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Lt. Jebus posted:I don't know why the Calgarians are bitching, unlike the progressive tax rates everywhere else, Alberta has a 5% flat income tax that greatly benefits anyone middle class and up. It's never enough until the drat gub'ment gets its hands off of my hard-earned money entirely! *is the Canadian Tea Party*
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There's a huge culture of victimization in Atlantic canada for a reason, people are still sore about how confederation plunged the entire region, especially Halifax, into a 200 year depression. It makes for a very fatalistic and depressed population. That being said, it's one of the things I love about the maritimes. It's so hard to be rich here that money seems to matter less to the average person than someone from Montreal or toronto. I've never been out west but it seems the same to me in most American cities that I've been to as well. Must be hard to get used to though, so I'm sorry.
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Oct 31, 2010 02:50
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Ruse posted:Really? Because I hear that from all the Army guys who re-mustered. Unless they went Air Force, of course. I'm curious about this. Is it just guys in one service ragging on the other two, or are some of the armed forces objectively better than the others? What's the pros/cons of Army, Navy, Airforce?
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Oct 31, 2010 23:15
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Hatter106 posted:I'm curious about this. That's a loaded question; all services have pros and cons. Depends what you're looking for and what you want out of your time in the military, and what you want to do afterwards...
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Oct 31, 2010 23:18
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Slippery posted:That's a loaded question; all services have pros and cons. Depends what you're looking for and what you want out of your time in the military, and what you want to do afterwards... Well, except the air force. There are no pros to being in the air force.
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Nov 1, 2010 00:31
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tuyop posted:Well, except the air force. There are no pros to being in the air force. The inherent smugness endemic to being in the best service?? 
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Nov 1, 2010 00:38
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Slippery posted:The inherent smugness endemic to being in the best service?? All your senior officers wear women's underwear.
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Nov 1, 2010 01:13
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MA-Horus posted:All your senior officers wear women's underwear. Wrong country's AF 
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Hatter106 posted:I'm curious about this. If you're cool being away from home for 200 days (at least) a year for the first 5 years (at least) of your career, the Navy is for you. That's a best case scenario, lots of NCMs are at sea for 10+ years before their first shore posting.
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Nov 1, 2010 01:56
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MA-Horus posted:All your senior officers wear women's underwear.
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Nov 1, 2010 02:35
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tuyop posted:Well, except the air force. There are no pros to being in the air force. I hear it does wonders for your golf game.
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Nov 1, 2010 03:23
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I'm posted to Baggotville and I only speak English. Give me some tips and advice!
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Nov 1, 2010 13:19
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mdivi posted:I'm posted to Baggotville and I only speak English. Give me some tips and advice! Learn french, it's the best language. 
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Nov 1, 2010 14:58
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tuyop posted:Well, except the air force. There are no pros to being in the air force. except a/c in your room and your room being cleaned for you. wtf airforce that's a bit excessive.
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Lt. Jebus posted:I hear it does wonders for your golf game. RIMPAC 2004 - Sea King "broke down" on Maui. Crew suspiciously had golf clubs and more than the usual number of passengers (also w/golf clubs) on board.
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compressioncut posted:RIMPAC 2004 - Sea King "broke down" on Maui. Crew suspiciously had golf clubs and more than the usual number of passengers (also w/golf clubs) on board. this is the safest cover story in the history of cover stories
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DrakeriderCa posted:this is the safest cover story in the history of cover stories Nobody is going to question that a Sea King broke down. It's all they do.
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Nov 2, 2010 00:52
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gently caress yeah escorting kids around all day tomorrow for take your kids to work day. But really, just found out I'll be a course officer for either a PLQ or BMQ starting Jan. Should be neat.
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Nov 2, 2010 22:28
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tuyop posted:Learn french, it's the best language. I'm going to try and get loaded on to a second language course to get my language profile immediately when I get there.
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Elgar posted:gently caress yeah escorting kids around all day tomorrow for take your kids to work day. Hey i think we're neighbours.
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Nov 3, 2010 11:08
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Elgar posted:gently caress yeah escorting kids around all day tomorrow for take your kids to work day. If you're a Junior officer, it's all you should be trusted to do. *insert 2LT joke here*
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MA-Horus posted:If you're a Junior officer, it's all you should be trusted to do. well I don't have any relevant experience so yeah. Also, neighbours in what way? As in F3 or as in we are both in PAT? Elgar fucked around with this message at 01:20 on Nov 4, 2010 |
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Elgar posted:well I don't have any relevant experience so yeah. I'm in F18 on pat, I thought you were one of the guys going mp o.
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tuyop posted:I'm in F18 on pat, I thought you were one of the guys going mp o. Nah son, waiting out on 1.2 so I can get surgery on my foot.
