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We all know that laser vision correction is currently disqualifying for pilot candidates, but a personal situation has recently made the situation a little more important to me. This document - http://www.toronto.drdc-rddc.gc.ca/medical/visreq_e.html - is the only thing I can find anywhere on...

At RIMPAC '04 two guys came back to the ship naked because they went skinnydipping at some beach and had their clothes stolen.  Why two guys were skinnydipping, it was never established, but it was funny as hell for everyone aboard up to and including CO, XO and 'swain.  And I actually have tons...

This is now, at least, quantifiably incorrect, if we go by the sonar world.  You have to be a real, real shitstorm not to pick up your 3 year killicks in Halifax, whereas the number of advances over the past year on the West Coast number two to my memory, and they were by a whole four months. ...

A press release from the submarine's manufacturer wouldn't be at all biased, would it? In a war situation the waterspace would be flooded with so much low frequency active (LFA) sonar that you could walk to Hawaii on dead dolphins and AIP submarines. The moral is that you will never get the...

Okay, here's MY biggest hot button issue: Posting sick, lame, lazy and whiners into legitimate shore billets while those of us who are healthy, do a good job, and don't bitch get to stay at sea for at least twice as long. I'm sure I'll come off as bitter, but could nonetheless rattle off a...

No, they gave back the section of parking lot they were using for storage quite some time ago, so parking is back to normal.  I've never not been able to find a spot, and even use the same spot pretty much every day.  As long as a guy doesn't roll in at 0745 expecting a great spot, it's not a...

To be a little pedantic: V3 unrestricted for all but ANAV, which is V3 restricted (-2 sphere, if memory serves.  It's on the DRDC site anyway).  Pilot has a bunch of quid pro quo and caveats and whatever, but all apply to currently or previously serving pilots so aren't of concern (down to V4 if...

I didn't own a car for my first two years in Victoria.  Transit is very, very good there, particularly compared to Halifax.  The city is much more compact and easier to navigate.  If you really want it easy, you can get a place in Esquimalt itself and walk to work, or bike, whatever.  Weather...

I'm going to guess that you mean reg force, in which case the initial traingin would be: 1.  Basic military training, 10 or 13 weeks or whatever it is now, probably in St. Jean, Quebec 2.  On to your QL3 training, which is basic trades training.  It's not very long for stewards, on the order...

Well, the fact that they rarely go to sea (only one is able, the others are years away - Chicoutimi in 2012) is a big downer for a lot of guys.  The perception that they are unsafe is another one.  The rumor now is that pay for submariner Leading Seaman will approach $95,000 per year due to a...

You've got to be (well, on paper) QL5 qualified and a Leading Seaman (CPL) to go to submarines.  I don't know how it will be in four or five years when you're at that stage, but if you were at that level right now you'd be snapped up immediately.  They're running a basic sub course right now...

On the ship you appear to be able to wear any kind of boot you want so long as it's black.  Plenty of guys wear those mesh-sided jungle boots, others buy American ones at the NEX in Diego or Pearl.  They're not approved walking-out wear, obviously, and it's not a policy I'd encourage you to push...

This is really odd because the Sonar school was putting through 5 or 6 QL3 courses a year not too long ago, with at least three in-house at a time, maybe four?  Now, I think they're set to run just one QL3 course this year as far as I know, whereas they are going to run four QL5As, overlapping. ...

Oops, you missed QL5b.  It's a prerequisite for Master Seaman, in the sonar world at least.  I'm not even sure if you can be made an acting-lacking Master without your 5b, but there haven't been enough courses run through for it to be an issue yet, though.  And, being loaded on it is a matter of...

The Mk.50 completed its production run years ago (1996 according to Janes UWS) and is being phased out.  It's dangerous to store anywhere due to the oddball propulsion system.  It was also ridiculously expensive - it was developed during the Baroque period of the Cold War after all (the mid...

There are a couple of very tall guys on my ship - anything up to 6'5" is small compared to these guys, so being tall is no big deal.  6'4" is about the height at which you may need to get shirt extensions - it's no big deal, but once they are on your shirts go down to your knees!  They never...

Man I can't see it happening that fast.  There are a number of pretty big issues that I haven't heard solutions for yet, like, how is the Combat Division going to be organized now?  Just add a "Junior Operator" section, or reorganize the whole thing?  Let alone coming up with a standard QSP that...

It's more complex than that.  The schools may be full at the moment, they may be taking a cycle or two off, maybe there aren't quite enough instructors, or maybe they are going to be implementing the amalgamated "ops room trade" right away here - which would blow my mind, that happening so...

Our DDs are now in fact DDGs, post-TRUMP.  They were built as DDHs.  DDG-283 HMCS ALGONQUIN is what the ball caps on the one out here say.

Very basically, from OS to AB in 30 months, AB to LS in 48 months (although that can be advanced or accelerated depending on your performance).  Anything after that is not time dependent, but is instead qualification and performance based, although you need at least two PERs to be considered for...