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Be careful with the use of the word "WOG"  I was in Australia once near a bunch of Gurkhas and one of our troops inadvertently used the word WOG.  They took great offense to the term.  We may use the term to describe someone in the rear ech, but everywhere else in the world it is as bad as any...

A signing bonus of up to $40,000 may be offered to Engineering applicants.  This can be taken away at anytime if the shortage in these occupations are filled.  Check with a CFRC for up to date info.  Another interesting point, if you have received any subsidy from the CF, you may not be eligible...

When you apply for a component transfer, your unit orderly room has to get your paperwork to a CFRC.  You have just become their lowest priority because you are a lost number to them.  They have paid for your training up to that date and don't want to lose you from their effective strength. ...

Lets figure out where the wait is.   An applicant has to fill out the "mountains of forms" correctly.   An application form and screening and consent form are hardly mountains.   An ROTP applicant has one more form to add to this mountain.   An applicant who has less than ten years residency in...

Be careful with the camera, don't take pictures of things that might haunt you in the future.

How are you going to fix the problem?  I suggest that those people who are having a problem with the recruiting system seek avenues of redress.  If enough people complain to the right office, it might get fixed.

pbi has some good points, but, if you look at the amount of money Veterans Affairs is paying out to todays "Veterans," you probably would be a little gun shy too, If I were running the show, I would also be careful that I didn't take in someone with an existing med problem and then pay them a...

No, in other words, it has been my experience that if you can sing, you ain't running fast enough.

20 Years in the Infantry and I haven't sung a note, I was trying to keep up.  If you can sing, you ain't running fast enough.

Call the recruiting centre and see what they suggest.  1-800-856-8488

Justin I would suggest that you hold off buying anything big untill you reach a Battalion.  Weekends off could be spent doing laundry and catching up from the previous week.  When I went through QL3 one of the guys went home on a weekend and came back with his car, our Platoon WO took his keys...

Does the CAT1 medical ensure that you can safely fly fighter aircraft or is it geared more for commercial pilots who will not face the same physical stresses as a pilot in a fighter aircraft?

Are you sure the letter forms are not on the disk?  Is it the disk with the application on it?  Yes, two standard letters of reference are still required.

If you are going to a civilian University and are acepted into the ROTP, your pensionable time start then.  Your obligitory service starts after you graduate from flight school.

Why not try ROTP once you get into university?

DVessey I should have been more specific, I was asking BradM.

If you are applying to a reserve unit, ask the Recruiter for that unit what occupations they have available.

I have some questions for you.  What year are you in?  What is your degree program?  What occupation are you interested in?

You will have to submit a new application.  Call the unit and ask.

You might be considered for enrollment if you where a doctor and licensed to practice medicine in Canada, if you where an F18 Hornet pilot, that sort of thing.