OT - Royal Restoring RCAF and RCN

[rcaf_777]

Great day for the Canadian Forces, could'nt be more happy

CANFORGEN 147/11 VCDS 021/11 151502Z AUG 11
RESTORING THE HISTORIC NAMES OF THE ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY, THE CANADIAN ARMY AND THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE.
UNCLASSIFIED



THE CDS IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS RESTORING THE HISTORIC NAMES OF THE ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY (RCN), THE CANADIAN ARMY (CA), AND THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE (RCAF)


THE INITIATIVE TO RESTORE THE HISTORIC NAMES OF CANADA’S THREE FORMER SERVICES IS AIMED AT RESTORING AN IMPORTANT AND RECOGNIZABLE PART OF CANADA S MILITARY HERITAGE. THESE WERE THE SERVICES THAT FOUGHT AND EMERGED VICTORIOUS FROM THE SECOND WORLD WAR AND KOREA AND CONTRIBUTED TO THE DEFENCE OF EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA FROM THE EARLY DAYS OF THE COLD WAR. THESE WERE ALSO THE SERVICES THAT PAVED THE WAY IN TERMS OF INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING MISSIONS


THE CHANGE WILL BE IMPLEMENTED BY RENAMING THE THREE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMANDS. MARITIME COMMAND WILL BE NAMED THE ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY LAND FORCE COMMAND WILL BE NAMED THE CANADIAN ARMY AND AIR COMMAND WILL BE NAMED THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. IN THIS WAY WE WILL REGAIN AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR COLLECTIVE HERITAGE WITHIN A UNIFIED EFFECTIVE CANADIAN FORCES COMMAND STRUCTURE


MORE DETAILED INFORMATION WILL BE PROMULGATED BY YOUR RESPECTIVE CHAINS OF COMMAND AS IT BECOMES AVAILABLE


FOR GREATER CERTAINTY, ALL CURRENT RESPECTIVE COMMAND ORDERS, RULES, DIRECTIVES, INSTRUCTIONS OR SIMILAR INSTRUMENTS REMAIN IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT UNTIL AMENDED TO REFLECT THE NAME CHANGE OF THE COMMAND

The Big question now is will the Royal Canadian Airforce ask for their Old Ranks back?

[95th Rifleman]

God save the Queen!

[HorseSoldier]

Seems like a very cool development. My understanding was that the amalgamation into Canadian Forces didn't even deliver any real cost savings in terms of streamlining logistics and admin, which was the (if I'm not mistaken) logic for kicking esprit de corps in the crotch when the decision was made way back when.

[Webstral]

Good for our northern cousins! An army deserves to be called such.

Why doesn't the Canadian Army get a "Royal" moniker? Are the Canadians suffering from the betrayal by the British Army all those years ago? Talk about sins of the father!

[Legbreaker]

Possibly because unlike the "rebel scum" most of those who were a part of the British Empire respect our history.

[Cdnwolf]

So instead of using the money to get new equipment and improve or pay out the pension plans for retired vets, millions of dollars will now be spent repainting and changing all the official paperwork from HMCS to RCN etc.