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Legend says that the arrows on the shoulder mounted epaulettes (in Service Order No. 1) point to who ends up holding accountability. Corporal and Sergeant point down at the Constables (no insignia) but the Staff Sergeant has four chevrons on each shoulder pointing squarely at them.

Maybe my screen is just a little off, but the officer's shoes appear to be dark brown when compared closely to the NCO's footwear.

Yes yes, we're all nasty Colonialists who continue to keep the average Canadian down with our stylish and highly polished jackboots... (which happen to be named after the Strathcona's, but you already knew that right?) Anyways, I'm not sure what your point is here. We had different uniforms for...

I suspect the drill unit at Depot will continue to insist of sharp creases leading to demand for dry cleaning :ROFLMAO:

The RCMP has been through this as well. In 1974 when the first female troops were permitted at Depot, they wore a completely different uniform with a skirt, pumps, white turtle neck and hat. Pistol and handcuffs were carried in a purse in both service and operational dress. It wasn't until 1990...

Weird. Its almost like the further we get from the Afghanistan "you will go out with the ANP, ANA and their CAF mentors and take the fight to the enemy" days of international missions, and the more we focus on "we need to send women on this mission because optics" the less interest and uptake...

So what do you propose to close that gap?

RCMP Hiring pre-requisites There is no requirement to have post secondary education in my agency. We will also hire permanent residents, so your assertion that there's some differentiation between the haves and have nots in policing is wrong, unless I've missed the point here. We help...

A good number already hold a position in the integrated units. When their municipal department calls them up and tells them they're coming home (usually after their 5 year stint is complete), they badge over immediately when promised they'll be allowed to stay. Which is great for them, and at...

There's a fair bit of anger out here where the E Division Experienced Officer Program has enjoyed a lot of success filling those kinds of jobs people work their asses off for, like ERT, CFSEU, IHIT, and FSOC, whereas career Mounties are being left to slog it out on GD For some weird...

Needed a degree to commission and I find history very interesting. Never ended up commissioning though, chose to stick around as an NCM Reservist when CFRC blew me off for the Reg Force Officer jobs I wanted. I did get pushed very hard into the degree = success camp by my parents too. But...

Fair enough. I'm not one who spends his time whining online (I say as I type out this reply), but I am part of a generation that did what I was told was right and still can't get ahead. I started working at 16, and have ever since. I've had two jobs since I was 18. I used them to pay for a...

I would like a deal similar to what my colleagues with Vancouver Police have, the city continues to pay them and they relinquish their Army pay to the city. Not looking to double dip on pay, but seeming as both my jobs pull from the same purse at the end of the day, I can't see why there...

Perfect, expand it. Then stop making me piss away an entire year's worth of leave just to take a career course.

Uh huh. Sure you are.