My uncle fought with the Canadians in Afghanistan and said they were some of the finest soldiers he had ever seen 👌 just visited Canada last summer as well, what a lovely country 🇬🇧 🇨🇦 ❤
Yeah it’s shame the Canadian government loves to waste its money on complety useless projects and other dribble, tho what can you do when the public just carries on voting for those fools
That's Liberals for you. Way back before the G Wagon, they used to ride in Iltis open top jeeps with barely any armour so dangerous that in Afghanistan, US army use to tell Canadians they were nuts to go on Patrol with Iltis Jeeps.
The good thing a bout the Canadians is they have enough room to hold war games on piece's of land bigger then some Countries ! and yes they are well known to be good soldiers , and yes they need a budget increase is right, BUT ! being American who has trained with the Canadians many year's ago, it is funny that they always get the job done no matter what equipment they have... I would fight with them any time, it is nice to see Allies train together.
@@BC-li6zc Yup. Suffield and then as well Gagetown up in New Brunswick. I've heard Gagetown is HUGE and has plenty of different types of terrain.. marshes, mountains, rolling hills.. that's New Brunswick though!
The Canadians probably integrate with the British better than with the US. The British are more their size whereas they must see the US military as an overgrown monster.
Bud 1 : Hye bud. Bud 2 : Hye bud, who we fighting today? Bud 1 : A bunch of mates, still hungover from Canadian lager last night. Bud 2 : Should be easy. Bud 1 : Dont underestimate Mates, they can drink like fish.
@@xxxmikeyjock Yea, and the usa is such a good ally of ours, we can rely on their ludicrous military budget to protect us. And if something drastic happens, i wouldn't be opposed to a draft to quickly recruit people, and the budget would go up at that point as well. People have to remember that the budgets are fluid, as soon as there's a threat, the budget will go up. People also have to remember that we only have 37 million people paying taxes as opposed to the usa's 357 million. They just have a lot more money.
@@majorphysics3669 Exactly. We don't have the population to support a massive military. We would rather spend the money on saving lives rather than take them. Having said that we have never shirked our responsibility when called.
German soldiers I’d say. But Canadians come pretty close to that. Americans and British are damn good too. Good thing they all train together these days.
Pte Bloggins at seeing you’re comment all I could say is look up schadenfreude but then I stopedand re read you’re comment and I fundamentally beliVe that I despise you unless you have been in action duty you will never understand [god dAmnit I just noticed the [pte in your name]
"yeah you know we had a good 1st out there. Gotta get mortars in deep. Gotta win those battles along the trees. They uhh got a lucky bounce there with that Arty shell, so we just gotta dig in here and battle, and uhh get that one back"
Canada’s backyard is bigger than most continents. Incredible land mass. Their soldiers are polite, super intelligent and devastatingly deadly, especially in cold weather conditions. The Canadians ended WWI with an incredible historic victory at the Battle of Passchendaele. 🇨🇦
@Samsung McKone Thank you for your dedicated service, honouring the call of freedom and standing by the enduring symbol of the greatest democracy in the world, the Maple Leaf. Sir. 🇨🇦
Passchendaele was a victory but still 4,000 Canadians dead. War was so objective based then, it's like they were just sending in a bunch of bots in a video game.
@Mercb3ast Oh I'm very well aware, I've got shelves of books and battle plans and whatnot. Their tactics were severely lacking then, but I know the Canadian troops who perished gave it their all and the rest lived on.
I've been to Wainwright as a soldier. It was not the yelling or the discipline or the routine that nearly drove me insane..... But the freaking mosquitoes. Mosquitoes on top of mosquitoes. Clouds of freaking mosquitoes. That nearly drove me nuts.
My husband was in the Canadian Armed Forces and he knows that the Canadian Armed Forces and always worked with less all the time. Canadian Government has been always scared to have a really good defense budget in any of the 3 services
Believe me, that gear is annoying. A leaf can block the laser thus hitting the enemy force in forested areas is impossible. But somehow someway they can hit you with the same gear. Lol!
I was posted to CFB Wainwright for a couple years & working in Training Support for 2 of these years FTXs. I always enjoyed it when you Brits came over, great troops, good laughs & a good reminder why Canada remained loyal to the crown, it’s much better to be on your side than not be... just ask Argentina lol
@@jimcarlson6157 there is only one way the islands are going to be handed over to Argentina & that’s if the people of the islands vote for it. The last vote on the issue showed that over 96% of the islanders wish to remain British. The only other way to ‘try’ to get the islands is by force, which would end in a repeat of the Falklands War.
@@James-zg2nl Britain is a sputtering, impotent, geriatric nation which has forsaken Europe and certainly can't count on "special" relations with US or Canada. the blue water navy is moribound. third rate in all respects
@@James-zg2nl in the final analysis, the sheepbangers there are colonial interlopers. their wishes don't matter. while you're at it, get out of Ireland and empty your museums of all the loot and booty.
@@JihadNinja You should really start doing real research instead of making silly statements about video games. Also do you know the meanings of Jihad And Ninja ?
Got to watch some of the international exercises at CFB Cold Lake. My understanding is Canada has a very well trained airforce as well (shame about the ancient cf 18's)
one federal government will order new equipment as soon as the new party comes in they cancel it at a cost of millions and then take there time deciding what they think we need it's so sad nothing ever gets done
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Technically the f18s are 2008.vintage as they have been completely rebuilt several times
I remember my live fire experience with the British tanks.... after two days of shooting thare kit (strapped to the outside of the tank) we where asked to stop... haha fun times...
In 1975, we had the 82nd Airborne from the United States and 1st Kings from British Army. I was with 3 Field Squadron Royal Canadian Engineers at the time. The Americans didn't like us attacking at 4 am, catching them in their sleeping bags. Wainwright is a great training area.
