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Yes I am, thank you Mariomike I found the answer in that thread. Always helpful :)

*Sorry in advance if similar posts have been made before I couldn't find them/didn't know the right terms to search* Is there any policy against a caf member becoming a registered member of a federal political party? I remember that we were told in basic to not publicly express our political...

Hey guys, So I'm going on BMQ real soon (PRes), and I was just going over the kit list again to check what extra stuff do I need (i.e. non-issued, personal), and I saw that we need to bring a Kiwi kit. Thing is, we got issued desert combat boots and (what I think is) gore tex boots. None of...

I'm going on PRes BMQ next week, and got a few questions: 1- Unfortunately, I won't be available for BMQ-L this summer. Will I be able to do it part-time, before next summer? I really want to be qualified after next summer. 2- I'm joining as an ACISS, and you said that we have a longer DP1...

Sorry for digging up an old thread, it seems like rocket science on my end too. Not exactly the same situation, but I'm going on PRes full-time BMQ in a week and just got issued my BEWs. However, no one mentioned anything about inserts, nor told me what to do. For the moment, I'm assuming I can...

Pardon the vocabulary, but there were literally a sh**ton of them on shelves. At least 100 pairs. You may be still be right though. EDIT: And that's assuming that there were none placed in depth.

If it helps lighten up the situation: Just got my kit today, was (along with everyone else) issued a pair of DCB and goretex. I saw the LOTB, but they were either stored away nicely on shelves, with printed sticky labels on the heels, or still unpacked (or packed?) in boxes. So they are either...

Only saw the reply just now, Tapatalk notifications are really unstable... Wow. Thank you runormal. I didn't know the ACISS trade would be so diverse, and tac rad seems fun as hell. Hope I'll get the chances you got to participate in so many various exercises!

Sorry for digging up an old thread but I recently received the joining instructions for a PRes BMQ and there was no mention of an autobiography. Is this normal?

Thank you, I will definitely keep an open mind and hope for the best. In the meanwhile, do they issue used boots? I get athlete's foot pretty easily and it stays for at least a few months (got issued used boots in cadets, stayed for almost a year; borrowed a friend's shoes for a short gym...

Frankly, I don't know. All they gave me were my file and some (typo-ridden) joining instructions for BMQ. The bare minimum I'd say, but hey what do I know? But how bad are the issued ones? Are they as horrible as people say? I'm still in school so I'm still not sure if it's worth it (to buy...

Thanks PuckChaser! Well.... And here I was hoping my feet won't suffer in BMQ... What happens when they don't have my size? I know GP is General Purpose boots but what's DCB? Also, if I got not-very-enduring feet (i.e. If a shoe is not 100% comfortable I suffer a lot and get sore feet...

How did this thread get so far away from the original topic... I just wanted to know if they've started issuing them lol

Thank you Carbon-14, it's very detailed and finally gave me some insight into what I'm getting involved in! As for calling the unit... I can't believe I haven't thought about calling on training nights...

Thank you RADOP and PuckChaser! I'm borderline acrophobic, i.e. I do fine on a plane but on top of polls isn't exactly where I'd like to be. This is reassuring. Would you also happen to have information on what the res aciss units do? The local unit itself is unreachable by phone. Sent from...