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It's hard to say.  First I think the Air Force needs to define, "work."

How was my statement incorrect?  Under what circumstance would CAF service NOT be pensionable service?  Or are you quibbling over the fact that I said "years" instead of "days?"  I'm aware that annuities are actually calculated based on precise numbers of days, but most people think in terms of...

Correct.  The way it was explained to me when I bought my Reserve time was that although my pension would be based on my total pensionable service, I would still have to complete my Terms of Service in order to avoid a penalty (reduction in annuity).  They referred to it as pensionable time...

Agreed.

True, but not everyone wants to be an officer and some make the transition better than others.  A lot of former chiefs can't get past the fact that they are no longer chiefs and can't handle the fact that junior officers don't get the same level of respect that chiefs do.

Are you sure the MPs have their own mess?  They may have a club, but a club is not a mess.  As a general rule, Regular Force locations will only have one mess per rank group.  There are many exceptions of course, but these are mostly for specific historic or administrative reasons (e.g. combined...

Not entirely true.  There are several factors, but if one serves a full career, there is a good possibility that your pension will not be any better than that of someone in a standard pay trade.  The difference between standard and specialist pay is biggest at the lower ranks and actually...

NO!  All the money in the world means squat if you're miserable and hate your job.  If occupations with specialist pay interest you, then by all means apply for those and I wish you the best of luck.  However, NEVER choose an occupation simply because of the pay.  You have to enjoy what you're...

Be careful with the terms you use.  A "full pension" is not defined anywhere in the appropriate documents.  Any pension that has not been reduced (e.g. due to breaking terms of service, marital breakup) could be described as a "full pension" as you would get everything you are entitled to based...

Keep in mind that people who complain, tend to be louder than those who are happy.  For every horror story you hear in the news about how badly a veteran has been treated or how a serving member has been screwed over, I'm willing to bet that there are hundreds more stories that could be told of...

The civilian university option for ROTP has always been a second choice.  In other words, candidates first have to be accepted into the ROTP.  THEN, if there are not enough spaces at the military college(s) to meet that year's intake requirement, the overflow can be sent to civilian schools.  It...

I've been in the Navy for over 35 years.  I know a lot about boats - enough to know that I never want to own one....

Place your tongue between your teeth and then hit yourself on the top of the head!

Hmm, with a willingness to drive around in a car loaded with gasoline filled containers, I sense a Darwin Award in the making...

Not that anyone's counting, but in  219 days, I hit the equivalent of 35 years.  One of the smartest things I did was to buy back my Reserve service (298 day's worth), which means I can retire with a  maximum pension about ten months earlier than I otherwise could have.  I'm looking forward to...

Whenever folks scream about how top heavy an organization is, they tend to look at the past, in our case generally to WWII.  Furthermore, they often seem to look at essentially an army model based on number of subordinates (e.g. generals command armies, lieutenant generals command corps, etc). ...

I asked a legal officer about this once.  Essentially, it boils down to this:  a civilian cannot give a military member a lawful command.  However, the military chain of  command can order CAF personnel to follow the direction of their civilian "superiors."  This is essentially what happens. ...

You should turn in what you have, but the loss report should explain in detail what happened.  There is no way you should (or actually can) be held accountable for the cost of the entire kit.  See the above posts.  Your CO cannot order you to pay anything (although he can ask nicely).  You...

Absolutely disgraceful.  Not only is it insulting for the CAF to be "Americanizing" it's uniform, it also doesn't say much about the intelligence of our allies, that they can't figure out other nations' rank insignia.

The bottom line is that no one can be ordered to buy drinks for anyone else, regardless of customs or mess "rules."  In fact, even pressuring someone to buy a round, could turn into harassment if you're not careful.  Social custom is fine, but don't get too wrapped up in it.  You have no idea...