1975, The post-Vietnam draw down. The changes from 1981, on. Have made US. A very different military. I would not count on that being repeated. Especially with so many Combat Veterans.
@@knutdergroe9757Actually Canada's role in NATO hasn't changed that much, Canada is still supply troops to train the new NATO members in Eastern Europe, Canada is planning bases in Latvia and Romania the same as we had in West Germany during Cold War 1, this would probably mean that Canada would go back to the role we had then taking on the Russian Paratroopers. We had that role because the Americans consisted 4 CMBG as Light Infantry and we could move much faster than both Germans and the Americans, I served in the Cold war from 1978 to 1981.
Just for those who arent aware: the DTES/MILES kit theyre using is all gps linked. Obviously for direct fire, the sensors on the helmet/vest pick up the lasers, but for IDF its literally a GPS kill area. Itll randomise what injuries you have and the like. Bit annoying but the only way to get actual cover from the GPS kill areas on IDF is to have special GPS units placed in your trenches to 'upgrade' them into bunkers which can take a few hits...when they work. Nothing more annoying than getting 'killed' by a mortar that landed 80 metres away on the other side of a massive bun line just as youre about to brass up an unsuspecting platoon with a gpmg. Really good kit otherwise though.
That is a very nice thing to say. My understanding is that Canadians consider Marine units their peer units in respect of skill/task level but it would need someone who is serving to confirm this. Every marine is a soldier first, and that is the way Canadian units are generally run as well. I assume it is the same for the British but don't know for certain.
@@worldwisenow4287 I don't know about Canadians, but US Marines don't consider themselves soldiers. In the case of the Royal Marines (UK) they are far more integrated with the Royal Navy. This is less so in the US military, although in my case, I'm in the US Navy, but I'm attached to Marines because I'm a Corpsman (Medic).
@@EzraB123 i find that funny they don't consider themselves soldiers yet it is their job description to soldier help me understand this because that seem a bit odd.
@@samuel10125 In American English a soldier is in the Army, which is a branch of the US military. So Marines just consider themselves Marines and their branch is the USMC. The training is a little more demanding and Marines have a separate history, rank structure, different customs and uniforms, etc unique to their branch and independent from the US Army. Its a pride thing really.
For Canadian citizens Canada’s army is crazily undermanned lmfao and losing people even faster we cannot help take care of our veterans so we turn a blind eye and forget them all together I hope there’s a turn around soon if not lol can’t wait for that draft
It will never turn around. You have to remember that we are a country of only 38 million compared to 338 million yanks and god knows how many Brits. Their GDP is much greater than ours so they can enjoy a larger armed forces. Canada compensates by training training and more training. We will stand up to any military in the world in terms of discipline and tactical ability. Sometimes dependence on technology does not work in your favour, especially when it fails and you have not developed the ability to compensate.
@@doughook4287 BS. We only spend 0.9 % of GDP on defense. Yes our soldiers are trained well, but truth be known. Is we rationalize being neighbors to the US means we can live under their umbrella. Used Aussie F-18's, the shape our navy is in, need to replace our fleet of fighter's. We need reform with the military. The world isn't looking any nicer nowadays.
@@Kman31ca The country as a whole needs reform in a lot of places. At this point it just feels like the government wants this country under absolute control before everything else, a strong military would be the primary obstacle of that. The US government has to fear their own military and rightfully so, that's why they are so necessary.
1:06, that big tank with bucket and blade on it is the badger.. thats what i got to roll around in for this exercise and last years aswell (Y) glad the brits had a good time.. their defense was pretty strong for how low numbered they were
Well, I participated in RV83 at CFB Wainright in.... 1983. Was 22 at the time. Prior to that, had done my basic para course at the CABC Edmonton. Ended up having 13 years of Cdn Forces service and then moved to the public service. I'm now retiring with 35 years of federal service. And bonne Saint-Jean Baptiste to all Quebecers around!!!
i remember RV89, i was only a kid and lived in Wainwright. i remember the whole town doubled in size! so busy downtown, i can imagine the barfights down at the Wainwright Hotel were aplenty
Great to see Wainwright still being used by the Brits, it's a great asset. The town folk of Wainwright made me and my family feel very welcome when we were living there under BATSU (W) banner. Dave & Denise & family
I've been to Wainwright, it is intimidating by size and terrain. B.T.W C.F.B. Suffield, C.F.B Gagetown and C.F.B.Borden are all larger land area bases within Canada and this does not include the massive air base training areas in other parts of the country. Practice at game speed is how yoy win, whether in hockey or soccer or combat.
Garrison Petawawa dwarfs CFB Borden in size....the terrain is far "wilder" everything from sand dunes and river to swamp and rocks...and of course Pine forests.....lol...just like Gagetown.......Borden has become a "school base"...not much else happening there....
When he said the British soldiers were used to having an ordered plan and that was different, I wondered how much of that was planned and how much was because it's the Canadian Army and chaos is basically how we roll.
Americans have that reputation too: “A serious problem in planning against American doctrine is that the Americans do not read their manuals, nor do they feel any obligation to follow their doctrine.” - Soviet observation during the Cold War
@@billsoo8679 I think there is truth to this. British fighting doctrine has always been very structured and perhaps for an enemy, predictable - Rommel noticed this. with the brits. Except Paras and elite units like Commandos
Canadian doctrine is definitely more laissez-faire. They're provided with main objectives and broken down into smaller squads with the autonomy to make decisions on the fly. No amount of planning or structure can prepare you for when nothing goes as planned. That's why we believe in creating competent decision makers who can roll with the punches and get the job done.
I love Canada because most of them are open-minded to foreigners like me. They are gentle as the people of the Great Britain were long time ago. I think most of them do not want to argue this matter since it seems childish. I know my English writting is not well like you but many Canadians understand it and they treat me kindly. In my opinion, nowadays, "Gentleman" means such good Canadians. Have a good day! :)
Sorry but Churchill never said this............."If I had Canadian Soldiers, American technology and British officers I would rule the world." Would be interesting to find out where the quote originated, because its not in any of his 6 volumes of work.
