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More than that. They are now insisting that pers sort out billing by other means - eg. three months of payments by cheque mailed to the appropriate department. Significant admin hassle; don't expect the details to be clear, quick and easy.

Class A reservists do not have automatic coverage for non-service-related injuries. To the best of my knowledge, the only such benefit that class A receives is 90% dental. Plenty of reservists don't know about it, and its possible that OR clerks may not either if they've never handled it...

Iirc when I was in Gagetown about fifteen years ago, there was a member who held municipal-level office.

There are reserve trades that are more likely than others to be tasked on the exercises of other units; Signals and Medics come to mind. In the past, there have been more requests for these support positions than there have been personnel willing to fill them. It depends on your trade, your...

Iirc from when I released several years ago, there are limitations on how much can be charged to the member for missing kit, in terms of a proportion of the full cost and an absolute cap.  I was charged between $50-$60 for windpants. RQ had me wait out a week, re-confirm that I couldn't find...

Which has never happened at CFSCE, say after Standards declared a disciplinary action unjustified. "Oh, he's not being disciplined. We just tasked him with duty for a couple weekends, as his name just happened to come in rotation."

That's number of houses sold compared to last year, rather than decline in money that changed hands in any given transaction, right?

FTFY

That battleschool shuts down until the powers that be recognize the seriousness of the problem and deal with it.

Are you certain about that? The name of the degree coming out of an engineering school varies from school to school. UBC and Waterloo give a Baccalaureate of Applied Science. Carleton gives a Baccalaureate of Engineering UofA gives a Baccalaureate of Science I'd understand if the program was...

There are degrees of screwed up. Its much worse than it was. Sickness in the sig op trade did not help either tac comms or strategic comms at the end of the day, and that was an issue. MES broke LCIS and lineman without fixing that at all. Agreed. It was not just the school. 1 HQ & Sigs, in...

I think the Waffen-SS are well past their best before date. You're proposing an effectively expendable unit of western-equipped and -controlled forces whose welfare folks wouldn't give a damn about?

.303 is better at stopping polar bears than 5.56.

And while the pay to go, pay to come back story might have had legs today, this one doesn't. The branch is screwed up, MES screwed it up further, but its not concrete enough for anyone to care. A combat arms guy might give a damn if his sigs support is compromised, but making a tech have to be...

Why would the media care? A couple decades back, there was a brilliant batch of leading change bubbles that saw the Dental Corps downsized. Along with gutting the support trades, DO positions were replaced with civilian contractors and early retirement offers abounded. It would be more...

He actually gave his resignation in fall 2013, and agreed to stay through that training year.

Squad two of "shoulder-golf clubs"?

(Ninja'd by EITS' second post. I whole-heartedly second his comments.) It is the primary means of training troops for cardiovascular fitness, which means stamina, which means fitness for the field. If you have very strong cardio that you train by other means, great. Your biggest problems are...

They are interesting to work with. Here's a map and list of patrols. Clicking on the locations should give an idea if there are spots available.

Short answer, you'll be a target. Cardio is important for the field. If you can't keep up, you're ineffective. For PT, running generally equals cardio. Staff will identify you as weak, and it will be difficult for them to help you succeed. Try to help them help you by getting cardio and showing...