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Lassitude posted:What's the policy on guys enlisting who're missing a leg below the knee? A friend of mine expressed interest over it, and as he's at a sort of rut in his life I wanted to look into it for him to maybe give him an option. Are there ANY jobs he'd be eligible for as an amputee? Only if you are already in and were injured while in the CF. I dont believe theres any way to get in with an amputated limb.
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MA-Horus posted:Man you must have gotten some good ones. When I worked with 2RCHA their LG1s were constantly gumming up. Sounds like you worked with a real winner. C3s are being phased out because they dont make parts for them anymore and we're running out. But I've had nothing even close to a problem with the LG1. That and the elevation and directional levers are so smooth
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Mar 16, 2010 00:27
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My Spirit Otter posted:Sounds like you worked with a real winner. C3s are being phased out because they dont make parts for them anymore and we're running out. But I've had nothing even close to a problem with the LG1. That and the elevation and directional levers are so smooth Not gonna lie I would join back up in an instant if they brought the paladins back into service. But my regiment had to basically kick and scream to keep from getting assigned mortars because they are for chumps.
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Mar 16, 2010 01:38
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MA-Horus posted:Not gonna lie I would join back up in an instant if they brought the paladins back into service. Mortars are a lot of fun. Except for leveling them. But they are a lot of fun!
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Mar 16, 2010 02:28
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They have their purpose, for sure. But they just don't have the range or the punch of a proper howitzer. They're great for close-in support, but I have problems with all of the reservists becoming nothing more than glorified infantrymen.
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Mar 16, 2010 21:40
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So I went to hand in my application in for Pilot. Apparently now the recruiter could not even accept my application. They are so full. The only that he could take my application was if I went the ROTP route, and do your schooling through them. For anyone who already has a degree, it is a total no-go. Oh well. Just an FYI to everyone.
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Mar 31, 2010 18:47
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You mean that they've completely closed off all DEO applications, or just those for pilot?
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Mar 31, 2010 20:51
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One of the guys on my aircrew selection this time last year was a DEO applicant and he said much the same thing. While he got his app in, the centre said no offers in '09. The pilot training system has extremely limited capacity, so direct entries are hard for it to handle. My UTPNCM app for pilot was turned down yesterday - they will only fund a science, engineering or aviation degree. While I have the bulk of a history degree finished (part way through third year), they would prefer to fund a 4 year aviation degree at the University of the Fraser valley to the tune of $64k in tuition alone. Versus 3 semesters of a liberal arts degree. Oh well, CEOTP is still ongoing though I'm not very hopeful as there are fewer than 5 slots available.
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Apr 1, 2010 00:17
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Due to budget cutbacks, no new boots are being procured for the CF until 2011. No, seriously. It's not like there's a shortage of boots in certain sizes or anything~
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Apr 1, 2010 01:45
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Canuck-Errant posted:Due to budget cutbacks, no new boots are being procured for the CF until 2011. Im not complaining this means I can't exchange my Mk. IIIs for the gps and get to keep wearing the comfortable bastards
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Apr 1, 2010 03:21
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So after we withdraw troops from Afghanistan, what's next for the Canadian Army? Are we going back to U.N Peacekeeping or something similar?
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Apr 1, 2010 04:20
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My Spirit Otter posted:Im not complaining this means I can't exchange my Mk. IIIs for the gps and get to keep wearing the comfortable bastards It also means you can't get the new WWBs, which is fine because the old ones are actually more comfy - but I'm stuck with 1 pr GPs and 1 pr WWBs, and no chance of getting another pair before basic.
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Apr 1, 2010 05:09
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Canuck-Errant posted:It also means you can't get the new WWBs, which is fine because the old ones are actually more comfy - but I'm stuck with 1 pr GPs and 1 pr WWBs, and no chance of getting another pair before basic. Im not too concerned because I never wear the things. However whats different with the new wet weathers, the sole? Also I am assuming you're a reservist because you have kit before basic? My Spirit Otter fucked around with this message at 05:58 on Apr 1, 2010 |
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Apr 1, 2010 05:39
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My Spirit Otter posted:Im not too concerned because I never wear the things. However whats different with the new wet weathers, the sole? Also I am assuming you're a reservist because you have kit before basic? Yeah, the soles - the old ones would freeze in cold weather. And yeah, Comms reserve, though they're merging our unit into 38 CBG as of 1 May, IIRC. I guess we already wear Army DEUs anyway, why not take the logical next step?
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Apr 1, 2010 11:56
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Christ did I ever get out at the right time. It sounds like there's no money for anything anymore.
