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I'm sure that's true as well.

Alright, cool. Hopefully the mods see this and something comes out of this. Thanks, -2ndChoiceName

Cool. I know there's a lot of posts on PTSD but I couldn't find a definitive thread on the subject like, for instance, the Recruiting Process has. With regards to the soldier's home units, I thought that maybe the internet would be a better place seeing as it is anonymous and from what I have...

Disclaimer: I am not in the military, I don't have PTSD, nor do I have any psychiatric training, so please take what I have to say with a grain of salt. I genuinely just want to help. I have been perusing this forum for some time now, and something occurred to me. I don't think I have seen a...

I am currently in the application process to join the Governor General's Horse Guards, an Armoured Reconnaissance regiment based in Toronto, and I had a very similar experience. I called around and didn't receive a lot of correspondence on the behalf of the Forces. However, I simply left...

Oh, alright then, no problem, I'm done it now anyways.

Yeah, most of the questions he asked me were yes or no questions, like "have you ever done drugs" or something like that. What were the questions they asked you like? (if any of this violates the same regulations that prevent people from talking about the CFAT, someone please let me know)

Okay, I'm sorry guys, but I am applying for the Reserves, and my interview was incredibly basic. It probably didn't take more than 20 minutes and my recruiter literally asked me questions off a sheet of paper. I was prepared for a long interview where they asked me lots of personal questions...

Yep, hopefully it all works out well. I enjoyed having this little conversation with you and thank you for keeping it civil and respectful. Regards, -2ndChoiceName

Yes, but all my knowledge about firearms is almost entirely theoretical, while your experience with them is more practical application. But yes, there are most definitely civilians who know more about firearms than military members. And as for the reserves, I'm almost done the processing (only...

Yes, guns do have one base application, to cause damage to a target, but what I mean by the application used by the military is being carried for long periods of time and used more or less explicitly to train to kill or to kill people. And yes, but a lot of the stuff on this forum is just better...

Yeah, the "stay out of the weapons forums" wasn't really meant to say that civilians don't know guns, its just that most civilians don't have first-hand experience with firearms in the applications that the military uses them. And as for the arguing, it's meant to say that if someone says...

Thanks, MSEng314, You pretty much got it right on. Number one, that's basically what I meant, talk less listen more. The weapons forums, I just feel like that forum probably gets a lot of pointless posts because the guns and weapons is usually where there is a lot of misinformation and a lot of...

Thanks everyone for the positive response! If you can think of anything else to add just post it here and I'll edit the Original Post to include them. :) -2C

The bad part about this subforum is that none of the senior members are on it, and aren't here to give their approval or answers to the junior members, so this forum is basically just a bunch of newbies asking each other if they know anything. Oh well.

Hello, I am a relatively new member on this forum, and I thought I would share a checklist of things for new members to do on this forum, and especially members who are not in the Forces, like me. These are things I have gathered from reading, making a few mistakes first hand, and checking out...

Just finished "The Deserter's Tale", by Joshua Key.

Cool, thanks for your input.

Hello everyone, I recently passed my CFAT (did very well) and Physical (did average), and have my interview and medical scheduled within the month. I was wondering if it would be a good idea to contact my prospective unit's recruiter to let him know how I did and where I am in the process. I...

Yeah, I didn't mean keep us posted as in "stay on bbc.com 24/7", but more of a friendly "if you hear anything...." Sorry, -2C