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MA-Horus posted:Ughhhh are you going to Wainwright? Ten years now almost, no Wainwright. Military career a success thus far.
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gently caress Wainwright.
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Mar 11, 2017 20:43
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At least it's not cold lake!
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Mar 11, 2017 21:19
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I take it none of you have been to Shilo. I'll take either base any day
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Mar 12, 2017 01:55
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On the other hand, tent city in Meaford is the best. Suck it up, troops.
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Mar 12, 2017 02:49
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gently caress Meaford.
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Mar 12, 2017 03:06
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Gagetown during black fly season is a pretty strong contender.
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Mar 12, 2017 16:58
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MA-Horus posted:Ughhhh are you going to Wainwright? Sure am! Flight out got delayed a day so there's one tiny bonus. Second time going so I know what I'm in for - I've tried to warn the uninitiated but they don't quite grasp what a dumpster of time and effort this is.
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Mar 12, 2017 17:02
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Frosted Flake posted:Gagetown during black fly season is a pretty strong contender. Gagetown can't be in the running. It's pretty close to a decent city.
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Mar 12, 2017 18:41
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I had my "holy poo poo I should of joined the airforce" moment in the Trenton mess. They had to-go cups and lids for the coffee. Army messes can go gently caress themselves for being so stingy with taking coffee out of the mess. Enjoy Wx DarkDobe!
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Mar 12, 2017 20:48
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I had my holy poo poo I should have joined the Navy when I stayed at the shacks in Halifax. Single rooms, my own fridge and cable TV 5 minutes from downtown. But then I'd have to go on boats and gently caress boats.
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Mar 12, 2017 20:56
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Lassitude posted:On the other hand, tent city in Meaford is the best. Suck it up, troops. Shacks in Meaford are actually pretty decent. Better than CFSAL's in Borden at least. Tent city can suck a whoooooole lotta dick though.
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Mar 13, 2017 15:55
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This morning we find a good 40 of the tents we've been putting up torn to pieces and scattered around like candy wrappers. EGS techs aren't doing their jobs properly so we get to supplement the work they should be doing for accommodations. Drunken retards already got us confined to base, with curfew and dry. No reservists to help set up tent city like any other year. I.. i could go on but then it sounds like I'm surprised by this at all?
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Mar 20, 2017 05:27
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It could be worse, it could be January.
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Mar 20, 2017 13:48
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DarkDobe posted:This morning we find a good 40 of the tents we've been putting up torn to pieces and scattered around like candy wrappers. Ah good. Nice to know I'm flying into the same stupidity as every other time.
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Mar 20, 2017 16:12
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Frosted Flake posted:It could be worse, it could be January. January, August, it's still loving lovely in Wainwright. Waking up with snow on my Bivy bag in late august was quite the eye-opener for me. I felt bad for the dude who took his boots off and left them next to his bag and found them with a nice layer of snow inside.
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Mar 20, 2017 17:52
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Christ, every once in a while I think "hmm, maybe I should join, do something good for my country". I poke around at forces.ca, look at some jobs, then come here, read this thread, and nope out. I guess I'll come back when Trump sticks his dick in the middle east and tells Trudeau to join him or he'll never see Ivanka again.
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Mar 22, 2017 01:51
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Just have realistic expectations. If you want to learn how to be an electrician, welder or cook it's a good go. A lot of us are combat arms, we have a lot to bitch about.
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Mar 22, 2017 04:45
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Bitching about things is how we pass the time in the combat arms, or in any arms of the military. If you want to join the Reserves then go ahead, it is great money to supplement your income or to work while going to University. Or if you were thinking of the RegForce then maybe try to go for jobs that are in the air force, that would avoid most of the places we've mentioned (except Cold Lake).
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Mar 22, 2017 10:06
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lovely experiences build character. I've got a great job civvy-side that I landed with zero post-secondary that I can attribute to my military career. Despite the tough years in the infantry I don't regret a thing and would do it all again if I was 18 still. I'm probably in the minority though.
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Mar 22, 2017 12:19
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Was infantry, can confirm the most memorable times I appreciate most were the shittiest. I loving loved my time in and am a better dude for it, albeit still a terrible poster.
