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You mean to give free rides to visiting Col and Generals?

I think at that time the ACS pass rate was higher and the PFT pass rate was much lower. It seems they use the ACS to weed more people before they start the training process, and those that go on to PFT have pass rates in the 80% range  (based on talking to about a half dozen guys that recently...

The reserves have a real retention problem that makes this a difficult plan. You get a guy join right out of high school, does the part time thing for 4-5 years while he goes to college, but by the time he is fully trade qualified he is probably a year or two max from releasing. That problem...

Had a nav buddy that said you need to be about hobbit height to work well in that airframe :P

Interesting. I can definitely see how that would benefit the "here's 5 simple tasks, now do them the same time" juggling that goes on!

Honestly if they are just sitting on their hands waiting for ACS after putting in their recruiting application, maybe it's not the best job for them. From the time I started my application to the time I got to ACS I was researching, practicing, self testing and learning. Even now prior to PFT...

It was in the sims, unfortunately they're not ours right now. There's a reason why rocket artillery is still a thing.

Nothing has to be perfectly exact. Virtually everything will be multiple choice or a whole number. You want to be really quick because you'll pretty much never have enough time to answer everything. So the goal is to answer as much as you can as quickly as you can. 130-104 =26. 26 is half of 52...

Faced off with a "near peer" adversary with large amounts (ie more than we have) of heavy self propelled guns will effectively decimate our ability to put out offensive/counter battery fire. As seen on some recent simulations.

A bit cynical, but none-the-less accurate. I remember a nice bit of renovations and construction at CFS St. John's right up to the day they flattened the place and made an armories.

Certainly you probably know more than anyone else here. If I gave you $150 million to buy your own, which would you have (and no the Raptor is not an option :P)?

Exactly.

Agreed, but it happened and is done now.

Seems a bit wasteful to close down a campus they just spent 200 million renovating only to open another campus somewhere else.

I don't know anything really about Infantry Officer training, however my interaction with most infantry officers is that they do a good job with the leadership side of things. That said, that's only really one trade. There's still a lot to be desired.

Mainly because the officer corps as a whole seems lacking from my POV. There seems to be a general lack of understanding of administrative procedures as well (which is understandable since SNCO's learn them over years of experience). Everything from leadership, to administrative and...

That has been the best suggestion I've heard. RMC has been a lackluster academic institution for a long time. Per student the cost is double other universities and it rates pretty low on academics. Personally I'd think the best way forward is everyone gets their degrees from better...

Answer on this came back.. Actually according to CBI 204, you at a minimum get the nearest but not less than IPC compared to your previous pay (doesn't matter if it was WSE or not) but then also get a top up of the difference between base and IPC 1, and then the nearest IPC for that becomes the...

I get that people joining up must be prepared to be away from home for extended periods, it's definitely part of the job. However, just because the CAF can do that and military members need to be prepared for it, doesn't mean that the CAF should exercise that authority wantonly. The guy did a 8...

I'm just happy I don't have to wear a beret and blouse my pants anymore. Everything else is just gravy!