If we did that Canadian tax payers would complain why not buy from Canadian companies. Trust me I'm ex-Canadian army and Canadian civvies are professional complainers.
by far, Maple Resolve was a great training experience for deployment training. I had a great time training with the Brits/US Marines & Army. Long as fuaaaah
Canadians kick ass all around the world for a small populated country we do the best with what we have which is almost nothing because of our governments
@@Bailey2468 Wow. That is a nice change. I was basing marijuana usage as being VERY frowned upon because my cousin's mother used to have an a bit of a grow op. He (CAF) was unaware of it until she asked him to spend leave with her (at that address). Whoopsie! and he couldn't fathom associating with her any more because he knew he'd get in trouble from the person he filed for leave with for knowingly setting out to visit a person that had a marijuana association. There was a certain amount of hours between alcohol usage and arriving on duty as well. (Cause he kinda needed a drink after finding out about the weed)
I swear I can still smell the grass and dirt of CFB Wainwright right now! I can feel the weight of my C2 in my arms and the press of my magazines on my chest. Nothing but admiration for this generation of soldiers. The complexity of the job has increased exponentially even if the basics are the same since Greek Hoplites. Outstanding!
I joined the Canadian forces over 40 years ago and it was said our military was the best trained and poorest equipped army in the world. Hopefully, that isn't the case anymore.
I'm 11 months late, but I think it still might be - to varying degrees. I'm not in the military, but I'm interested in it. From what I've read we're still under equipped.
@@mcdonaldsguy8420 Hard for the government to give our military what they need when they consider their own raises more important than the defense of our country.
@@SheepyHollowCanada For sure. I've been strongly considering joining the reserves (now with COVID I think it may be more difficult), so I've done a fair bit of research. I've heard of infantry guys not being issued rucks because they have no more? Not sure if that's true or not.
it is weird. we do not have maple syrup for 80% of the country, I never saw poutine until Wendy's started serving it here in the west, we do have beaver heck we even exported some to the Swiss so they could have some. we do not say 'aboot', apparently I can pass for an American in California if I dont say 'washroom' 'sorry' 'excuse me' or a couple of other colloquial words. Canada is huge so stereotypes are as valid as me thinking all American women have that sweet Georgia peach accent (I wish)
Well done to C Company in your endeavors at Camp Wainwright .. .. You just can't beat excellent training and getting pushed to your limits .. .. at times you find new limits and other times you learn more about your old ones .. .. limits both the physical and the mental ones.. An old foe Napoleon once said that he required two things of his officers and soldiers .. .. courage and endurance .. "but by far the endurance is the most important of the two.." Endurance is a learned ability or skill .. indeed in many ways it is 'earned' by being pushed to ones limits in excellent training.. Great job by those Canadian Blue and Orange force commanders!! Best ,, No. 9
Technically if you analyze the dialog, the Brits got steamrolled on their retreat. Brits were on day 5 (zone 5) on day 4. Meaning they took heavier casualties, and had to give up a whole delaying day's worth of ground. Thus, they didn't quite achieve their objective. But given the out numbered and out armored state. That is well done for surviving 4 out the planned 5 days.
The training area around Camp Wainwright , could swallow Salisbury Plain a few times . I hope the visitors were able to visit the Rockies for R & R , or get " Local leave " on a nearby Ranch . There were only 2 bars in the town when l was there in the ' 70s . Shuffleboard at the local hotel was very popular , but our camp NAAFI with higher alcohol content was popular with guests. 7 Para RHA , were due to be disbanded on return to U.K. This vid will bring back many memories l am sure , much appreciated . REME , 1st Para Logistic Regt , Aldershot .
Canadian Armed Forces need better support from their Government. It spends just over 1% of GDP on the military. NATO countries are supposed to commit at least 2% of GDP to their defence budget. If the Government is going to send people into harm's way they should provide them with good kit.
Wainwright might be a big training area (I've been there many, many times) but it is less than a quarter the size of Suffield 350 Kms to the south. Suffield is 2700 square Kms. Bigger than Luxemberg.
Too bad you feel that way mate, because I am sure the government feels the same about you. Harper is gone now; so things will be better. But there is something you should know. When you become a member of the Canadian Armed Forces you swear an oath. It is not to the Government of Canada, it is to the Queen. As a soldier you are a Canadian ambassador and expected to behave as one. Going around saying your government sucks is just bad form that only serves to illuminate your ignorance of democracy and the world around you. But that is what all that sacrifice is for, so you can have the right and freedom to go around criticizing others and feel free to do so without fear of imprisonment. Governments change every 4 to 8 years and those you feel would do a better job get their chance and opportunity to do so. To say to the other half of the free and democratic society in which you live; sucks, is just hateful and uncanadian. SO I toast to your opinion a toast I learned serving in the Artillery. " Here's to you and here's to me, in hopes we never disagree, but if we do and so it be; F*&% You , Here's to me!"
@@WhynottBelieve A form of criticism does not have to be ignorance, sometimes it’s criticism that ends up helping in the end. You can’t just say our government is the best when no government is ever perfect. And at times, that’s a patriotic act, among other things. And thanks to democracy that is possible. Everyone person should love their country, and it’s in everyone’s best interest to make it better, even if other people have different views/opinions
Good exercise but in Reality the Canadians would have been taken out long ago by British Army Apache Gunships and Air Power (F-35's and Eurofighter Typhoons) Long before they had a chance to use any Artillery Lol
What kit are you refering to? The LAVIII's?...perhaps the Lord Strat's Leo 2A4CanM's?...the current issue C7's...the C9's?.....the CADPAT ? What exactly are you referencing?... NOTHING being used is "old"....its as good as anyone elses......could it be "brand new"? Sure....changes are in the works...things are being developed and worked on...new colouration CADPAT uniforms...new tac vests /LBE...new rucks...boot issue has FINALLY been resolved.... Do you actually have ANY IDEA..or even military experience?.... Certainly...parroting BS from others? Doesn't hold well for ya lad.....
