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Duke Wookilar of Annapolis..... I don't know George, I kind of like the sound of that  ;D edit: new email from PSP...pic shows the medal on the left. Lady suitably dressed in black  ::)

bahaha I was thinking mine would react the same. In all seriousness, we've had a number of discussions over the years as to how to "properly" recognize the spouse's (and family's) contribution..when my OC gave her her roses at my DWD I loudly whispered that she was allergic and the poor guy...

Well sir....know I really know what I think of it. I hadn't put it in that kind of context.

After 2+ decades, I have to agree. I have to say, especially as a (I would like to think) fairly forward thinking, out-side the paper box admin type, I have never been so disappointed in a particular set of gears in the great machine we call the CAF. My pension was delayed by almost 5 months...

(mods, please move if there is a better sub-board for it...not that you need my permission or anything lol) Has anyone seen this: Custom Commemorative Family Medal from Canex...

Morally, I think it stinks. But I may be biased  [:D However, fiduciary-ily speaking, as the government of the day, I don't think they really have a choice. If this goes through, it is going to cost the country $billions over time for a relatively small portion of the populace. As Lightguns...

I read, and listened to, the Ombudsman's recommendations (on As It Happens last night), but from my experience there are a few issues with the procedures he is recommending. One is how VAC/SISIP deal with files when we transition out. When I released, I was trying to go back to school. My...

Have to add, Maj (Ret'd) Campbell is a stand up guy (no pun intended so none of you smartasses out there...) so I'll take his word for it. Note, the lawsuit is still on, so he obviously feels there is more to be done. As for SISIP/ELB: SISIP is not regarding the top-up to be income, and...

Just spoke to my Manulife case manager: Manulife will not be reducing their payments due to any increase in ELB payments from VAC. The founding SISIP docs state that "all sources of income" will be used in the calculation of any top up amount to 75%, but SISIP is not regarding the increase by...

Blackwatch, do you think the low freq hum is from the maskers themselves (themself? That doesn't look right ..anyway) or are they not quite the right frequency for you? I'm waiting for my appt with the audiologist to try some out. The bluetooth would be handy as I do a lot of driving. Thanks.

Brihard, thanks for the details. Nice to know what is going on in the background. It mostly goes unseen and swallowed by the sound and fury of the 30 second sound bites. I have to agree on the sentiment re: pensions. We are talking about a great deal of money after all, combined with value...

Aye there's the most important part right there. My advice, to everyone, take Chap 21 with you when you see your Dr's (or whatever chapter you are dealing with for that matter). For things to go quickly, let alone relatively smoothly, it needs to be in their language, which is not medical...

I've been dealing with VAC for 17 years now, for 8 separate injuries. I have found that now that I am out, the processing has generally slowed down. From my experience, in speaking with my Voc Rehab case manager, a lot of that delay comes in with dealing with a multitude of civilian medical...

Nice work. I've been trying to figure out my own differences. I'm currently sitting at 47% (with 1 departmental review and 1 appeal in process) with three injuries currently under 5% each (1, 1 and 3 lol) with 2 of those processed under the old system. While I was lucky and had a brilliant...

One of the biggest things is the part about "They are not subject to automatic removal from the member's conduct sheet after one year." (actual charges and such get removed after a while) They stay forever. Now, as MCG says, if that matters or not depends on the current unit and supervisor. I...

I'm getting these clowns' ad's popping up in my newsfeed as well. Never clicked on it as I just assumed they were trying to sell me an offensive t-shirt. It's certainly not the first time we have seen something like this and with the total immersion of social media connected culture in the...

meh I don't know. This is a report on the past, the current gov't could care less as it will only become more fodder for "See how badly Harper treated vets!" There are going to be a lot of moving parts in VAC, for the next 6-12 months especially, as new people get (re)hired, offices (re)open...

Very few cases though really as many of the "newly" injured (for lack of better classification) are quite young and while their DA payments may have been higher % wise, those payouts wouldn't even come close to the life-time amount given their life expectancy. Of course this is all...

I'm afraid that's not something any of us can comment on specifically; it just changes from year to year. I didn't go anywhere for the first 8 years of my career and then I wasn't home for the next 7. Our rate of deployment relies so heavily on federal government budget/policy and the current...

So, if the ELB is raised to 90%, what about SISIP? Can you "opt-out" of SISIP and proceed directly to VAC?