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The blood is for pregnancy if you are a woman or person with a uterus, and also for your blood type so they can put it on your dog tags and ID card. The vaccines will depend on your vaccination record. If you show up with everything up to date, you might get 1 or 2 more (like meningococcal which...

Did they tell you it was closed when you applied? or you heard it was closed like halfway through your process? You could have been selected for that position, which could have led to one less position.

personally I would trust a recruiter over random strangers ont he internet with potentially no access to recruiting targets (I know I don't).

You likely won't become a Cpl until after your trade training. While it's great that you hav your civvy paramedic qualification, there is also some military suff you need to learn. Tactical field care, care under fire, prolonged field care - lots of things that you wouldn't do civvy side unless...

sorry had to fix a word - I wrote media but meant MEDICAL

Medics all need secret clearance to work in the clinic. I figured it had to do with the fact that health info is Pro B. I figured civilian RNs would need the same.

Yes they need security clearance. They need secret I believe as all media info is considered Protected B.

what does this mean?

Your age means very little in this case - you can apply to join until age 56, depending on the contract.

Absolutely. I just meant they will be Reg F, making their Cpl pay until they graduate and are promoted to 2Lt or Lt (or navy equivalent).

Adding to this - if you go to RMC after making Cpl in the reserves, you won't be in the reserves anymore. RMC is intended for Reg F/ROTP. Regardless, getting paid to go to school is a step ahead of your civvy counterparts.

You can be a naturalized citizen. You can apply for citizenship when you move to a new country, which when successful would make you both a citizen AND an immigrant.

And after a certain length of time they can apply to become citizens. Not everyone who moves to a new country wants to become a citizen of that country, especially since some countries won't allow you to retain your original citizenship.

There was a Johnson in my section but they deployed

Umm… not all of us have johnsons to play with… will these be issued?