@@sabre2182 Holy hell. Hiya blast from past. Nope. Never served. 4 great uncles 3 return, 3 uncles 2 return, one aunt not returned, father rcmp in 50s, cousin retired col. M.p. in 2010 I only know what I was told by them. My cousin was issued a Browning high power. Bosnia/ Herzegovina, Balkans, Persian gulf . Asset security... Edit I'm on your side. Sea kings/f15/ lavs.. ...submarine. vamikenorman...retirement Edit.
>Canada
>"maple resolve"
Amazing
You forgot maple strike as well
And Maple Flag
They gave up on finding names a long time ago.
Operation Iron Moose
Maple is one of our favorite things as you can tell😄
My uncle fought with the Canadians in Afghanistan and said they were some of the finest soldiers he had ever seen 👌 just visited Canada last summer as well, what a lovely country 🇬🇧 🇨🇦 ❤
The canadians are known as great soldiers.. but man do they need a budget increase to upgrade their kits soon.
Too bad our current government has no intent to do that
Yeah it’s shame the Canadian government loves to waste its money on complety useless projects and other dribble, tho what can you do when the public just carries on voting for those fools
That's Liberals for you. Way back before the G Wagon, they used to ride in Iltis open top jeeps with barely any armour so dangerous that in Afghanistan, US army use to tell Canadians they were nuts to go on Patrol with Iltis Jeeps.
They are indeed they a long with the Anzacs were the shock troops of the empire
@@xclonejager6959 *drivel. This isn't football xD
The good thing a bout the Canadians is they have enough room to hold war games on piece's of land bigger then some Countries ! and yes they are well known to be good soldiers , and yes they need a budget increase is right, BUT ! being American who has trained with the Canadians many year's ago, it is funny that they always get the job done no matter what equipment they have... I would fight with them any time, it is nice to see Allies train together.
Thank you. That means alot to me. Thanks
I will be joining the Canadian military so that means allot to me thank you 👍 and I think America kick's a**
That's not even our biggest training area
@@BC-li6zc Yup. Suffield and then as well Gagetown up in New Brunswick. I've heard Gagetown is HUGE and has plenty of different types of terrain.. marshes, mountains, rolling hills.. that's New Brunswick though!
God bless our allies 🇨🇦🇺🇸🇬🇧
Britsh and Canadians will always stand together its definitely one of the best combined forces
The Canadians probably integrate with the British better than with the US. The British are more their size whereas they must see the US military as an overgrown monster.
Well done to both the U.K. and our own Canadian boys. It's always nice to see people working together. 👍🇨🇦🇬🇧
Bunch of mates Vs a load of buddies
Bud 1 : Hye bud.
Bud 2 : Hye bud, who we fighting today?
Bud 1 : A bunch of mates, still hungover from Canadian lager last night.
Bud 2 : Should be easy.
Bud 1 : Dont underestimate Mates, they can drink like fish.
i'm not your buddy guy,
Keeping the world free..God bless Commonwealth..and Best neighbour ever..the US
Go Canada-let’s invest more money into military and protect our North🇨🇦❤️
@Ripdek You are a hypocrite who probably locks his doors at night while being for open borders at the same time.
@Jaheim Barrett from who? the only threat is the US and our own government, neither will be defended against by our military.
@@xxxmikeyjock Yea, and the usa is such a good ally of ours, we can rely on their ludicrous military budget to protect us. And if something drastic happens, i wouldn't be opposed to a draft to quickly recruit people, and the budget would go up at that point as well. People have to remember that the budgets are fluid, as soon as there's a threat, the budget will go up.
People also have to remember that we only have 37 million people paying taxes as opposed to the usa's 357 million. They just have a lot more money.
@@majorphysics3669 Exactly. We don't have the population to support a massive military. We would rather spend the money on saving lives rather than take them. Having said that we have never shirked our responsibility when called.
protect it from what? rice farmers in iraq?
Funny how US and UK troops must have a clean shave on camera but Canada get beards
*Beard card: increases all skills by +20%*
How do you expect to defeat the enemy without a clean shave? Hahahaha.
@@majgijoe His Enemy Force training unit.
What do you expect? It's cold in Canada. They need beards to keep their faces warm. /s
Yeah go beardforgen love it just wish that I could actually grow something
Came all the way to the other side of the world, spent hours in a foxhole and then got blown up by artillery - life of an infrantryman
there needs to be a ha ha button lol that was funny
ahh the old saying by the bulldog holds true "If I had american equipment, british officers, and canadian soldiers, I would rule the world"
Canadian soliders? That's those bugs that come across lake erie we slap and kill in the hundreds of thousands.
Jeff Spehar Ikr, instead of canadian soldiers, we need american soldiers. Just don't put them up against any simple rice farmers.
@@JeffSpehar-ov1cn sorry you feel that way bud
@@JeffSpehar-ov1cn I'd rather have the steadfast Canadians beside me than the cocky Americans any day of the week.
German soldiers I’d say.
But Canadians come pretty close to that.
Americans and British are damn good too.
Good thing they all train together these days.
Still waiting for that interview forces news 🤨🤷🏼♂️
Matsimus are you going to hop on with Smudge again?
Were you there?
Haha I was actually thinking it would be pretty cool if you popped up @matsimus
What unit are you matsimus?
Pte Bloggins at seeing you’re comment all I could say is look up schadenfreude but then I stopedand re read you’re comment and I fundamentally beliVe that I despise you unless you have been in action duty you will never understand [god dAmnit I just noticed the [pte in your name]
The most annoying noise ever comes from a dead MILES device.
