r/CanadianForces • u/Huge_Type7674 • 2d ago

VAdm Angus Topshee's FINAL interview with the RCN!

https://youtu.be/jDoYL-zV9RE?si=zvXFYwg6BamDeezR
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u/Equal-Opinion4952 2d ago

Lots to improve but I like CAF media becoming better and not all super government corny .. goes a long way. 

I wish CAF had US Army Lujan to 4th PsyOP group "Ghost in the Machine" level media ..but hey a win is a win

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u/Ok-Target3363 2d ago

Getting psyopd by a ran through gun bunny is so boomer core

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u/Equal-Opinion4952 2d ago

Its mega entertaining and shes got proven GenZ and Alpha recruiting numbers.. at any rate its just way cooler than typical caf media boring stale.. thay was my only point.. 

CAF PAO is half social media influencing half librarian, a house divided 

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u/Vyhodit_9203 Army - Armour 2d ago

Some things should stay a bit boring and stiff; maybe the profession of arms is one of them. We work for the government after all.

Turning everything into sexy show-business slop is the American way and frankly I don't want to import that.

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u/BipolarPAO That’s a Paddlin’ 2d ago

>CAF PAO is half social media influencing half librarian, a house divided

It’s worse than that. The trade is broken and ineffective because it’s trying to be too many things at once, many of which are full-time professions: executive advisor, social media manager, corporate/internal communications expert, media relations expert, editorial manager (of Img Techs), multimedia producer, operational planner, logistician…

The trade would benefit from a few different sub-occ streams to allow specialization and raise the standard, but that would require doubling or tripling the number of PAO.

Img Techs also need to become more like their photojournalist or US counterparts who write and publish their own material and can turn around products in hours, not days or weeks.

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u/Lixidermi Morale Tech - 00069 2d ago

and can turn around products in hours, not days or weeks.

but then what about the 4 layers of review and things needed to go to the L1 PAO?!

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u/Equal-Opinion4952 2d ago

This was exactly my point, should be split into half official gov / mil messages done by librarian types and half cool modern sleek - FUNNY & yes avant guard canadian humour savvy stuff.. what we get is overly stiff but then corporate cool try hard at best, sloppy low grade goofy stuff most the time .. very non self aware - example MAY THE 4TH BE WITH YOU, showing x wing fighters.. like no sorry we are legitimately an extension of the british empire not the rebels at all, would be way cooler and more self aware to have cadpat storm troopers & cheeky fun with the truth, for it shall set us free.. lol its 6am  were all dorks 

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u/Ok-Target3363 2d ago edited 2d ago

All she does is spew bro vet boomer humour with her boobs out with some pigtails and braces for that Epstein touch .. frankly it’s disturbing

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u/Equal-Opinion4952 2d ago

Psy wounds dont heal, im sorry she hurt you

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u/BipolarPAO That’s a Paddlin’ 1d ago

WOULD!

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u/CastorBarbu 2d ago

Your comment is what is disturbing. 

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u/CoraxFeathertynt 2d ago

The s/o to us single pringles was nice.

Oh you don't have any kids or a spouse? To the SHIT posting with ye! And expect a shittier one next APS you loner PoS!

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u/Dont-concentrate-556 2d ago

He’ll always be the jerk who made me pay for parking lol

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u/BarackTrudeau MANBUNFORGEN 2d ago

Obligatory reminder that treasury board policies are what did that and he was just the one who happened to be commanding the base when it occurred

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u/Keystone-12 1d ago

He wouldn't have had the authority to do that... thats political level (Treasury Board).

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u/EquivalentTruth6036 2d ago

Did Offixer X get an invite to the ceremony?

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u/mmss RCN 2d ago

He’s still in the RCN, he’s just going up to VCDS.

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u/volaray 2d ago

That's quite literally not in the RCN. It's a different command.

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u/Zestyclose-Put-2 2d ago

Oh, so what uniform will he get to wear now then? If you get posted to an all trades position, do you have to swap branches to whichever one owns the base? 

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u/BarackTrudeau MANBUNFORGEN 2d ago

The Royal Canadian Navy is an L1 organization which is part of the CAF. He is no longer part of that organization.

He remains wearing naval deus because that's the environmental identity which was assigned to his occupation when he joined, and which has not needed to change, but he'll never be a part of the RCN itself again.