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Originally Posted by GiMpY-wAnNaBe
hmm.... as much as you may think that Canada has a weak army, although we have small numbers, their trained VERY well. I'm not saying that american troops aren't, i'm simply saying that because there are fewer canadian troops, it makes them easier to train better. During WWII for example, Canadian troops were the shock troops of the war in many cases. And the special forces are trained in all terrains imaginable, from sweating heat, to the freezing Canadian North. This is all from research from school, granted taht it may be biased because i go to school in Canada but it still shows that even though we may not have been through everything the american army has, we still have a formidable army.
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What I said had nothing to do with the training of Canadian troops. The US military has gotten softer because of the events they went through, which Canada never has, and with only 40,000 troops, you don't need to work nearly as hard to fill the ranks, so you take the guys who want to be there.
The Canadian army is very active in peacekeeping missions, but it's been many years since Canada has had to fight their own war, or do a majority of the fighting. Canada has the luxury of having the protection of the most powerful nation in the world. Canada can keep a very small army, but the US is forced to keep a large one, and to do that, the Army is trying to sell you on 101 ways to be a soldier without being in infantry, the Navy will let you travel the world and accelerate your life, and the Air Force will provide you with great training with technology when you cross into the blue screen of death
The US has to fill its ranks, and to do that, you have to appeal to more people. That's the way things work.
You forgot to mention Canadian snipers, which are very good. No Marine Corps snipers mind you, but they definetly some of the best.