Agreed
MILES is oldschool. What they're using is called WES
Bet they fought through the objective...
apologized
Then consolidated their positions
not likely
Sorry, eh!
😂👍
Conquer or die
Actually they got their ass handed to them :)
Canadian officers interview sounds like a hockey player interview lol
That one guy 1234 a hockey coach!!
Not true. Wasnt nearly as monotonous lol.
Infantry officers are cool. Logistics officers are blowhards.
"yeah you know we had a good 1st out there. Gotta get mortars in deep. Gotta win those battles along the trees. They uhh got a lucky bounce there with that Arty shell, so we just gotta dig in here and battle, and uhh get that one back"
Lol. They've gotten way better.
In terms of speaking. However, the coaches rarely freak out & throw stuff. I miss that.
Canada’s backyard is bigger than most continents. Incredible land mass. Their soldiers are polite, super intelligent and devastatingly deadly, especially in cold weather conditions. The Canadians ended WWI with an incredible historic victory at the Battle of Passchendaele. 🇨🇦
@Samsung McKone Thank you for your dedicated service, honouring the call of freedom and standing by the enduring symbol of the greatest democracy in the world, the Maple Leaf. Sir. 🇨🇦
Passchendaele was a victory but still 4,000 Canadians dead. War was so objective based then, it's like they were just sending in a bunch of bots in a video game.
@Mercb3ast Oh I'm very well aware, I've got shelves of books and battle plans and whatnot. Their tactics were severely lacking then, but I know the Canadian troops who perished gave it their all and the rest lived on.
also it only takes 1 single Canadian to liberate a town from a German division
@Samsung McKone PPCLI
I've been to Wainwright as a soldier.
It was not the yelling or the discipline or the routine that nearly drove me insane.....
But the freaking mosquitoes.
Mosquitoes on top of mosquitoes.
Clouds of freaking mosquitoes.
That nearly drove me nuts.
My husband was in the Canadian Armed Forces and he knows that the Canadian Armed Forces and always worked with less all the time. Canadian Government has been always scared to have a really good defense budget in any of the 3 services
Much respect to our NATO Allies in the USA and UK from a proud Canadian ex service. Be careful out there.
honour123 I’ll fight you for your left shoe 👟
I have no respect for a single goddamned yank. Canada forever, Canada only.
“682 km, you fit Birmingham, Manchester, and York into it” as an American, I still have no idea how big that is hahaha
really, really big
2237532 feet
It's about the size of your Presidents hair
Nick Tombs 🤣🤣🤣🤣
263 square miles. a bit under detroit, twice.
Its just a massive game of laser tag. I want in XD
MILSIM laser tag week...
Believe me, that gear is annoying. A leaf can block the laser thus hitting the enemy force in forested areas is impossible. But somehow someway they can hit you with the same gear. Lol!
I was posted to CFB Wainwright for a couple years & working in Training Support for 2 of these years FTXs. I always enjoyed it when you Brits came over, great troops, good laughs & a good reminder why Canada remained loyal to the crown, it’s much better to be on your side than not be... just ask Argentina lol
cheers for that commonwealth cousin, the brits dont need to wait 3 1/2 years for you guys to turn up. and your worth having, good luck.
Las Malvinas will return to Argentina eventually. the UK is shrinking by the day in every possible way.
@@jimcarlson6157 there is only one way the islands are going to be handed over to Argentina & that’s if the people of the islands vote for it. The last vote on the issue showed that over 96% of the islanders wish to remain British. The only other way to ‘try’ to get the islands is by force, which would end in a repeat of the Falklands War.
@@James-zg2nl Britain is a sputtering, impotent, geriatric nation which has forsaken Europe and certainly can't count on "special" relations with US or Canada. the blue water navy is moribound. third rate in all respects
@@James-zg2nl in the final analysis, the sheepbangers there are colonial interlopers. their wishes don't matter. while you're at it, get out of Ireland and empty your museums of all the loot and booty.
Next training operation ( excercise Poutine )
They have that in Quebec.
Kkkkk
Operation Moose Rider
Operation Frigid Igloo
Operation Glazed Timbit
Operation Beaver Teeth
Operation Calisse de Tabarnak
I can't wait for exercise cannabis
Well done boys. Glad we are on the same side.
in video game terms NATO is pretty overpowered
@@JihadNinja
How old are you?
@@alecnolastname4362 16?
@@JihadNinja
You should really start doing real research instead of making silly statements about video games.
Also do you know the meanings of
Jihad
And
Ninja
?
@@alecnolastname4362 Yeah like Fortnite
Fun fact of the day, Canada has never lost a war.
R.I.P to all the soldiers that died during this training excersise :(
Hello my name is anmol Singh England 🏴 respect for united Kingdom 🏴 proud to be a British soldiers god bless the UK 🇬🇧
Got to watch some of the international exercises at CFB Cold Lake. My understanding is Canada has a very well trained airforce as well (shame about the ancient cf 18's)
one federal government will order new equipment as soon as the new party comes in they cancel it at a cost of millions and then take there time deciding what they think we need it's so sad nothing ever gets done
Technically the f18s are 2008.vintage as they have been completely rebuilt several times
I remember my live fire experience with the British tanks.... after two days of shooting thare kit (strapped to the outside of the tank) we where asked to stop... haha fun times...
In 1975, we had the 82nd Airborne from the United States and 1st Kings from British Army. I was with 3 Field Squadron Royal Canadian Engineers at the time. The Americans didn't like us attacking at 4 am, catching them in their sleeping bags. Wainwright is a great training area.
should have thrown cold water on them.
1975,
The post-Vietnam draw down.
The changes from 1981, on. Have made US. A very different military.
I would not count on that being repeated. Especially with so many Combat Veterans.
