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Shortbus: Yes, a friend of mine who is a Cpl in the QYRang‘s was offered a jump course. Unfortunately, because of work commitments, he wasn‘t able to go. Although we are both customs officers, the unit he was assigned to does not look favourably upon extended absences, as it is a smaller...

There is some logic to cross-training, but only if the skills are applicable or will be used. I don‘t think they train the SAS to drive tanks or fire artillery either, rather they offer a wide variety of skills related to how they get into a combat area, and what they do once they‘re there. If...

"Airborne" is a bit more common for reservists, and it will all depend on if your regiment has any slots available to them at CPC in Trenton, where the jump courses are. It used to be that only QOR‘s got jump courses, but now there‘s a wider variety of units being sent, even armd recce.

Shortbus, as a quicker general rule: "Calibre" refers to imperial measurement, such as .223 or .303 or .45 (the decimal inches). "mm" is metric measurement, such as 5.56mm, 7.62mm, 9mm, etc. The trend with military arms and ammunition is to use metric, as it is the international standard. In...

Diemaco doesn‘t make a C9... at least not the ones I‘ve used. They‘re still made by FN Herstal in Belgium.

I believe at minimum you must have "no outstanding obligations to the courts". However, there may be limitations depending on what your record is for. CFRC will have the answers. But in general, yes you CAN join the CF with a criminal record, under many circumstances.

GregC, we need better cooks, man! j/k... There are plenty of Combat Support and Combat Service Support trades that are essential to the effectiveness of the military as a whole. Many of these trades will allow you to learn skills that would be hard or expensive to get trained in outside of the...

There is NO reason, NONE whatsoever, to be cleaning a loaded weapon. Period. Anyone who does is manifestly unsafe and asking for a negligent discharge to happen. A soldier who manages to shoot himself in barracks within days of arriving in a theatre of conflict under the circumstances...

RHF... I remember that. It wasn‘t a problem, we rigged up some bungee cord in my mod tent to do the trick. I don‘t see how a sandbag falling from the mod tent corner could injure someone who wasn‘t goofing around or not paying basic attention to their own personal safety, but ... I like how...

My personal opinion is that a unionized army would be more effective and in greater need in a country where military service was mandatory. If they MAKE you serve, then you should have some say in the conditions under which you serve. We have a volunteer army, and our conditions are not...

This is getting OT, but just to clear a few things up... The Crown is the state, the state is the Crown. Ministers (the word means "servant") act in the name of the Crown. For their work, they are paid a salary out of Crown funds. All of the revenue belongs to the Crown. Once upon a time...

What Infanteer means is "good luck". My brief input: PT - Do your best. But standards are standards. CFAT - This is a piece of cake, and if you are looking for infantry as a trade, you do not need to do spectacularly well anyway. Get some rest, don‘t worry, and relax. Interview - Don‘t...

I‘m going to weigh in on this not because I know what‘s going on with the homeless at FYA, but because my prior job had me in contact with homeless people quite often. I worked security a few years back at an office tower/mall complex in downtown Toronto. I saw many homeless come through the...

Dominas, you are partly right! It WAS Rowdy Roddy Piper. But the movie was "They Live", a horrible 80‘s (1988 to be exact) B-movie with the very worst acting and soundtrack ever, that decade. "I have come here to do two things: Chew bubble gum, and kick ***. I am all out of bubble gum!"...

aries85, from my limited, two-years‘ experience as a reservist, I can say that everybody must do the same initial training, depending on the occupation they choose. Once you have completed the minimum, and have earned your Private‘s hooks, you can take course as they are offered to you, when...

I don‘t think there would be a problem, but you would have to do some courses for sure. I don‘t know if you‘d keep your rank or not. A friend of mine went from reserve army MP to reserve air force technician (of some description), took a few months and he had to do some courses. Expect a file...

I‘m throwing out a thought here, but I believe the CADPAT, like most of the rest of your issued kit, belongs to the Queen until such time as it is disposed of and declared surplus. If it belongs to the Queen, then by definition, it doesn‘t belong to you, and you cannot sell it on eBay - because...

I don‘t mind sharing that I am not particularly a "knife guy" and under normal circumstances couldn‘t care less for them, but "on duty" I carry more than one. I carry a 3" folding Cold Steel, attached to paracord, in my right pocket. This is my main work knife, and I‘ve used to from everything...

I was just discussing this yesterday with a police officer friend of mine. We agreed that the fundamental difference is that police are trained to use less-lethal force options, and their mandate is only to take life is the extremest of circumstances, when it is totally unavoidable. A soldier...

A Sgt in my regt just did finished a WO‘s course last spring, and it was at Gagetown. He said it was a real work out (the field portion, anyway. He went on to use his new-found skills as a PL WO, and I think he figured he‘d get a break from that during Stalwart Guardian, but he continued as PL...