Recent content by Cayuga

Thanks MedTech for the link http://www.uniforms-4u.com/p_service_dress_white_choker_3095.aspx

I am looking to get the high collared white tunic. I have been told that the best way to get it is to order it online from the States and then take it to the tailor here to get Canadianized. (multiple sources including the Canex Tailor) Does anybody know of a website to order it from? I have...

NOAB is lots of fun. They do an excellent job selling you on all the cool things that the navy does. Don't get too worked up about the test on NOAB. Mars Officers require unique skill sets that the general purpose test at the recruiting centre is not able to accurately gauge due to its broad...

I was reading through the dress regs for mess dress. (being the proud owner of a new mess kit and making sure I know how it is worn. I saw that you can have wellington boots with your mess kit... Does anybody know any more details where I can purchase a pair? In halifax at the moment, in Esq in...

I am in Ottawa for the Long weekend and I am heading to the National War Memorial for the ceremony just a walk on, not formed up or anything special. Is there any special considerations or is it just like going to any other ceremony, except on a much larger scale with all the pomp and...

I hope to get down and take a tour on Friday. It will be nice to take a tour and imagining what life will be like cruising round the gulf islands in one of them.  With the YAGs, you felt very much like the poor relative as you docked next to multi-million dollar yachts. Now it will be the sleek...

Submariner and Clearance diver are the other 2 D-Levels... You do up to phase IV at Venture. This is the Reg Force progression, Reserves is slightly different in that Navigator is the only really applicable D level for the reserves. Not too much need for a SAC or the others on a Kingston Class.

It seemed like two of the biggest points from the last (MARS) career managers general brief were: 1) You can't go to Afghanistan until you finish your D levels and 2) Quit asking to get loaded on the NBP course until you finish your D levels

http://www.otomelara.it/products/schedule.asp?id=prod_naval_small_12_ge That is the link for the Oto Melera page. I was in the Summerside for the trials. It was an impressive looking piece of kit, especially when observing the tracking and the stabilization in operation. It was referred to...

It was interesting visiting the Canadian Hydrographic Services ( the civilian agency that makes the charts among other things) they had map overlays of the different levels surveying that have been done up and down the coast. In someplaces they have very accurate surveys that they are working on...

That was a good read Reven... pretty much sums up the NOAB experience. It is amazing how close you get as a group in just a week. I guess it is one of the side benefits of sharing a struggle against a common foe. I have spent almost all of the last 2 years with a bunch of guys from my NOAB and...

The most test is a funny test... It has been almost 2 years since I did it. It is a pattern recognition, mental math and learning speed test. You could do some IQ Tests as a warm up and then do some mental math review. Go over things like multiplication in your head and divide big numbers by...

Navy measures depths in metres. Navy uses Nautical Miles (NM) 1 NM = 2025.372 yards = 1852 meters. Additionally 1 NM = 1 minute of latitude, thus there is 60 NM for each degree of latitude... however 1 minute of latitude is 1861.57 meters at the poles and 1842.90 meters at the Equator...

We got to bust out the sextants on MARS IV... lots of fun... More of that sort of thing to come on the sea phase since our CTO is a hardcore navigator. I enjoyed it and it was one of those things that makes you feel extra salty.

Over at workpoint they close all but one of the gates. However it is on the opposite side of the base from where I am coming from and where I need to go... so it adds another 50% to my walk in the mornings... as I walk all the way round and back to the gate I usually enter through. ah... fun and...