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Title: Navy says it didn't shut down name change campaign
Category: Military
Posted By: Hyack
Date: 2010-11-25 00:10:50
Canadian

[Nuggie77]

The "Royal" designation is bestowed upon a unit or service for their outstanding service to the country and Queen (sovereign) not to remember ties (in this case) to the Royal Navy. As a former Canadian sailor, I could care less about the exploits of Nelson. I'm more concerned with the exploits of the Canadian Navy. If the RCN designatin were to come back it should be to honour the exploits of the Canadian Navy in WWII and Korea, not because of the Royal Navy.

[Scape]

Nov 15: Senate debates whether Canada belongs in the Navy

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Few Canadians outside the military realize that Canada, officially, has no army, navy or air force today. Instead, Canada is defended by the awkwardly-named Land Force Command, Maritime Command and the Air Command.

These units are a legacy of the Pearson and Trudeau government's late 1960s shakeup of the military that merged the three separate services into one. On February 1, 1968 the Royal Canadian Navy, the Canadian Army, and the Royal Canadian Air Force were unified into one service: the Canadian Armed Forces.

This controversial unification and renaming never sat well with serving or retired soldiers, who argued it was a blow to the esprit de corps of the separate branches of the military.

It's fallen to a Liberal senator to serve as the driving force behind a push to undo what former Liberal prime ministers did. Bill Rompkey, the sponsor of the Senate motion to rename Maritime Command, says it's about restoring a piece of Canada's identity.

[Gunnair]

Nuggie77 Nuggie77:

The "Royal" designation is bestowed upon a unit or service for their outstanding service to the country and Queen (sovereign) not to remember ties (in this case) to the Royal Navy. As a former Canadian sailor, I could care less about the exploits of Nelson. I'm more concerned with the exploits of the Canadian Navy. If the RCN designatin were to come back it should be to honour the exploits of the Canadian Navy in WWII and Korea, not because of the Royal Navy.

I think that, in combination with tradition and the fact that we were born of the RN, is kinda the point.

[EyeBrock]

Nuggie77 Nuggie77:

The "Royal" designation is bestowed upon a unit or service for their outstanding service to the country and Queen (sovereign) not to remember ties (in this case) to the Royal Navy. As a former Canadian sailor, I could care less about the exploits of Nelson. I'm more concerned with the exploits of the Canadian Navy. If the RCN designatin were to come back it should be to honour the exploits of the Canadian Navy in WWII and Korea, not because of the Royal Navy.

I agree. The RCN took the traditions of the RN but forged their own traditions in combat.

I like the way the Aussies do it. They have a healthy respect and disrespect for their British roots. A military thrives on tradition, history and reverence towards those past warriors who died for the Crown and the Flag.

Incorprating British naval tradition just gives a foundation for Canada's navy, that's all. The RCN et al have a respected combat record as Canada's Navy.

It's no different than the Brits carrying on Roman and Norman military traditions and tweaking them for the domestic market.