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Man, when I got promoted to Cpl it took almost 6 months to get my pay raise, but when I did I got 6 months of back pay which was around 6 grand. 22 year old me then spent it all on booze, strippers and a downpayment on a truck I couldn't afford. I think this is like dumbass young NCM 101, so I don't feel bad about it. I got out the army without getting some chick from Geary, NB pregnant so I think I came out on top.
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We'll see about all that. I wouldn't mind a pay raise, even prices at CANEX have slowly risen.
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Samu posted:Man, when I got promoted to Cpl it took almost 6 months to get my pay raise, but when I did I got 6 months of back pay which was around 6 grand. 22 year old me then spent it all on booze, strippers and a downpayment on a truck I couldn't afford. Could be worse, the Americans have predatory lenders for car loans right outside the base gates, so SPC Bloggins can get that base model RAM/"Camero"/Mustang/10 year old STi/Harley for *only* 25% APR!
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Aug 29, 2016 15:19
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Don't forget Payday Loans and tattoo parlours.
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Aug 29, 2016 15:41
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Frosted Flake posted:We'll see about all that. I wouldn't mind a pay raise, even prices at CANEX have slowly risen. Reasons to shop at Canex: 1. You live in a wasteland so desolate it would make Mad Max give up 2. You need a bus pass for the new month and don't want to wait in the lineup at the Rideau Centre 3. You're on a lovely offbrand electronic scavenger hunt sponsored by a guy whose sizeable inheritance has a Brewster's Millions clause
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flakeloaf posted:Reasons to shop at Canex: 4. Gym shirts
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Naw bruh I do all my PT outside on the playground without a shirt to make the obese logisticians jelly and give them a reason to gently caress up my spec pay *flexes abs* e. haven't really used the canex for anything other than gas/letter stamps since I stopped being a dumbass who bought dumb tactical poo poo like cadpat wallets or zippos. Guest2553 fucked around with this message at 17:55 on Aug 29, 2016 |
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Aug 29, 2016 21:50
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I never understood cadpat wallets and phone cases. If I drop that poo poo, I want to find it!
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As if you'd find it even with a bright colouring in the middle of a long grass field trampled by vehicles and a hundred people.
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Frosted Flake posted:I never understood cadpat wallets and phone cases. If I drop that poo poo, I want to find it! That's why you need to pick up one of those flashlights that takes heptagonal Q batteries and can be seen from space.
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Aug 30, 2016 13:07
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But if nobody sells CADPAT wallets and phone cases, how will I know who's a boot in the bar?
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Aug 30, 2016 16:54
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Just go for the guy with the barcode and maple leaf tattoo.
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Aug 30, 2016 19:59
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Service number on your neck or nothin
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flakeloaf posted:Just go for the guy with the barcode and maple leaf tattoo. I have one of these  it's actually not terrible save from being a little splotchy from instructors punching me in that shoulder the week after I got it.
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I usually look for the High and Tight and dog tags worn over shirt, but without the siren song of the Velcro opening of a CADPAT wallet to complete the trifecta I feel lost
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Aug 30, 2016 20:44
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MA-Horus posted:I have one of these Hah! I remember that.
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Vadoc posted:Hah! I remember that. gently caress, i forgot you were on that course with me. I was a very, very stupid Pte.
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We only differ only in degrees of idiocy, honestly.
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Despite getting a few other tattoos I somehow made it my whole 7-year career without getting anything army-related. Sorta wish I got my wings done back then and I would like something, I just can't think of anything that's not horribly tacky.
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I know a guy who got his badge number tattooed on his back. Yeah.
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Mine isn't terrible, people unironically seem to like it. Not bad for being picked off a wall in a lovely parlour. A guy in my former unit (he went regs as a weapons tech I think) had a maple leaf with crossed c7s
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Honestly, the first time I saw the leaf-barcode tattoo I thought it was cool. Yeah lots of guys still have them, some look better than others but it's not the horriblest idea for a military-themed tattoo by a very long shot.
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Getting the Sapper bomb on your right hand is a pretty common tradition, at least at 1 CER. I would have gotten a bomb but not on my hand, and I actually think it's a pretty badass tradition. Basically you can only get one if a SNCO takes you to get one, normally with your section. Some guys break that tradition and just go to a tattoo parlour but those guys are loving idiots. Reference: 
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Those sapper tattoos are legit. I've seen Patricias with their cap badge done as well. Nothing as badass as "gently caress YOU" tattooed down the blade of the saluting hand though. 
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Tattoochat reminds me of the old RSM, one of those dudes that had to go on terminal leave 2 years before retirement because he had so much PTO saved up. No visible tattoos up to the rolled up sleeves, but COMPLETELY tatted underneath. I mean completely.
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I've seen artillery tattoos with a linstock and matchcord running in a braid down the arm. I wanted to get NATO shell markings for HE 105 and 155, one on each arm. Glad I thought better of it.
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acumen posted:Despite getting a few other tattoos I somehow made it my whole 7-year career without getting anything army-related. Sorta wish I got my wings done back then and I would like something, I just can't think of anything that's not horribly tacky. Subdued flag patch on the shoulder, right where it would be on the fatigues.
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bzw posted:There's an internal website dedicated to questions like this, and in it you will find that yes, rises are linked to PSAC negotiations. Generally, it seems limited to COLA and may be backdated (now we're dreaming). I can't find any external reference to this, but if I can figure out the search terms on that wonderful engine it may be useful, as I have heard so many personal theories on how things happen; it feels like nearly all admin decisions are based on how someone maybe remembers how another told them what the rules felt like. To follow up on this, the question/answer can be found on the defense team page, under the May archive of iAsk. Two years of backdating is expected if the increase is approved.
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Make or break week for deo selections pls forces just pick me so i can regret later I think there's only like 8 spots left though so I'm probably too dumb and under the cutoff
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I think they figure out the numbers in April, although that could just be for NCMs. Recruiting is a mystery, I know people that waited over a year and people that waited a week.
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lolquote:“We’re very much a senior actor on par with Russia and the United States — and as Mr. Dion and Prime Minister (Justin) Trudeau are serious about bringing Canada back to international politics, the Arctic is an obvious place to start.”
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Oh Justin.
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Glad I'm not in any more. I smell assloads of sovereignty ex's coming up.
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It's a strange time to be in. There's talk about peacekeeping coming back, but I don't think it will recapture the glory days of Cyprus and the Sinai.
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Frosted Flake posted:It's a strange time to be in. There's talk about peacekeeping coming back, but I don't think it will recapture the glory days of Cyprus and the Sinai. Not sure what's worse, the Conservative government announcing grand things that you know will never actually happen, or the Liberal government announcing lukewarm things that you dread will.
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Frosted Flake posted:It's a strange time to be in. There's talk about peacekeeping coming back, but I don't think it will recapture the glory days of Cyprus and the Sinai. I for one look forward to watching Justin sink us into the Malian quagmire.
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Just so long as we don't wind up with a Malian Inquiry.
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Probably for the best we cooperate with russia god knows we can't even maintain what we have now http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/canada-s-military-bases-falling-apart-due-to-lack-of-funding-national-defence-audit-1.3098400
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Not sure if right place to ask but Close friend looking to join Direct-Entry into Officer for the CAF. He already has a 4 year degree so he is eligible and the recruiter seem interested in him. I'm sorta on the fence about him doing this mostly because i think it relates to him having difficulty securing a stable work since he graduated a few years back. Anyone have experience in doing the Direct entry to officer and can share some insight about it? Just worried he might be making a mistake or not.
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