@@knutdergroe9757Actually Canada's role in NATO hasn't changed that much, Canada is still supply troops to train the new NATO members in Eastern Europe, Canada is planning bases in Latvia and Romania the same as we had in West Germany during Cold War 1, this would probably mean that Canada would go back to the role we had then taking on the Russian Paratroopers. We had that role because the Americans consisted 4 CMBG as Light Infantry and we could move much faster than both Germans and the Americans, I served in the Cold war from 1978 to 1981.
Haha 😂. American fighters 😆
I would be with the yanks on that one. 4am is for the birds
I was in the QOR reserves and we trained right along side with the regulars. We are a great bunch of people.
I think you meant to say *they* are a great bunch of people. Typical Reservist lol. A bit full of ourselves, are we?
As a member of the PPCLI, who has worked with the Reserves, humble yourself please.
Just for those who arent aware: the DTES/MILES kit theyre using is all gps linked. Obviously for direct fire, the sensors on the helmet/vest pick up the lasers, but for IDF its literally a GPS kill area. Itll randomise what injuries you have and the like. Bit annoying but the only way to get actual cover from the GPS kill areas on IDF is to have special GPS units placed in your trenches to 'upgrade' them into bunkers which can take a few hits...when they work.
Nothing more annoying than getting 'killed' by a mortar that landed 80 metres away on the other side of a massive bun line just as youre about to brass up an unsuspecting platoon with a gpmg. Really good kit otherwise though.
Always sucks to have a MG because the lasers don't create a beaten zone so it's just a heavy rifle with a 200rd belt
Respect from 1st Marine Division (USA)
That’s cool
That is a very nice thing to say. My understanding is that Canadians consider Marine units their peer units in respect of skill/task level but it would need someone who is serving to confirm this. Every marine is a soldier first, and that is the way Canadian units are generally run as well. I assume it is the same for the British but don't know for certain.
@@worldwisenow4287 I don't know about Canadians, but US Marines don't consider themselves soldiers. In the case of the Royal Marines (UK) they are far more integrated with the Royal Navy. This is less so in the US military, although in my case, I'm in the US Navy, but I'm attached to Marines because I'm a Corpsman (Medic).
@@EzraB123 i find that funny they don't consider themselves soldiers yet it is their job description to soldier help me understand this because that seem a bit odd.
@@samuel10125 In American English a soldier is in the Army, which is a branch of the US military. So Marines just consider themselves Marines and their branch is the USMC. The training is a little more demanding and Marines have a separate history, rank structure, different customs and uniforms, etc unique to their branch and independent from the US Army. Its a pride thing really.
For Canadian citizens Canada’s army is crazily undermanned lmfao and losing people even faster we cannot help take care of our veterans so we turn a blind eye and forget them all together I hope there’s a turn around soon if not lol can’t wait for that draft
It will never turn around. You have to remember that we are a country of only 38 million compared to 338 million yanks and god knows how many Brits. Their GDP is much greater than ours so they can enjoy a larger armed forces. Canada compensates by training training and more training. We will stand up to any military in the world in terms of discipline and tactical ability. Sometimes dependence on technology does not work in your favour, especially when it fails and you have not developed the ability to compensate.
@@doughook4287 BS. We only spend 0.9 % of GDP on defense. Yes our soldiers are trained well, but truth be known. Is we rationalize being neighbors to the US means we can live under their umbrella. Used Aussie F-18's, the shape our navy is in, need to replace our fleet of fighter's. We need reform with the military. The world isn't looking any nicer nowadays.
@@Kman31ca The country as a whole needs reform in a lot of places. At this point it just feels like the government wants this country under absolute control before everything else, a strong military would be the primary obstacle of that. The US government has to fear their own military and rightfully so, that's why they are so necessary.
And we have a PM who if you ask him what the biggest problem with our military is, he'll tell you: "Gender Equality".
@@conorcorrigan765 You nail it! He even let the PLA send troops in BC to protect China infrastructure on our soil! Trudeau the traitor!
1:06, that big tank with bucket and blade on it is the badger.. thats what i got to roll around in for this exercise and last years aswell (Y) glad the brits had a good time.. their defense was pretty strong for how low numbered they were
I was us army and participated in maple resolve 2015 was good fun and training
Well, I participated in RV83 at CFB Wainright in.... 1983. Was 22 at the time. Prior to that, had done my basic para course at the CABC Edmonton.
Ended up having 13 years of Cdn Forces service and then moved to the public service.
I'm now retiring with 35 years of federal service.
And bonne Saint-Jean Baptiste to all Quebecers around!!!
merci pour votre service infatigable monsieur! 🇨🇦
J ai participé à rv 85
i remember RV89, i was only a kid and lived in Wainwright. i remember the whole town doubled in size! so busy downtown, i can imagine the barfights down at the Wainwright Hotel were aplenty
Looks like a great day out
Great to see Wainwright still being used by the Brits, it's a great asset. The town folk of Wainwright made me and my family feel very welcome when we were living there under BATSU (W) banner. Dave & Denise & family
My Son is a Captain, Leopard 2a6 tank commander in CFB Edmonton Alberta. I live in southern Ontario. Quite a distance if you know the geography.
MAPLE SYRUP IS THE ENERGY DRINK OF THE BATTLEFIELD
Respect to all our soldiers
I approve of this exercise's name
Last time i was through Wainwright the boys were pulling a stuck Centurion tank out of the ditch next to the highway. Talk about real life scenarios.
Welcome to Canada Boys
Wainwright is a good place for a "Smoker", I spent two great summers there as a Reservist. Nice to see the old range.
I've been to Wainwright, it is intimidating by size and terrain. B.T.W C.F.B. Suffield, C.F.B Gagetown and C.F.B.Borden are all larger land area bases within Canada and this does not include the massive air base training areas in other parts of the country. Practice at game speed is how yoy win, whether in hockey or soccer or combat.
