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Re: Forces plan $101-million upgrade for CFS St. John's
« Reply #25 on: November 21, 2007, 12:46:03 »
NB as in New Brunswick??

I know 36 has a troop or some such of truckers out in Conception Bay North somewhere.

Yup as in Fredrecton, New Brunswick. But Regimental Headquarters will still be here.
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Re: Forces plan $101-million upgrade for CFS St. John's
« Reply #26 on: November 21, 2007, 12:50:30 »
How very odd... are there any Field Engineer regiments in New Brunswick already?

Back to the Pleasentville... the RNFLDR went recruiting mad over the summer, as did 36, and 728 is also expanding... no idea if ARFT is staying the same size... either way, should be interesting...
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Re: Forces plan $101-million upgrade for CFS St. John's
« Reply #27 on: November 21, 2007, 12:56:36 »
Reg Force: yes 4 ESR and CFSME
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Re: Forces plan $101-million upgrade for CFS St. John's
« Reply #28 on: November 21, 2007, 16:05:20 »
.... OOPSIE!?!

Mind you, by the time the new construction is "up", they may decide to hang onto one of the older facilities OR build again.....

They won't be hanging on to the older facilities, they're WWII Surplus (Never built to the highest standard to begin with, as they were built in a big rush. All which haven't been condemned have been renovated, most several times, but they're still 60 year old wooden buildings), most of the buildings are condemned, chock full of asbestos, and in short, in dire need of replacement. Plus, the buildings aren't even DND property, they belong to CLC, or so the legend goes...

Building again, a possibility, but unlikely... the property on which the buildings currently stands is prime land for real estate development, and will no doubt be snapped up as soon as it's available. So either they'll have to build elsewhere (Aside from the white hills, I can't think of any vacant land nearby, so somone would be very much "decentralized" from the resources...) or add another floor to the proposed "super-armory".

It's not as if I've seen any blue prints, could well work out just fine... I'm just skeptical.
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Re: Forces plan $101-million upgrade for CFS St. John's
« Reply #29 on: November 21, 2007, 17:20:25 »
Heh.... if we didn't know any better
we'd say you were somewhat "bent & twisted" ;)
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Re: Forces plan $101-million upgrade for CFS St. John's
« Reply #30 on: November 21, 2007, 17:35:32 »
I hope everyone has a grain of salt with them.

Start up is a long way off and we all know how the government can change direction on money items.

All that is being done is they will be shrinking the fish bowl and keeping the same amount of fish in a smaller bowl.

I do hope it all works out to everyone's satisfaction.
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Re: Forces plan $101-million upgrade for CFS St. John's
« Reply #31 on: November 21, 2007, 19:19:34 »
Heh.... if we didn't know any better
we'd say you were somewhat "bent & twisted" ;)

Nah, never :)
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