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Sunday, September 26, 2004
Colonel Pat Strogan of the PPCLI, and late of Afghanistan fame, sounds off about the current state of the Canadian Forces. Some interesting thoughts there, though I'd tend to disagree with the Colonel on his view of the current Iraq war. I am a bit surprised that he'd be so frank in dissing the 'Mandarins' running defence policy. Perhaps he just doesn't want to be a general, or doesn't care.... Some other interesting stories in the series by the Ottawa Citizen. Update Having noted that Strogan's current job is Commander of JOG (Joint Operations Group), I thought I would find out just what the hell JOG is. Evidently, it replaced 1 Canadian Division HQ (thus finally ending the charade that we had the troops to staff a full Division). See here for some details. Fascinating how an organization that replaced a Divisional HQ could be commanded by a Colonel.... |