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Mar 22, 2017 12:24
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Same but artillery. I mean, field ex's in -40 weather can suck dick forever, but even the lovely times were fun when hangin' with the boyz.
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Mar 22, 2017 14:10
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Agreed. There are days where I miss bombing through Pet in an Iltis or turning my gun tractor into a doofwagon It's the military, you have to take it seriously. But never TOO seriously. That's when you can't even find fun in the stupid poo poo.
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Mar 22, 2017 14:18
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Artillery involves long periods of standing in the snow and rain but it also involves sending 155s downrange. Once I got a stealth suit and good gloves I had way more good times than bad.
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Mar 22, 2017 16:37
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The military is a big corporation. Like all of them, people will be bitching about their job in it and about the admin structure. It is, however, very unique (in my view, better) in terms of what you can get out of it if you choose to.
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Mar 22, 2017 19:22
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I loved the army but it grinds you down after a while, especially when there's no mission. If you're young and want to do a contract go for it. I now get paid a pretty decent amount of money to run equipment I trained on when I was in. All in all I'd give it an 8/10, and I'm way less of a dope smoking piece of poo poo than when I was 18.
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Mar 22, 2017 21:53
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At least in the army you guys see yourselves as warfighters and "get" combined arms employment. Re: pay raises - I had another credible independent RUMINT source say that the coinmasters have determined the "what" (1.25% a year going back to 2013) and are determining the "how" before it gets openly voiced. What could it mean? 
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Mar 23, 2017 11:50
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I wish I had learned more skills. I used to give Cooks and Linesmen a hard time but unless you stay in for 10 or 25 you have to live on civie street some time. I sometimes wonder if I would have enjoyed my early twenties more or less if I hadn't always been smoking, dipping, and drinking alternatively Timmies and at the Warehouse. There's really nothing like it.
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Mar 23, 2017 13:23
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"Career-long medical, dental and drug coverage and retirement in your mid-50s a bilingual spec 1 corporal with an indexed pension" sounded like a pretty good worst-case scenario to me. Federal public service is better still, but it was hardly a life of suffering I was in for. Honestly it's a reasonable career option a lot of people overlook because they don't want to spend their lives shoveling poo poo and sleeping in tents while a bald bigot yells at them, when really for most people it's a mostly-ordinary job that has you doing cool stuff sometimes.
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Mar 23, 2017 13:36
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Budgets getting cut and operations tempo increasing? Another good year for the thread title. http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/liberal-budget-military-2017-1.4035424 Laughing if you're still in.
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Mar 23, 2017 15:54
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I've been extended so Hail Satan.
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Mar 23, 2017 16:20
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flakeloaf posted:"Career-long medical, dental and drug coverage and retirement in your mid-50s a bilingual spec 1 corporal with an indexed pension" sounded like a pretty good worst-case scenario to me. Federal public service is better still, but it was hardly a life of suffering I was in for. I'm loving hating myself for (re)joining in my 30's and missing out on maximizing my pension. I would happily buy-back the years between when I quit in my 20's to now if I could.
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Mar 23, 2017 16:45
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Dollars to Timbits your pension gets clawbacked anyway.
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Mar 23, 2017 16:58
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Just fake stomach ailments until you can start your own religion like L. Ron Hubbard.
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Mar 23, 2017 17:46
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I'm attending the Vimy ceremonies in Ottawa today and tomorrow and meeting with the Veterans Affairs Critic before Question Period on Thursday. The meeting is about education and the CAF, so Helmets to Hardhats, ILPs, that sort of thing. I was wondering if there are any concerns I could bring up on your behalf?
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Apr 8, 2017 16:32
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I want free university
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Apr 9, 2017 02:14
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Can it be transferred to dependents a la GI bill?
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Apr 9, 2017 02:21
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I'll bring those points up. I met the Deputy VAC minister today and she also expressed an interest in these issues.
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More like remind the deputy VAC minister of one of Trudeau's many broken campaign trail promises. http://globalnews.ca/video/2181739/justin-trudeau-promises-free-post-secondary-education-to-all-veterans (I voted for him to ensure no more Harper and think he's doing an ok job but Jesus, he hasn't done 1/16th of the poo poo he promised)
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