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I just went throught this with my wife recently: bring proof being a military member and you'll both need to fill out some paperwork.  You end up paying for a CRA membership for your wife, but the costs are substantially less then a civilian gym (and give her access to programing, etc).  In...

First off - I'm not a recruiter and short of that most of the answers you will get are either inaccurate or a reasonable guess.  I'll try to answer the few I can. 1.  The military is a fairly bureaucratic system - some of the information is stored on databases and some of still held in the old...

To clear up possible confusion - the E or F does relate to language of instruction. It is also just as likely they are running multiple platoons at the same time, as they are capped at 40 candidates.  I went though with 2 English Platoons, and one French.  I've heard of as many as four going...

Student debt is not held against an application, unless you have been unable to make your payments.  They are more concerned with how you are handling your debt load, and is it likely to be an issue in the future (if not now). Gaps in your employment history is not a deal breaker - everyone has...

May want to check that out - while more education *may* help at the merit boards, I am not so sure a double major does.

As someone who has done BMOQ through St Jean - you will not have any time to commit to secondary tasks in general.  The first 5 weeks will be 24/7, and even afterward you will find most of your free time taken with course duties.  If they are portioning out your BMOQ into a soldier element (your...

[ Your commentary about "just X medication" and your opinions on "I don't have to take it" bring up some concerns, but I'll say what has been already said to you. As previously noted - It may disqualify you, but that is the decision of the medical staff who evaluate your application.  Just...

Remembering my own application and conversations with recruiters, both as a member and as an applicant:  In general (like when applying for most jobs), coming into a recruiting center and expecting someone to answer all your questions to your satisfaction is a two way street - if you come in...

IF he is going in for the infantry, usually they have numbers of who is going to which regiment before the end of Basic (though last minute changes do happen) and he'll be sent to one of the "regional" training centers, such as Wainwright if he is slotted for PPCLI.  He'll do more training for...

I'm not sure exactly what you are trying to ask/say.  I'm also fairly sure I'm not the only one.  Are you trying to find out if the equipment has arrived, which equipment is being allocated to which reserve units, or that you think it should be happening?

Can only really speak to the infantry trade, but I'll leave the comments generic enough for someone else to clarify if a different trade comes up. 1.  After completing basic, he can expect to be moved to the next training base for his specific trade training ( Again, usually the new private...

You're entirely correct - which is likely the reason we had only blanks and were not allowed to touch anything that we could damage (besides ourselves - which happened often).  I remember watching individuals (including myself) try to march and nap at the same time - quite a few ended up in...

Welcome - feel free to spend some time around here.  Lots of good information to be read, if you take some time to poke around.

I usually have this conversation with people thinking about joining - I usually explain it in terms of perspective. Before a "life changing" stressful event, most people exist in a spectrum of say, 1-10 in terms of how "difficult" life is.  When you go through your military training, you start...

There is no good advice - I saw all kinds of methods to "handle" sleep deprivation while on Phase three and not entirely sure how effective they were (save that everyone was exhausted and zombie-like by the end).  It will be "bad", but the question both you and the course is trying to answer is...

Will entirely depend - I had a great many questions asked and was particularly glad I prepped for them like any prospective job applicant should.  Always better to be over-prepared then under.

As with every viewpoint, there is usually a pointed (and relevant) counterpoint: http://aweinstein.kinja.com/fuck-you-im-gen-y-and-i-dont-feel-special-or-entitl-1333588443 Exerpts "You have no idea about student debt, underemployment, life-long renting. “Stop feeling special” is some shitty...

As I've been just been informed from a local, the "old" military building on Ocean Boulevard near the Esquimalt Lagoon is in the process of being taken down.  Two questions really: Was this building part of the military college (now Royal Roads University), or did it have a different purpose...

A few things to consider: 1. No one is particularly "special" to the recruiting process - unless you have a particular skill set that is highly in demand, you are likely to be listed according to your merit. You "doing a lot of things" is what most applicants do when they want to be hired; they...

Somewhat off-topic, but do you keep a running list of all (topic specific) thread listings mariomike?  or just the search button each and every time?  It seems downright uncanny.