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Thanks a lot! So I basically just contact the CF Ombudsman with my issue and they will help me take it from there?

I've already sent an email to the technician who did my original exam, I just wanted to see if anyone else had a similar situation to which they had an answer. On that note, is there anyone else who I should try and contact? Like the officer in charge or should he be able to give me an answer?

Hello there, In my medical exam, the technician found I have heart palpitations. So he sent a letter to me doctor who, after having Bloodwork and an ECG done, cleared me for the irregular heartbeat. Unfortunately, she put on the form that I also have elevated levels of thyroxin which is...

That sounds hectic! I'd better do some real hard thinking about whether this is something I really want to do. Lucky me I'm not thinking of doing it any time soon and I still have time. Thanks everyone for your information.

Yikes, that sounds nothing like what I was thinking of. After you've done your three years in one spot, can you stay there if you wish or do you have to be moved?

Cool, I'm getting lots of info I didn't expect to, but I appreciate all of it! Are RCMP officers usually sent to places in pairs or alone? And do they ride alone or in partners now? I've heard that some police agencies stopped putting two officers in each cruiser. I'm quickly finding out a lot...

I'm considering the RCMP several years down the road, so the reserve stuff isn't an issue anyways. Believe it or not, that's one of the things that appeals to me most about the RCMP. I think it's a great opportunity to see different parts of Canada and I think I would really enjoy policing a...

I am considering a career with the RCMP, and from my research I can see that if was to go that route, I would likely spend my first 3 years out of the Depot in some sort of rural community. I was just wondering how they are often received in those areas. I can see them not being treated with...

I didn't, mainly because I was focused on the animal aspect of the idea, not the individual vehicle/method of locomotion. That is an excellent idea and probably one with more merit than horsies.

About halfway through all this, I thought about bicycles but decided not to post it.

Aren't most bases situated near civilian populations? Old Sweat, what is your latter course? I'm confused as to what you're saying with this, are you saying that patrolling would be too much for most horses and that it's better to rent horses from local farmers or what? Also, I think we've...

Firstly, let me just state that I'm not trying to get this idea put in the same category as Peter Dow's CATAMARAN, I am as skeptical about this as most of you but I still find this discussion interesting. Does that 200+ pounds include the ruck? Because I was thinking of using them on the...

To save the troops' energy until they actually have to fight.

I was thinking less about using animals to pack gear and more about using them on fighting patrols. I agree with you that now with planes, helicopters and other vehicles pack animals are mostly obsolete.

Well. Apparently now I have ingenuity comparable to that of a military think tank! I don't know whether that should make me happy or sad.....

Sorry Loachman, OPI? I'm not good with acronyms.

That Grey's Scout's article is interesting, why do you think it hasn't been implemented in other areas? And yes, milnet, that's what motivated me to post in the first place, if I didn't know that it had been done on a small scale a la US SOF during the invasion of Afghanistan I probably would've...

I'm not 100% sure this goes here, but this concept seemed a little too ridiculous to put in any of the legit forums. I was reading Ryan Flavelle's "The Patrol", and it occurred to me that they were doing a whole lot of walking. Then I got the somewhat ridiculous idea of them acquiring local...

I'll see if the royal york's ballroom is available :P

This is pretty cool actually. :D Thanks guys for doing this.