Garrison Petawawa dwarfs CFB Borden in size....the terrain is far "wilder" everything from sand dunes and river to swamp and rocks...and of course Pine forests.....lol...just like Gagetown.......Borden has become a "school base"...not much else happening there....
When he said the British soldiers were used to having an ordered plan and that was different, I wondered how much of that was planned and how much was because it's the Canadian Army and chaos is basically how we roll.
Americans have that reputation too:
“A serious problem in planning against American doctrine is that the Americans do not read their manuals, nor do they feel any obligation to follow their doctrine.”
- Soviet observation during the Cold War
@@billsoo8679 I think there is truth to this. British fighting doctrine has always been very structured and perhaps for an enemy, predictable - Rommel noticed this. with the brits. Except Paras and elite units like Commandos
Canadian doctrine is definitely more laissez-faire. They're provided with main objectives and broken down into smaller squads with the autonomy to make decisions on the fly. No amount of planning or structure can prepare you for when nothing goes as planned. That's why we believe in creating competent decision makers who can roll with the punches and get the job done.
That British pattern Multicam works like a charm in that environment, they literally melt into their surroundings. Good stuff.
Good job lads
I love Canada because most of them are open-minded to foreigners like me. They are gentle as the people of the Great Britain were long time ago. I think most of them do not want to argue this matter since it seems childish. I know my English writting is not well like you but many Canadians understand it and they treat me kindly. In my opinion, nowadays, "Gentleman" means such good Canadians. Have a good day! :)
Wainwright , where dreams go to die
Private Howdle is definite NCO material already. A superb communicator. Well done young man.
The Elves of the Frozen North are schooling the Hobbits of the Shire.
That is a beautiful training field, I am jealous
"If I had Canadian Soldiers, American technology and British officers I would rule the world." - Winston Churchill
the tailiban know who to fear
American soldiers were better in WW2 than both the Canadians and British LOL
@@BenMiller739 oh yeah, they're so tough they waited years to even join the war 🙄
@@BenMiller739 america sent conscripts while canada sent volunteers, nuff said.
Sorry but Churchill never said this............."If I had Canadian Soldiers, American technology and British officers I would rule the world."
Would be interesting to find out where the quote originated, because its not in any of his 6 volumes of work.
As a Brit I feel that out Government needs to help the Canadians get better equipment by selling them it at a discount of course.
We need to sort our military out first
If we did that Canadian tax payers would complain why not buy from Canadian companies. Trust me I'm ex-Canadian army and Canadian civvies are professional complainers.
you sold us submarines not such a good deal
@@mikelust9855 yeah no more subs!
by far, Maple Resolve was a great training experience for deployment training. I had a great time training with the Brits/US Marines & Army. Long as fuaaaah
the base also has some of the best deer,elk and moose hunting in Alberta.
Thank You for sharing positive news. Win today lose tomorrow.
Canadians kick ass all around the world for a small populated country we do the best with what we have which is almost nothing because of our governments
Oy brits mind sharing some of your gear with us?
God damn look at brits kit so nice otw shirts,webbing, proper rucks but hey we can smoke dope now in caf
Obviously, you aren't proper caf. They FORBID a lot of substance use.
@@heatherzwicker8031 Uhh... I'm CAF, and they're cool with marijuana. They just have rules for when you're allowed to smoke it.
@@Bailey2468 Wow. That is a nice change. I was basing marijuana usage as being VERY frowned upon because my cousin's mother used to have an a bit of a grow op. He (CAF) was unaware of it until she asked him to spend leave with her (at that address). Whoopsie! and he couldn't fathom associating with her any more because he knew he'd get in trouble from the person he filed for leave with for knowingly setting out to visit a person that had a marijuana association. There was a certain amount of hours between alcohol usage and arriving on duty as well. (Cause he kinda needed a drink after finding out about the weed)
I swear I can still smell the grass and dirt of CFB Wainwright right now! I can feel the weight of my C2 in my arms and the press of my magazines on my chest.
Nothing but admiration for this generation of soldiers. The complexity of the job has increased exponentially even if the basics are the same since Greek Hoplites. Outstanding!
I joined the Canadian forces over 40 years ago and it was said our military was the best trained and poorest equipped army in the world. Hopefully, that isn't the case anymore.
I'm 11 months late, but I think it still might be - to varying degrees. I'm not in the military, but I'm interested in it. From what I've read we're still under equipped.
@@mcdonaldsguy8420 Hard for the government to give our military what they need when they consider their own raises more important than the defense of our country.
@@SheepyHollowCanada For sure. I've been strongly considering joining the reserves (now with COVID I think it may be more difficult), so I've done a fair bit of research. I've heard of infantry guys not being issued rucks because they have no more? Not sure if that's true or not.
@@mcdonaldsguy8420 Sadly it could be true and joining the Reserves is a commitment to your country and yourself. I hope you consider it and take care.
This all could have been over with before it started if they had just shipped them off to Meaford.
It comforting to hear those guns in the distance. ☺️
You mean Mudford
Horrible memories of Meaford. Earwig capital of Canada.
”Maple Resolve”
Might as well name it ”Canadian Canadaman Canadefense”
Engage the Canuck Maple/Beaver/Loon Maneuver!
Lmao! -A Winnipegger.
it is weird. we do not have maple syrup for 80% of the country, I never saw poutine until Wendy's started serving it here in the west, we do have beaver heck we even exported some to the Swiss so they could have some. we do not say 'aboot', apparently I can pass for an American in California if I dont say 'washroom' 'sorry' 'excuse me' or a couple of other colloquial words. Canada is huge so stereotypes are as valid as me thinking all American women have that sweet Georgia peach accent (I wish)
Maple resolve....lol 😆 love Canada, even their military tags are friendly
I've worked on the Wainwright base doing rig work. Lots of oil and gas wells there.
