast

[Ben Mason @Bemason55]

@ButlersRanger @CDNPolicyHawk @KnightLegg They don’t have any icebreakers on the east coast (and only 2 on the west) so they in fact are unable to conduct resupply by ship without ccg assistance if there are ice conditions

[Ben Mason @Bemason55]

@HEMENDRABISHT3 @WarMonitor3 Liberal party moving back to the centre from the left and the Conservative Party maintaining fairly far right (relative to Can politics) which is supported by their base but not the general population.

[Ben Mason @Bemason55]

@f18husky @CDNPolicyHawk Top secret security clearance expires and must be renewed every 5 years. So if he hasn’t renewed since he was in cabinet, he would have had a valid security clearance in at least 5 years.

[Ben Mason @Bemason55]

@jmthibs @ThomasWatsonCD This is a great benefit but it works against growing the reserve. RegF members can’t release to the reserves and use it, keeping experienced members from passing along their knowledge.

[We Are The Dead @WeAreTheDead]

[This is the last post of 119,836 names of Canadian Armed Forces members who died while serving, bringing to an end this online roll call that began on Remembrance Day 14 years ago. Thanks to everyone who followed.]

[Ben Mason @Bemason55]

@NoahGairn Selling the Americans a design / helping build ice breakers is a great thing. It means new $ entering the economy vice Canadian $ being recycled by the gov. Also means the NSS is working because other countries are buying meaning a sustainable industry

[Ben Mason @Bemason55]

@NoahGairn The GC’s perception is that there is very little risk of a land based threat in the Arctic and have chosen to invest in Naval and Air defence instead, since that’s where the perceived threat is. The best way to counter a land based threat is to invest in infrastructure, imo.

[Canadian Armed Forces @CanadianForces]

The @RoyalCanNavy celebrated a new and long-lasting relationship with Nunavik on Sept. 19. Members of this Inuit community in Northern Quebec and of the #HMCSFrédérickRolette crew came together during an official Northern Affiliation ceremony. https://t.co/rWGHVnDgsf

[Ben Mason @Bemason55]

@NoahGairn I want nothing less than a long form article about the affiliation program!

[Ben Mason @Bemason55]

@DivebumChef @OldBlackRum Officially we don’t call them WUPS anymore. Mission Specific Readiness Training (MSRT) is generally the final step before deployment.

[Ben Mason @Bemason55]

@CDNPolicyHawk @_M471k Will still be shipside grey but there’s something in the works

[Ben Mason @Bemason55]

@_M471k @CDNPolicyHawk Harry Dewolf might have an interesting design when she comes back from the shipyard this winter