Recent content by Missile Man

Does this mean the new NBP badge goes in the same place Ship's divers wear theirs?  I recall when the badge first came out it was sewn on in a weird spot, really low on the left side.

SeaDog spins some truth, some fiction in his post cats.  One thing you youngsters need to reel in nice and early is that there is no common sense in the MARS profession.  No, they will not look at how much they have dumped into you for trg and say "hey, we should keep this cat around, he cost us...

Just to further the process of soiling yourself, the advice on how "tough" Venture is is only the start my young chickadee.  The real work begins when you join the fleet.  Sadly, yes, you have endured MARS 3 and 4 and "made it through" to "being a MARS Officer", but you are inherently useless...

Precisely.  Finally this thread is put in context.  Fasteddy, as much as it pains you, you cannot put a price on human life.  Even if that human life "shouldn't have" visited relatives in a combat zone or "should have" found their own way out.  As soon as we learned there were civillians stuck...

Wow, fasteddy, DFAIT and DND should have consulted army forums for the answer to this crisis, you have solved it ion one post!  According to you solution; we should have set up a debit machine at the brow of each cruise ship (if insufficient funds were indicated, the evacuee would be turned away...

No, not 40,000 of 50,000 were vacationers.  I said 90% of evacuees.  We pulled 13,000 out.  Thus, 90% of 13,000.  Yes, there are an estimated 50,000 CEPs registered with the CDN embassy, but not all got out by DFAIT means (boat from Tyre/Beirut to Cyprus/Turkey).  As for them complaining about...

All, Yes, 90% of the evacuees from Beirut/Tyre are indeed CEPs (Canadian Entitled Persons) and the reason they wewre in Lebanon of all places when this broke out is becuase they were visiting their families in Southern Lebanon.  As it is a pretty long hike to Lebanon, when they visit they don't...

I have led 3 NBP, 2 in "operational theatre" (APOLLO/ENDEAVOUR)  Dude, ain't no way we would ever get involved in any "neat" op that you describe.  Having sadly seen too many PO's bimble their plentiful carcasses up the jumping ladder, and pudgy stewards "racking the action" on the 870 while...

I completely agree with Guardian - let's send the Army up there to "defend our sovereignty" and stuff.  Someone needs to maintain vigilance on Hans Island, am I right?  So I vote the Army, and the Rangers, not the Navy.  We will stick to Victoria, Ottawa, and Halifax....

Admiral Buck attended the inaugural meeting with the dress comittee when CADPAT was first proposed for sailors at sea.  He stayed for 5 minutes, flatly rejected the idea, and left.  Unfortunately with Lehre, Fourcier and Buck now retired, we have very little voice in the senior management to...

hawke1759, 1) No real prejudice once you hit the fleet after your transfer, we are a kinder, more gentle Navy today.  You may face some flak for carrying over Lt(N) rank from the reserves (until you pass your NOPQ board) but at the end of the day, you will be paid well for your tx (a brand new...

Yes, understood that during the 6 month period everything grinds to a halt (posting, promotion, career coursing).  I suppose the real question is, can a member dig themselves out after the six months is over?  Or is it more realistic to pull out of the stream and get posted somewhere way up...

Wondering why C&P is (usually) 6 months.  Yes, during that time the member is counselled and has monthly meetings with their C&P counsellor.  However, 26-17 states the member can be released at any time during the 6 months if their performance/behaviour does not improve.  Isn't this the case...

Is C & P redundant?  For example, if a member is on a 6 month C&P, they can be released at anytime during the six months if their performance does not improve.  OK, so what if the C&P is over, and their performance drops again?  Since C&P cannot be given twice for the same offence, then the six...

Nice post on the delayed pay increase.  More testament to the rule "don't spend it before you see it".  I will certainly be fielding calls from creditors of my men end March, likely from premature purchases of plasma tv's and the like.  Here we go again...