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Apr 1, 2010 18:19
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lol gently caress issued boots. Been wearing Magnums now for about a year, and lovin it. Gonna pick up some SWATs for my next boots.
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Apr 1, 2010 21:06
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The Amputee House posted:MARS doesn't sound so bad when you are still in BMOQ, anyways 5 (real) weeks left of infantry stuff I'll never use before naval training starts. I can't wait to get to the fleet. Dad was a reservist MARS officer for 30 years - if you want to ask any anonymous questions of an old goat who had a turn commanding an MCDV and did some other cool stuff along the way, I'd be happy to relay them.
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Apr 2, 2010 16:31
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More wonderful fun on the journey to enlisting: I got told by a recruiter today that the only space left in any of the combat trades is in a French unit. So, anyone know anything about Signals Operators? Is it just being a general radio tech like is sounds, or something else?
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Apr 8, 2010 06:43
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MohawkSatan posted:More wonderful fun on the journey to enlisting: I got told by a recruiter today that the only space left in any of the combat trades is in a French unit. My friend is a SigOp and he hates it. Apparently they are really undermanned and never get any days off since officers/everyone always needs their comms. He also is pissed off that he only gets to practice shooting like once every 3 months.
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Apr 8, 2010 15:17
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Samu posted:My friend is a SigOp and he hates it. Apparently they are really undermanned and never get any days off since officers/everyone always needs their comms. He also is pissed off that he only gets to practice shooting like once every 3 months. Think of it this way: There's a hell of a lot of work. Same thing for Clerks. Nobody wants to be one, so there's positions open everywhere.
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Apr 8, 2010 15:45
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MohawkSatan posted:More wonderful fun on the journey to enlisting: I got told by a recruiter today that the only space left in any of the combat trades is in a French unit. There is no way artillery is full. We are hurting for numbers so badly. However this is a reason we are hurt for people. It sucks rear end
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Apr 8, 2010 18:15
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My Spirit Otter posted:There is no way artillery is full. We are hurting for numbers so badly. However this is a reason we are hurt for people. It sucks rear end Last time I went to visit my old battery, they had 6 troops on parade, and 4 SNCOs. They have 35+ on paper. It was pathetic.
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Apr 8, 2010 18:38
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My Spirit Otter posted:There is no way artillery is full. We are hurting for numbers so badly. However this is a reason we are hurt for people. It sucks rear end I'm just reporting what I was told. I'd much prefer a job in any combat trade rather than being a plumber or some such; if I was interested a civilian job, I'd go do that instead of joining the military. MA-Horus might be right about the numbers though. Could be that there's some serious holes in the chain of information. Or just some rear end in a top hat recruiter lying his balls off to me, which is always possible.
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Apr 9, 2010 01:23
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Mind you, I was also Reservist. If you're talking about Reg Forces, very good chance reg force arty is full. It may just not SEEM like that because reservists often fill critical posts during deployments. Mainly the reason that my battery was empty, they had a dozen folks on deployment/predeployment.
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Apr 9, 2010 01:35
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MohawkSatan posted:I'm just reporting what I was told. I'd much prefer a job in any combat trade rather than being a plumber or some such; if I was interested a civilian job, I'd go do that instead of joining the military. Which recruiting station are you going to? Also are you going NCM or officer? Beause I know for a fact that the ncm's are grossly undermanned. Tell your recruiter that you have heard that from people inside of an arillery regiment MA-Horus posted:Mind you, I was also Reservist. If you're talking about Reg Forces, very good chance reg force arty is full. Our troop had about 11 gunners on parade, 1 bombadier, 1 master bombadier and 2 sergeants. Mind you we have a handfull of people on a driver course. However my gun consists of 1 sergeant, 1 master, and 4 gunners. Hardly ideal.
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Apr 9, 2010 02:26
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swagger like us posted:lol gently caress issued boots. Been wearing Magnums now for about a year, and lovin it. Gonna pick up some SWATs for my next boots. Don't get SWAT's wet. loving worst boots ever wet. Mrk III's are the best field boot, ever. Except in winter when your feet freeze.
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Hizawk posted:Don't get SWAT's wet. loving worst boots ever wet. Mrk III's are the best field boot, ever. Except in winter when your feet freeze. I've only ever worn issued boots. The GPs are the worst wet and the mk IIIs are the best, I don't know why they just are
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Apr 9, 2010 03:32
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My Spirit Otter posted:I've only ever worn issued boots. The GPs are the worst wet and the mk IIIs are the best, I don't know why they just are I loved my GP's. It was like walking on air. The only problem was that after 9 months I had no tread on the bottoms.
