Recent content by da1root

I joined in 1999 as a engineer and in 2001 I transferred to RMS Clerk, so my first couple years in differs from those joining today. My Chain of Command actually suggested that I commission from the ranks - they gave me the option of LogO or HSM (HCA at the time). Because of my previous...

Maybe I'll just pack the gortex jacket, rain jacket and Canex jacket... I hvae up to 70'bs with Air Canada - sort it out when I get there :-) LOL

Not to pedantic, but dress of the day for Navy pers is ordered to be TWL's for this thing, Army / Air Force get to wear 3B's - if it starts pissing down rain - the Army and Air Force get to put on their Canex jackets and the Navy pers get soaking wet? Seems fair.... Not enough time to contact...

You don't "have" to put 3 occupations - you "can" put up to the 3 occupations on your application. I can't speak to PAO or IntO, but for LogO and HSM no matter what uniform you wear you're not necessarily going to be stuck on ship. I've just surpassed my 5 year mark as an HSM, I also wear the...

Question for any Navy Chiefs that are kicking about... is the Canex jacket authorized wear with Navy Whites? Only information I have right now is that you can wear the Navy Gortex jacket with Navy Whites... but Gortex Jacket in the summer??

Yes your file can be reopened; no you will not continue from "the last step" - many items on the recruiting process expire after a given amount of time. Additionally if you're trying to go Regular Force, your CFAT may change in competitive value. I'm previous NCM Logistics, didn't go Log O - I...

Good Day, I'm a former RMS Clerk (split into HRA & FSA) - and I'm now responsible for nominating individuals in my branch on their courses and I'll be honest in that I don't think there is part time training for either occupation. For both occupations you'll need to goto Borden for X number of...

There are ideal degrees (there is indeed a list) and acceptable degrees, which effective 26 November 2025 the acceptable degree is "any". So technically someone with a BA in Basket Weaving could become a IntO - how competitive your degree is, well that's another story. For Note the current list...

I did see a "rumour" mill post that was floating around on other social media that paid reservists a "per day" payout. I can't remember the exact numbers so lets just use $1.00 as the baseline. If it worked out that the annual benefit was $365, for each day of service you got $1.00 as a...

H Svs Reserves it using the Army Reserve for this qual; and from the meetings I've been part of there is no part-time (yet); it's 1 month in duration (22 training days with weekends). Just for tracking SQ turned into BMQ(L) which has turned into CASFC - CASFC is still in it's infancy stages of...

Colour me a bit bitter that the clock fully resets if you spent time on the Supp Res; I have 27 years of service, 24 pensionable at the moment and with this calculation I fall into the 11-15 year period because of 10 months on the Supp Res, and I'm still trying to figure out why a Class A...

Each element is in charge of its own Recruiting. I can't speak much on the Air Force as I have no experience with the Air Reserves but Navy Reserves runs it's own basic training - pretty sure you're past their deadline for Summer 2026 as I recall that they do 8 weeks of full time Basic; but it's...

Congrats - goes to show that if you're willing to put in the proper leg work that godo things can happen :-)

I hate to pass the buck here, but honestly you'd have to discuss with VAC to determine if a re-enrolment would trigger a re-assessment or not. This isn't something that any Recruiter will be able to answer (unless they have real life experience of having a subject applicant with a VAC decision...

Sorry I have been busy with work and then got locked out of my account (thanks again Mike for fixing me up!!) I'm always open to DM's about H Svcs, Reserves and Recruiting in in general - anything outside of these areas and I keep my nose out of it :)