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We're combat arms. Draw your own conclusions  ;) Combat Engineers have roles that don't involve combat, however EVERY soldier / sailor / airman / woman (airperson?) employed in the Army is a soldier first (i.e. is expected to engage in combat to at least be able to defend themselves and their...

I don't for one second pretend to be an admin expert on the ins and outs of having a second job as a RegF member, but I am sure there is a pretty big difference between moonlighting to earn extra money evenings and weekends and working full time at a civy job without being on leave from the CF.

There is no 100% be-all, end-all account to tell you how it is. Expect to spend a fair amount of time away from home and your family, so ensure you have your sh*t wired tight administratively and your family has contingency and care plans in place. You will be busy day to day, unlike some of the...

Believe it or not, that's a small part of the problem. There are a whole host of issues that have been plaguing this place for the last few years that are (hopefully) on track to being sorted. The biggest obstacle to proper fixes though isn't the near constant change in training plans (although...

Ordinarily, I would look at claims being made like this and not give them any thought past "that individual is whining because they were axed off a course". However, WRT less than stellar trg in this school, without getting into too many details, I can say with 100% certainty that substandard...

Regardless if it's a temp worker hired to instruct in FETS or the indeterminate civy teaching in CETS for years is irrelevant.  The fact of the matter is the CoC cannot fix what they haven't been told about. Had this young lad even bothered to take his 15 seconds of fame during the PRB and...

Did you and your classmates bring this to the attention of your Course NCO so that they could intervene? I can recall years ago when a math package used to be run for the 041 QL5A that they used to hire a civy teacher to conduct, we had a teacher who was less than stellar and wouldn't provide...

In theory that might make some sense, but the execution of it would result in far more cost and trouble than just having students run through the course already running. The way the OP's question is worded sounds like they are a PRes Cbt Engr. Taking into account that all PRes courses within...

Is this still hosted on DNDLearn or on DLN? If it is still DNDLearn, the proctors only have the ability to see how long you stayed logged on, how many modules / quizzes you've completed and the duration it took. I have not yet had the (dis)pleasure of monitoring DL on DLN yet, so I don't know if...

No CF pers in Mirage were paying taxes on FSP/risk/hardship. Base pay yes, those allowances, no.

Something doesn't smell right here. Your MEL says to "stay in the area for treatment." Is there anything else there, other than that? Define "the field". Your profile doesn't say what base you're at, nor do you say where the exercise is being held. If it is local (i.e. the ex is being held on...

Right. Main effort and all that. I can recall a time when getting out there and doing the do actually WAS the main effort  :'(

Absolutely. Clerks are short in supply, long in demand. They cannot all be painted with the same brush. They have to follow CF procedures, no matter how messed up they may be, just like the rest of us. And while we're taking our d*cks out and moaning about time home or lack thereof, I'll see...

There are a few (mostly remusters) but I'm curious as to why there is a distinct lack of Combat Divers doing this Combat Diver task  ???

Not impossible, but highly unlikely anyone would be conducting any training in NDHQ requiring training IEDs. Without seeing any official reporting out yet, and taking into account some of the tidbits in the articles, my spidey sense is telling me it might have been deliberately placed to check...

If you choose to ship your car, it will be done by civy veh transport company who will go over it with a fine tooth comb and check off every scratch, ding and dent prior to accepting it for tpt. Any damage done by them should be covered on the other end. FWIW, two postings ago, I had an...

The CF does not do IEDD outside of defence establishments in Canada anymore. I could be wrong, but outside 101 is not considered a DND establishment. DAOD 8000-1 sums it up pretty nicely. On another note, and I know I am being nitpicky, but disrupting something does not constitute a...

I believe that after leaving the CF, he can apply for it through VAC, but I am not 100% sure on that. I think, solely by your description, if he has not met the prereqs on the medical side for treatment, he won't be eligible. That being said, if he has been diagnosed with TBI that can be...

Time for a new "consultant?" Can the CF IRP coordinator on his base intervene and get him someone who has a clue?

For your first example, most definitely a leave pass should be required for students on initial trades training as he was leaving the geographically defined area of CFB Borden (i.e. outside the 40 or 50km mark). Ref the second instance(s), this is most likely due to the staff wanting to ensure...