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My Spirit Otter posted:Which recruiting station are you going to? Also are you going NCM or officer? Beause I know for a fact that the ncm's are grossly undermanned. Tell your recruiter that you have heard that from people inside of an arillery regiment That was just over the phone with the nearest base, in New Westminster. Can't remember the guy's name right now, got it written down somewhere though. As for NCM or officer, definately going NCM. Edit: I'm actually meeting with the guy tommorrow afternoon, since he's coming through town on the way to PG. Which, now that I think about it, reeks pretty badly of something. Why would you go to the biggest city(or second biggest) in Northern BC if so many trades are filled right up? MohawkSatan fucked around with this message at 09:19 on Apr 9, 2010 |
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Apr 9, 2010 04:59
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My unit wouldn't even let me wear the goretex unless it was in the field. Not allowed in garrison. Which was dumb because my GP were a size and a half too drat big.
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Apr 9, 2010 17:25
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MohawkSatan posted:That was just over the phone with the nearest base, in New Westminster. Can't remember the guy's name right now, got it written down somewhere though. Yea if its NCM you shouldn't have a problem. For BATTERY pt, we had 22 people. Mind you some people are still on leave and some about 20 people on the driver wheel course
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Apr 9, 2010 17:57
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Samu posted:My friend is a SigOp and he hates it. Apparently they are really undermanned and never get any days off since officers/everyone always needs their comms. He also is pissed off that he only gets to practice shooting like once every 3 months. Depends on the unit; I'm going sigop in a reserve unit, and while we're understrength we hardly do anything. That may change, since they're shoving us into 38 CBG and out of 73 Comm Gp, but we'll see.
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Apr 10, 2010 06:56
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I'm serious, I have a pair of unused boots that I'm willing to send to someone who needs them, as not having a pair of loving boots for recruits is retarded.
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Apr 11, 2010 18:40
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One of you dudes should give me a pair of your old parade boots. They shine and look so much better than the new ones. My friend was just given a pair from someone on my course. It's so easy to shine them and they look amazing.
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Apr 11, 2010 19:14
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mdivi posted:One of you dudes should give me a pair of your old parade boots. They shine and look so much better than the new ones. My friend was just given a pair from someone on my course. It's so easy to shine them and they look amazing. Boots are easy to do. Find someone who is good at it and give them a 20. I wish I would have put more brush layers on my parades. My boots looked like poo poo till i burned shined/spent a few hundred hours on them. Also don't use parade gloss( no matter what your staff says), that stuff is junk. Buy a smaller can of straight black just for your parades. I can read my watch off the reflection on my boot.
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Apr 11, 2010 20:14
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I had the benefit(?) of being a cadet before joining the forces, so I know how to mirror-shine boots quite well. Parade gloss is poo poo. I had 3 sets of boots: One for garrison, one for parades, and one for the field. The ones I wore in the field I bought from a surplus store and they were so nice and broken in.
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Apr 11, 2010 21:48
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But unlike in the cadets very few people in the army actually care about being able to shave using a boot as a mirror. Usually all that is required is for them to be blackened and clean. The low-level shine you get from parade-gloss is perfectly acceptable. Dont be the one douchebag in your platoon with mirror boots as your instructors will just force everyone else to bring theirs up to the same level for uniformity and everyone will hate you.
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Apr 11, 2010 22:23
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Mr.48 posted:But unlike in the cadets very few people in the army actually care about being able to shave using a boot as a mirror. Usually all that is required is for them to be blackened and clean. The low-level shine you get from parade-gloss is perfectly acceptable. Dont be the one douchebag in your platoon with mirror boots as your instructors will just force everyone else to bring theirs up to the same level for uniformity and everyone will hate you. Thats a lie, I know a lot of people who have gotten in trouble due to their boots being lackluster. Also shiny parade boots look loving sharp, so.
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Apr 11, 2010 22:45
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My Spirit Otter posted:Thats a lie, I know a lot of people who have gotten in trouble due to their boots being lackluster. Also shiny parade boots look loving sharp, so. Combat boots should NOT be shiny. They should be blackened, with a decent sheen to them. We are issued parade boots for a reason, and whoever gave poo poo on that is a loving pogue.
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MA-Horus posted:Combat boots should NOT be shiny. They should be blackened, with a decent sheen to them. We are issued parade boots for a reason, and whoever gave poo poo on that is a loving pogue. Who said anything about combat boots? However our boots have to be somewhat shiny. We can't show up to regiment with boots just slathered in polish. They have to be brush shined but thats it.
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