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Frosted Flake posted:Canada Company is also good for getting a professional type job after time-in. Helmets to Hardhats is good too. Helmets to Hardhats was completely useless for me. I wanted to get an Electrical Apprenticeship, or get on with the Operators Union and they pretty much just told me there's no work and no one is hiring apprentices. They were completely unhelpful when I was trying to figure out how to transfer over my driver quals as a civilian. I really don't want to badmouth them, but all that happened is they host links to a job board with only a handful of jobs. Maybe it's changed in the last two years, but that was my experience with them. Samu fucked around with this message at 15:23 on May 27, 2017 |
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During a town hall this week one of the service chiefs announced a pay raise. Didn't give numbers but  it's happening
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Something about pay raises under liberals and not conservatives and how it's probably still JT's fault.
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Jun 2, 2017 16:38
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Lol at anybody who thinks it makes a difference. Some PMs have shorter tenure than the time it takes to negotiate and implement an increase. Anyways, it was just formally announced - 1.25% going back to '14 for both pay scales and environmental allowance, plus 1.2% for military factor. Backpay starts rolling out at the end of the month.
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Guest2553 posted:Lol at anybody who thinks it makes a difference. Some PMs have shorter tenure than the time it takes to negotiate and implement an increase. Am I buying two ATVs or one ATV and one jetski? It's kinda cool not having a single clue how much is going to show up on my paycheck.
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Hizawk posted:Am I buying two ATVs or one ATV and one jetski? https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/news/2017/06/canadian_armed_forcespayincrease.html And scroll down a bit, they provide some salary examples and calculated amounts. A dece four figgies, depending. Oh, minus 40% tax
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Nice nice. Does that change pension totals as well?
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Jun 4, 2017 01:56
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Depending on how it lines up with my release dates I will be getting a nice case of beer out of it or maybe just a king can. I'll take it. 
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New pay tables are up fuckers. http://www.forces.gc.ca/en/caf-community-pay/pay-rates.page
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Jun 9, 2017 22:10
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As is the Soviet propaganda machine! e. on second thought I don't want to direct link that poo poo so https://tinyurl.com/y958r7zl
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We did it again: https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/ne...&service=mobile This is insane and almost as unbelievable as the Brit who took two down with a. 338 LM. This is why the Americans are jealous of our Tac-50s though I guess.
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A dude in GiP put it this way Troop: Grid reference 136584 432864 fire mission, over Sniper: got u fam Precision indirect fire from over 2 miles, gat dang
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As a private citizen who drives on the highway a lot, I've been seeing a lot of green trucks on flatbeds - including what must be half of LFWA's working LSVWs (i.e., >3) and no less than two (2) MLVWs (!?). I thought we stopped using those.
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So, uh, how bad of an idea is it to attempt to get a commission as an infantry officer these days. Asking for a friend 
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Hopping from unit to unit where everyone hates you without any real opportunity to get any street cred by doing real infantry things in theatre sounds like a terrible idea imo. Why not just do a trade and actually get some valuable certifications from it?
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Well, I definitely prefer to go the commissioned route to get them sweet gubmint dollars to cover a university degree. There are a few trades I have my eye on (maybe electrician, or perhaps musician, gently caress me right), but I don't know what else would be interesting. I'd consider joining the Navy but lol at our current fleet, and my eyes are too hosed up for the fun Airforce jobs, so I'm not sure what roles in the Army are worth looking at.
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Signals trades aren't a bad go if you want crossover to actual civvy-side skills.
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Canuck-Errant posted:As a private citizen who drives on the highway a lot, I've been seeing a lot of green trucks on flatbeds - including what must be half of LFWA's working LSVWs (i.e., >3) and no less than two (2) MLVWs (!?). I thought we stopped using those. The vehicle fleet is hosed right now. With the exception of the genuinely excellent LAV UP program and the LAV 6.0, basically everything with wheels is broken, breaking, or not available in enough numbers to replace the breaking and broken equipment. G-Wagons are still fun to drive though.
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Canuck-Errant posted:Signals trades aren't a bad go if you want crossover to actual civvy-side skills. Yup, they're great IT workers. Hull tech is the "I can fix literally anything" trade
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Frosted Flake posted:The vehicle fleet is hosed right now. With the exception of the genuinely excellent LAV UP program and the LAV 6.0, basically everything with wheels is broken, breaking, or not available in enough numbers to replace the breaking and broken equipment. G-Wagons are still fun to drive though. Well, yeah, same situation as when I left. But these are all headed east on the highway.
