Party’s Over: Canadian Navy Bans Drinking at Sea

Reuters via gCaptain ^ | 12 December 2014 | David Ljunggren

[Army Air Corps]

OTTAWA, Dec 12 (Reuters) – The Royal Canadian Navy on Friday imposed an almost total ban on sailors drinking at sea, after a warship had to be recalled from an international exercise because inebriated crew members got into trouble.

Sailors had hitherto been allowed to drink off duty. Now, they will only be able to sample alcohol on special occasions such as Christmas, if the captain gives permission.

[Bulwyf]

You Sir, are woefully under educated.

Perhaps you should research before you run your mouth.

Or just maybe go talk to the Delta commander from Afghanistan, he can fill you in.

[Bulwyf]

Another under educated person. This grows old.

[MD Expat in PA]

Where there is a will and a way and sailors:

Let's make some scotch! (Mister Roberts)

[Bulwyf]

I was 2PPCLI for a long time. We have plenty of warriors. You’re obviously not from out west. Perhaps in the limp wristed east that might be true. Before you run off at the mouth though, you should read up on our actions in Afghanistan. That should be recent enough for you.

[snoringbear]

““so sod off.” precise meaning and don’t spare the colorful language.”

Pretty sure the translation is; “go f—k yourself”. :)

[maddog55]

When's the last time they went to sea?

[Former Proud Canadian]

Yup. And an army and an air force too. We were fighting the Germans for years while you Americans were still snug in your beds.

Your comment was hilarious and full of insight.

[free_life]

BS the Canadian Armed Forces wete not functionally useless in Afghanistan, they were brilliantly effective and do more with less.

[albertabound]

was that an attempt at humour...or are you just stupid

[albertabound]

horse crap..you are defending yourself, we just happen to live next door

[Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Your navy consists of 8,500 regular personnel. That’s not a navy, that’s a joke. Your entire navy could fully crew about two USS Ronald Reagans.

[GeronL]

8,500 personnel is not enough to staff 2 carriers, plus half of them would be working on shore as support

[Wyrd bið ful aræd]

"we just happen to live next door"

And actively take full advantage of that fact. If you didn't have us right here protecting you, you'd be sunk.

[Army Air Corps]

When's the last time they went to sea?

Right now. In fact, Canada is in command of Combined Task Force 150 in the Middle East.

[Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Counting their reserves, which are about 5000. They'd still be hard pressed though.

Probably more like 1.3 Ronald Reagans.

[Justa]

“on a per capita basis, no country in the last 100 years has shed more sweet patriot blood in the defense of freedom than Canada”

Ummm, as far as Canada’s largest ware contribution goes, WWII, it’s not even close. In fact Australia, New Zealand and Great Britain all sacrificed more on a per capita basis. Did I forget to mention Singapore?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II_casualties#Total_deaths

[ansel12]

As posts 20 and 52 tell you, there is a tiny number of brave patriots in Canada, and they make up a tiny military, that has brave and good soldiers in it, but you can’t change what the nation is, nor how tiny the military is, and how and why Canada can gets away with such a large part of the world to protect and defend, with so few Canadians serving.

[ansel12]

Few know that all three branches of the Canadian Military , air , sea and ground have only 100,000 standing , full time members.This is a nation of some 23 million peple.

The numbers are actually 68,000 active in a nation of 35 million.

Texas produced 16,000 active duty in 2004 alone, Canada had 28,000 enlistments from 2003 to 2008.

[Candor7]

Thanks for the update. Its a sad showing.

[caww]

LOLOL...I thought the dog driving the car was pretty entertaining!