July 2018 – Putting Down Uprising

July 30, 2018October 17, 2018 Deconstructor Sgt Canada-IRL, Deconstruction

21-Apparently Healthy but Badly Led…

The officer handling the briefing, Col Conway, doesn't seem to respect his democratically elected leadership. Before launching into his part of the briefing, he pauses in for a moment to revel in his natural superiority over the mere civilian before him: ‘Conway smiled to himself. He very much doubted that Riley knew any such thing, … Continue reading 21-Apparently Healthy but Badly Led…

July 29, 2018September 20, 2018 Deconstructor Sgt Battle Procedure, CAF-IRL

Battle Procedure (or why you have to trust and delegate)

***Just to note in advance, the process called ‘Battle Procedure’ is something that has gone through a bunch of reincarnations over the years in the CAF, and exists under various other names in various other armies. So what I’m going to be discussing here should sound familiar to most military readers, even though the terminology … Continue reading Battle Procedure (or why you have to trust and delegate)

July 23, 2018July 30, 2018 Deconstructor Sgt Deconstruction

20-“Think in terms of vulnerabilities…”

This is Tuesday after the raid (on Sunday) and the Chief of Defence Staff is about to brief the Minister of National Defence. You may remember that the MND was present at the previous briefing, but ignore that fact. This scene here is the moment when the army presents its first initial assessment of the … Continue reading 20-“Think in terms of vulnerabilities…”

July 16, 2018July 30, 2018 Deconstructor Sgt CAF-IRL, Deconstruction

19-Meet General Bishop

When we last saw our intrepid command staff, they had just concluded a briefing. The Prime Minister was to be notified! So was the Privy Council's Office and the RCMP. Things were moving far too slowly but they were moving and there was a real possibility of seeing something happen next time these characters appeared on … Continue reading 19-Meet General Bishop

July 9, 2018July 30, 2018 Deconstructor Sgt CAF-IRL, Deconstruction

18-The devil’s not in the ‘big picture’

***This next post is actually covering two short sections dealing with Will Boucanier as he conducts his Recce of the road leading into the James Bay region. Since they bracketed Bill Whitefish’s briefing and were relatively short, I’m dealing with them together right here.*** So we’re back in Radisson with Bill the Pirate as he … Continue reading 18-The devil’s not in the ‘big picture’