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Holy cow....what is the average size of a Mako? I don't know if anyone saw this one show on discovery during shark week....they did a show on the hunting abilities of Great White sharks.  They actually swim straight up under their prey, and jump clear out of the water.  I was flicking through...

hmmm....never did cadets.  Went straight to reserves, 744 Communication Regiment, Vancouver, BC side note: hey Franko, if you see Desrochers, tell him Cpl Gill says hi.  And, too bad about Pet.....I personally, am not a fan!

  Well, thinking private was Pvt, is an honest mistake, as I do believe that is the American abbreviation.  Too many war movies for you.    And, I think just about everyone who joins is a little taken aback by the pronounciation of Lieutenant, it took a bit to get used to, but then I learned...

Holy, I...wow.   I thought shark attacks were extremely rare.....but the second in 5 days?

  As my chief clerk reminds us on a far too constant basis, "when it comes to CF98, it's better slightly late than never."  You don't want to end up incapable of working due to an injury 10 years down the road and not be able to be compensated for it because you didn't fill out that stupid...

Well no, I didn't mean to imply that, I simply meant it as a suggestion.  If that is what they want, then what's the extra legwork to achieve it?

That's a shame........too bad he doesn't realize that without the sacrifices of our brothers in arms....there would be no education *whistles innocently* ;D

There's always the option of joining the engineers as an NCM, have them help you get through school (up to $2000/year in the reserves....although I think there was recently a change to the program, you'd have to look it up if you're interested), and then commission from the ranks, because don't...

Hmmm, an interesting thought.  I agree with Pieman, a fund seems somewhat inconceivable, but, at the same time, so did the airplane at one time.  The petition idea is however well within reach of anyone in Canada, and as a soldier it's nice to hear sometimes that people care enough to want to do...

My unit just had it's christmas dinner over the weekend.....and for the first time the new privates without DEUs wore combats....now call me old fashioned, but I find that to be a load of crap.  This is only my opinion, I think it should be suit and tie for males, and appropriate long skirt and...

hmmm....career day.....I don't think those exist.....too many security problems.....??? the only thing I could suggest is maybe talking to the recruiter at 744, who is Cpl Kluczinsky. 

Maybe you'll agree with me, maybe you won't, but I don't think it would really matter what vehicle they chose....it's what they do with it afterwards to adapt it to military use.  No civy vehicle can be taken off the street and put offroad for military use, it will break.  Which is what I've...

Being a Sig Op can be extremely rewarding.  I've been on support ex's for medics, engineers, MPs, infantry, armoured, and every time you learn something new.  Not to mention the opportunities for taskings and major ex's like Cougar Salvo, Active Edge or a big western ex is Ex Seahawk down in...

Okay, for starters, if you want to get a feel for a RegF sig op's day, I wouldn't stop by 744.  I've been with the unit for almost 4 years, and have worked with a few reg force units during that time, and I can honestly say that they are very much opposite.  When you go to a res training...

Hmmmmm, maybe I've completely lost my mind, but when I was in Kingston this past summer, I remember hearing one of the Comms Research guys talking about how Res EW is now an actually Comms Squadron???  If anyone knows why I would have heard that, please clarify or confirm, and if confirming, add...

Now, you may or may not take this with a grain of salt.   I am a Res Sig Op Cpl currently, and what you do after your courses is entirely dependant on you.   Over the summer I was staff on the BSOC phase III, and wow, you can tell right off the bat who will make a good officer, and who has...

HAHAHAHA    Don't even get me started, the clock isn't even a clock.   IF you want a clock, you have to reset it every time you get in the darn thing, as it has a power switch, which resets the vehicle every time you turn it on or off.   Although, I will tell you, the A/C is a godsend when...

From what I've been told, only the primary reserves are getting the milcots (silverado).   As a comms unit out west, we have radio config'd milcots, and soon a line config'd one. As for the comment about Humvees being better than Lltis, obviously you've never driven one overseas....Lltis won't...

The reserves are getting the Milcot, which is a "militarized" chevy silverado.   Personally, I find it to be a giant hunk of crap....we can't take it off hardpack, which is useless to us out west.   I've heard many good things about the G-wagon that the regs have, based on use of the milcot, I...