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Mederlock posted:my eyes are too hosed up for the fun Airforce jobs If you're primarily interested in air force then AEC/ABM could be something to consider. They're a very deployable air ops branch, and if you feel like playing army there are G3 air/JTAC positions at the Brigade Groups. You can feel the neglect of both the army and air force first hand! Guest2553 fucked around with this message at 20:30 on Jun 27, 2017 |
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Frosted Flake posted:The vehicle fleet is hosed right now. With the exception of the genuinely excellent LAV UP program and the LAV 6.0, basically everything with wheels is broken, breaking, or not available in enough numbers to replace the breaking and broken equipment. G-Wagons are still fun to drive though. One of the few things I miss about the army is bombing around a field smokin and jokin in a g-wagen.
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Came across this org chart of the CA which seems, uh, optimistically misrepresentative of its actual capabilities. Do Canadian divisions actually do divisional level things like orchestrate divisional joint fires and establish ground schemes of maneuver for its brigade groups? Or is this a case of look-within-your-heart-you-already-know-the-answer cases? Guest2553 fucked around with this message at 23:34 on Jun 27, 2017 |
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Guest2553 posted:Came across this org chart of the CA which seems, uh, optimistically misrepresentative of its actual capabilities. Do Canadian divisions actually do divisional level things like orchestrate divisional joint fires and establish ground schemes of maneuver for its brigade groups? Well considering that when they list "regiments" of artillery on those org charts they're actually a battery worth...it's hilariously optimistic.
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Canuck-Errant posted:As a private citizen who drives on the highway a lot, I've been seeing a lot of green trucks on flatbeds - including what must be half of LFWA's working LSVWs (i.e., >3) and no less than two (2) MLVWs (!?). I thought we stopped using those. I'm working on the highway in NW ON and daily I see a number of flatbeds and floats hauling equipment. Earlier in the month it was a lot of truck convoys. Out of curiosity, where is this all going?
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Trudeau and Obama's FEMA death camps, obviously.
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Maple Resolve traffic.
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Yea, if you ever see a lot of military vehicles moving one direction, 99.9% chance it's a brigade level exercise.
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Hello all. I have finally finished Phase 3 (wings) flying training on helicopters - that was a long one. Even got the posting I wanted. It got a little tough on the stupid loving Jet Ranger, but the 412 is a beaut. I would say Phase 2 was more stressful overall, but this was a bag drive for sure. Now, or at least one day, I'll be flying Cyclones. If I don't retire first.
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Ultimate Shrek Fan posted:Yea, if you ever see a lot of military vehicles moving one direction, 99.9% chance it's a brigade level exercise. The fun part is driving down the highway 2 hours after a Maple Resolve moveout and counting all the lovely broken green trucks that didn't make it.
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compressioncut posted:Hello all. I have finally finished Phase 3 (wings) flying training on helicopters - that was a long one. Even got the posting I wanted. Congratulations man!
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Congrats, Compressioncut. How long is the wait for the OTU nowadays? They tell us it's still years out in Phase 2....
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Samu posted:The fun part is driving down the highway 2 hours after a Maple Resolve moveout and counting all the lovely broken green trucks that didn't make it. I have never wanted to kill everyone in sight more than the time I drove an LSVW from shilo to Edmonton to shilo to wainwright to shilo. I don't know what was worse, driving that LSVW or having to go back to shilo.
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Ultimate Shrek Fan posted:I have never wanted to kill everyone in sight more than the time I drove an LSVW from shilo to Edmonton to shilo to wainwright to shilo. We've found it, folks. We've discovered purgatory. Driving an LS on the trans Canada highway in the Praries, forever. *SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAL*
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Ultimate Shrek Fan posted:I have never wanted to kill everyone in sight more than the time I drove an LSVW from shilo to Edmonton to shilo to wainwright to shilo. I'm so sorry.
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Just got my back pay from that increase $6.72 literally rolling in it now.
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I'm looking forward to the hilarious things people waste their back pay on. I'm literally surrounded by 19-year-old pte(b)s who have not an ounce of sense between the hundreds of them. I can't wait for the electric skateboards to start prowling around Borden.
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MA-Horus posted:We've found it, folks. Make it a box LSVW with n/s blowers and a Louie who insists on convoy radio checks
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Blade_of_tyshalle posted:I'm looking forward to the hilarious things people waste their back pay on. I'm literally surrounded by 19-year-old pte(b)s who have not an ounce of sense between the hundreds of them. "The historic birthplace of the Royal Canadian Air Force" yeeps. hello?
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