Well done to C Company in your endeavors at Camp Wainwright .. .. You just can't beat excellent training and getting pushed to your limits .. .. at times you find new limits and other times you learn more about your old ones .. .. limits both the physical and the mental ones.. An old foe Napoleon once said that he required two things of his officers and soldiers .. .. courage and endurance .. "but by far the endurance is the most important of the two.." Endurance is a learned ability or skill .. indeed in many ways it is 'earned' by being pushed to ones limits in excellent training.. Great job by those Canadian Blue and Orange force commanders!! Best ,, No. 9
Did many exercises in Wainwright. They got amazing jerky at the town butcher.
Nothing like Alberta beef!
Technically if you analyze the dialog, the Brits got steamrolled on their retreat. Brits were on day 5 (zone 5) on day 4. Meaning they took heavier casualties, and had to give up a whole delaying day's worth of ground. Thus, they didn't quite achieve their objective. But given the out numbered and out armored state. That is well done for surviving 4 out the planned 5 days.
Who's going smashing up Med Hat after this???
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The training area around Camp Wainwright , could swallow Salisbury Plain a few times . I hope the visitors were able to visit the Rockies for R & R , or get " Local leave " on a nearby Ranch . There were only 2 bars in the town when l was there in the ' 70s . Shuffleboard at the local hotel was very popular , but our camp NAAFI with higher alcohol content was popular with guests. 7 Para RHA , were due to be disbanded on return to U.K. This vid will bring back many memories l am sure , much appreciated . REME , 1st Para Logistic Regt , Aldershot .
The British clean tidy well turned out , well trained
Canadian Armed Forces need better support from their Government. It spends just over 1% of GDP on the military. NATO countries are supposed to commit at least 2% of GDP to their defence budget. If the Government is going to send people into harm's way they should provide them with good kit.
Wainwright might be a big training area (I've been there many, many times) but it is less than a quarter the size of Suffield 350 Kms to the south. Suffield is 2700 square Kms. Bigger than Luxemberg.
Our government sucks 😕
Who is your government?
Worldwise Now Canadian
Our country is an embarrassment.
Too bad you feel that way mate, because I am sure the government feels the same about you. Harper is gone now; so things will be better. But there is something you should know. When you become a member of the Canadian Armed Forces you swear an oath. It is not to the Government of Canada, it is to the Queen. As a soldier you are a Canadian ambassador and expected to behave as one. Going around saying your government sucks is just bad form that only serves to illuminate your ignorance of democracy and the world around you. But that is what all that sacrifice is for, so you can have the right and freedom to go around criticizing others and feel free to do so without fear of imprisonment. Governments change every 4 to 8 years and those you feel would do a better job get their chance and opportunity to do so. To say to the other half of the free and democratic society in which you live; sucks, is just hateful and uncanadian. SO I toast to your opinion a toast I learned serving in the Artillery. " Here's to you and here's to me, in hopes we never disagree, but if we do and so it be; F*&% You , Here's to me!"
@@WhynottBelieve A form of criticism does not have to be ignorance, sometimes it’s criticism that ends up helping in the end. You can’t just say our government is the best when no government is ever perfect. And at times, that’s a patriotic act, among other things. And thanks to democracy that is possible. Everyone person should love their country, and it’s in everyone’s best interest to make it better, even if other people have different views/opinions
The British went to Wainwright to lose the battle.....as Canadians we need to apologize.
Argentinians did that.
Next go to Fort Irwin, California for desert conditions. Everyday the temperature is 125°F/51.667°C.
And they were off to club mojos. Shout out to anyone who got STD's!
Lookin' good, Jordan; well done!
i own that british military jacket
yes we are and yes i agree
I know I know we have some tanks. It freaks everybody out.
Excellent
WOW! can you Imagine how many points you could score with her surname in Scrabble??
@@JakeDLA1 Have a day off mate from being Miserable
Well, technically, zero. No proper nouns! :)
I love our allies! Much love from Canada
00:32 Jake Gyllenhaal acts as spokesperson for the Canadian Army 😉
I've been to Wainwright....
I'd recommend "nuke and bypass"...
Good exercise but in Reality the Canadians would have been taken out long ago by British Army Apache Gunships and Air Power (F-35's and Eurofighter Typhoons) Long before they had a chance to use any Artillery Lol
Ha but we have Beaver missiles and Moose mortars!
@@rayjay5836 lol
Hope they got to go fishing while they were up there.
Nice to see 50 year old kit being used by 20 year olds...
Nothing says tough like Korean war surplus
I mean we have American as our largest ally.
at least we have old Australian fighter planes now...
Korean war surplus, really. You do know the Korean war was fought from 1950 to 1953.
What kit are you refering to? The LAVIII's?...perhaps the Lord Strat's Leo 2A4CanM's?...the current issue C7's...the C9's?.....the CADPAT ? What exactly are you referencing?...
NOTHING being used is "old"....its as good as anyone elses......could it be "brand new"? Sure....changes are in the works...things are being developed and worked on...new colouration CADPAT uniforms...new tac vests /LBE...new rucks...boot issue has FINALLY been resolved....
Do you actually have ANY IDEA..or even military experience?....
Certainly...parroting BS from others? Doesn't hold well for ya lad.....
@@sabre2182
Holy hell.
Hiya blast from past.
Nope. Never served.
4 great uncles 3 return, 3 uncles 2 return, one aunt not returned, father rcmp in 50s, cousin retired col. M.p. in 2010
I only know what I was told by them.
My cousin was issued a Browning high power. Bosnia/ Herzegovina, Balkans, Persian gulf . Asset security...
Edit I'm on your side. Sea kings/f15/ lavs.. ...submarine. vamikenorman...retirement
Edit.
Great video
now I feel good about my army
I’ve been in the Ex twice
It’s always raining in Wainewrong lol
DUDES!! TICK CHECK!!
Out numbered 6 to 1 with no air support no artillery or armoured vehicles
Which the enemy all had who would win