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Nov 4, 2010 19:00
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Aaaand ... now I know who you are. Not like you're missing much with 1.2 at the moment (or at least today). We had one captain explain to us today what his trade used to be able to provide to the infantry (Air Defence Arty), but no longer is tasked with, no longer has the equipment to provide, and will actually cease to exist as a separate trade in short order. Today's take-away lesson: armoured senior NCOs all have comical moustaches, engineers are just like us, but apparently need rest, and arty officers don't do anything other than stitch together ROVER clips to make a 20 minute long war porn video, set to System of a Down. 
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Simkin posted:Aaaand ... now I know who you are. I remember when that air defense regiment in Pet got retasked to straight gun artillery, there was much wailing and gnashing of teeth involved. Especially since they were taking guns from more established regiments that were forced into converting to mortars. What's that? Yeah, just chilling in the back of my gun tractor with the heat on while you hump ammo all real close to the enemy and then fart it out of tiny tubes. What's that? Coffee's done? Gotta go. 
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Nov 5, 2010 01:18
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Simkin posted:Aaaand ... now I know who you are. Yeah I figured it out when you said you were the big guy on course.
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Nov 5, 2010 01:34
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Simkin posted:Aaaand ... now I know who you are. Well I didn't exactly make it hard to figure it out. yeah that briefing day was kind of brutal and useless. I used to have a usb with all the pt plans from last course on it, but I have no idea where it is now.
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Nov 5, 2010 01:58
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Started my QL6A today. Three (3) students.
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Well, the first two months are split between east and west coasts so that's a little misleading, but they can usually do 10 students altogether. However, there are only two guys on the east coast right now, making for five when we merge in the new year. So, pretty light load which should make for a lot of free time. Fine out here at home, but Halifax in winter will be a different story. It's a really different dynamic compared to any other course I've done, too, because us students have known each other for years, and have also known the instructors for just as long. One of our instructors was teaching QL3 when I was originally at the school. Only one more trade course, ever, after this one (6B). I feel old.
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I've been wondering recently: how much hand-to-hand combat training are you required to do in basic? And what exactly are you learning - wrestling/grappling moves? Punches and kicks? Choke holds? Do Army recruits do additional training when they pick their specialty?
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Agent Escalus posted:I've been wondering recently: how much hand-to-hand combat training are you required to do in basic? And what exactly are you learning - wrestling/grappling moves? Punches and kicks? Choke holds? Do Army recruits do additional training when they pick their specialty? As far as I remember theres no official hand-to-hand component in basic, but if your instructors are cool they will teach you some anyways. And no you dont do any specialized training until you start doing your QL3's (your trade courses).
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Agent Escalus posted:I've been wondering recently: how much hand-to-hand combat training are you required to do in basic? And what exactly are you learning - wrestling/grappling moves? Punches and kicks? Choke holds? Do Army recruits do additional training when they pick their specialty? You don't do any besides bayonet fighting. In Infantry training you do a week of hand to hand training.
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Yeah the closest you'll get to hand to hand combat is learning how to properly search people and how to put them down if they start struggling. Unless you go infantry that's all you'll ever get. Anyone here heading to PEI for that govenor generals swearing in ceremony? I'm on the bus now, but this morning my alarm didn't go off and I woke up fifteen minutes before I had to report. I couldn't find my parades or bag for my DEUs, and I had to shave at the mess. Complete shitshow. Samu fucked around with this message at 13:50 on Nov 7, 2010 |
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Makes sense, since they're the only ones who'd possibly make use of it in the line of duty. The only other ones who might would be our Air Force pilots aren't if they end up in a Behind Enemy Lines type of situation, and at this point in world affairs that's not likely to happen.
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Well, that's good to know someone's learning it, because they sure as poo poo don't bother with teaching any CQB/unarmed stuff to Infantry officers. No, having a bear pit where the DS stand around and place bets on the candidates doesn't count. 
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So if you want to learn martial arts pretty much at all, you'll have to go find on your own a school in the civilian world? Is there any kind of allowance for that kind of thing, or entirely out-of-pocket? How long has it been this way? My dad says he learned savate as a logistics driver in the 80's, and I remember watching videos ~10 years ago about people learning jiujitsu at the officer academy; those videos may have been chock full of misinformation since it was a "holy poo poo joining the military is kickin' rad, dog!" kind of thing.
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Agent Escalus posted:Makes sense, since they're the only ones who'd possibly make use of it in the line of duty. The only other ones who might would be our Air Force pilots aren't if they end up in a Behind Enemy Lines type of situation, and at this point in world affairs that's not likely to happen. Aircrew do a SERE course (Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape). I don't know how involved it is. Apparently you have to trap and eat a rabbit.
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There is a cqb course you can take. So you eventually get around to it.
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