Fred Herriot
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Fred Herriot
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Former Canadian Forces administration clerk, English as a foreign language teacher, and telecommunications customer service agent, now semi-retired on disability.
As the stars that shall be bright when we are dust,
Moving in marches upon the heavenly plain,
As the stars that are starry in the time of our darkness,
To the end, to the end, they remain...

Not the Ode of Remembrance spoken of in Remembrance Day ceremonies, but just as fitting.

Lest We Forget
November 11, 2025 at 9:27 PM
LAV 6s and Archer artillery systems to act as immediate backup to 4 CMBG. 22 Canadian Brigade Group (Motorized) (22 CBG [MOT]) would be a wheeled formation mostly centred on off-road vehicles such as TAPVs, M-RZRs and DAGORs, with artillery provided by RCH 155 howitzers. Note that 30 Brigade /2
May 14, 2025 at 8:05 PM
New #ORBATBoys post for my conception of the #CanadianArmy, this time introducing two updated Militia brigades subordinated to the 4th Canadian Division in southwest Ontario. 11 Canadian Armoured Brigade Group (11 CABG) would be a wheeled armoured formation with Centauro B2 tank destroyers /1
May 14, 2025 at 8:05 PM
and 4 x light infantry brigades (one airmobile/airborne, one Arctic, one amphibious with airmobile capability, and one mountain airmobile with amphibious capability). Full breakdowns of the units will be forthcoming on #DeviantArt when I get the energy to write it.
#ORBATBoys
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May 10, 2025 at 10:26 PM
And the last two #ORBATBoys entries for the regular #CanadianArmy, covering 4 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group (reformed) in southwest Ontario and 5e Groupe-Brigade Méchanisé du Canada (extant) in central Québec. This makes it 2 x armoured brigades, 2 x mechanized infantry brigades 1/
May 10, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Final #ORBATBoys entry for tonight for the #CanadianArmy, I give you 7 Canadian Armoured Brigade Group (7 CABG), which would use the excellent tank country of Saskatchewan and Manitoba to practice their trade, formed around the 2nd Patricias and 3rd Royal Canadians with other units.
May 10, 2025 at 2:42 AM
As follows:

5e RFCC: BvS10s with 25 mm M242

8e Régt ACRC: BvS10s with K6 mortars in Batteries "X" & "Y", BvS10s with 20 mm M168 guns in Batterie "Z"

8e RGC: Modified BvS10s with various engineer equipment

3e R22eR/1 RHC/1re GGC: BvS10s with M134 miniguns & M2 .50 HMGs.

Also, updated:
May 10, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Here's a more clearer image, taking a PNG file direct from spatialillusions.com/unitgenerator/ in lieu of using an SVP file, then converting same. Some mistakes were corrected as well.
To get a closer view, right-click and select "view in separate window"; the text comes nice and clear there.
May 10, 2025 at 1:14 AM
New #ORBATBoys entry for the #CanadianArmy, this one showing 1 Canadian Armoured Brigade Group (the upgraded #1CMBG from Edmonton and Shilo in western Canada), keeping the Strathconas and the 1st Patricias, plus added a reborn 1st Queen's Own Rifles and other new units.
Hopefully, the image is good.
May 10, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Last #ORBATBoys entry for today, here is what I would propose for the #CanadianArmy to return a full brigade group to Atlantic Canada. I call this the 3 Canadian Light Brigade Group (Amphibious), which would have both amphibious infantry battalions in NB and NL, plus an airmobile battalion in NS.
May 9, 2025 at 12:41 AM
And another #ORBATBoys entry for the #CanadianArmy as I see it. This is the 6 Canadian Light Brigade Group (Mountain) to be based mostly in British Columbia, thus ensuring that there are full-time personnel posted there in case of natural disasters; such also has an amphibious ability as well.
May 8, 2025 at 7:47 PM
And here is a new #ORBATBoys entry for the #CanadianArmy, displaying the updated 2 Canadian Light Brigade Group (2 CLBG), which I reconfigured as a combined airborne/airmobile/light infantry formation. For those wondering, the battalions of the #RCR once assigned to 2 Brigade are shifted elsewhere.
May 8, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Well, decided to revamp my vision for the #CanadianArmy for the 2025 reforms. #ORBATBoys
This is 8e Groupe-Brigade Légère du Canada (Arctique) (8e GBLC (ARC)), which would be the active element of the 8th Canadian Division covering the area from east of Toronto to Ottawa to just outside Montréal.
May 7, 2025 at 5:09 PM