Canada’s special forces pilots say they have inferior equipment and are operating a Griffon helicopter that is obsolete for today’s threats.
“Many senior members stated that if we were to have no choice but to keep the Griffon, our mandate and capability might be the things that require redefining,” the report added.
The Griffons were first ordered in a sole source deal in 1992 and delivered to the Canadian Forces between 1994 and 1998. “The unit is advertised as a technologically advanced Special Operations force; however, once one is inside, the new members realize it is closer to a conventional unit where people are allowed to wear multi-cam and grow their hair long,” one squadron member pointed out.
In addition, one of the reports pointed out that squadron members have little faith in the military justice system as well as mistrust of the special forces leadership when it comes to dealing with misconduct. “Disturbingly, the overwhelming sentiment regarding the outcome of disciplinary matters is that it will largely depend on who committed the offence, not the actual offence,” one of the reports prepared for Boivin noted.
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