WI Canadian Airborne Regiment not disbanded?

MacCaulay

Banned
Hell, it wasn't the hazing. It was Belet Huen. Even after the hazing, they went to Somalia and did what they did but they were officially on the rotation for a tour in Bosnia after their time in Rwanda.

You'd have to butterfly away Belet Huen. And even then the Regiment is still screwed up.

So my answer is...They'd have gone to Bosnia and done a tour there. That's where they were on the rotation for, and there was no reason not to send them, especially with manpower being the way it was.
 

MacCaulay

Banned
I wanted to bump this because this is something I've noticed is very telling about the Canadian military: after 1993, noone even talks about the Airborne Regiment.

Even in the PPCLI, where our 3rd Battalion was parachute trained to fill the void, no one talked about them that much. 3PPCLI doesn't carry their battles, as they weren't transferred to the Patricias because of how the Regiment was disbanded. It almost seems that what they did in Africa was so bad that they have been deemed worthy of not only having their unit honours but their history taken away.
 
I wanted to bump this because this is something I've noticed is very telling about the Canadian military: after 1993, noone even talks about the Airborne Regiment.

Even in the PPCLI, where our 3rd Battalion was parachute trained to fill the void, no one talked about them that much. 3PPCLI doesn't carry their battles, as they weren't transferred to the Patricias because of how the Regiment was disbanded. It almost seems that what they did in Africa was so bad that they have been deemed worthy of not only having their unit honours but their history taken away.

I've noticed that too. Frankly, I think a lot of it has to do with politics. You ask most Canadians and the media about Canada and war, and instead you'll get a lot of tripe about how we're peacekeepers, not warmongers, and what happened in Somalia utterly horrified the easily-scared Canadian public. It didn't fit/flow with the concept that Canada was a peaceful, and nice country and what happened in Somalia blindsided a lot of people with regards to that ideology.
 
My brother-in law was airborne and his take on it was merely that it was a mistake to send airborne to do a peace-keeping mission. What he was well trained for was not peace. The sending of improperly indoctinated troops was the mistake. That this mistake was never admitted was the shame. That the real blame was diverted and covered up was the shame.
 

Ming777

Monthly Donor
If they weren't foolishly put into the peacekeeping business, they would still fall inevitably under public scrutiny (ie, a CBC documentary or two). The airborne would have needed to fix their culture and traditions before another meat bomb caused a racket. The regiment was getting too unprofessional and gung ho. That is why the newly formed CSOR was filtered and stringent in recruitment standards, to prevent another Somalia Affair.
 
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