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Supporting the Silent Service
Lt(N) Christian Jax, CANSUBFOR — Napolean famously said, ‘The amateurs discuss tactics; the professionals discuss logistics’. While perhaps simplistic, the view that logistics are ignored only at one’s peril is widely accepted. Small but mighty, submarines do not have the space for additional supplies. They rely on the Canadian Submarine Force (CANSUBFOR) Logistical Department […]
Les sous-mariniers : sournois, injuste, et et sacrément peu anglais ?
Joli rouge” : c’est ainsi que les Français désignaient le drapeau que les pirates brandissaient lorsqu’ils ne voulaient pas faire de prisonniers. Le drapeau rouge uni a été remanié à plusieurs reprises au cours du XVIIIe siècle, jusqu’à ce qu’il devienne le standard que nous connaissons aujourd’hui sous le nom anglicisé de “Jolly Roger”.
Submariners: underhanded, unfair, and damned un-English?
Few know the longstanding link between the submarine community and the Jolly Roger. As with most Royal Canadian Navy traditions, this one traces its origin to the British, more precisely, to comments made by the First Sea Lord, Admiral Sir Arthur Wilson. He referred to the advent of submarine warfare as ‘underhanded, unfair, and damned un-English’ and argued that enemy submariners should be hanged as pirates upon capture.
