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Thanks! I wasn't aware of the significance of the 26th of May. But yes - Sunday parades are always a gong show, especially at the end of the training year. We usually do our smoker on the Saturday.

I noticed it's a Wednesday. Maybe this is to allow various reserve units to do it on a training night as opposed to setting up a dedicated day for it at stand-down time? Although yes, the 26th being a Sunday would have allowed it to not only be an all day event with a day of practice prior, but...

My chain of command has been very supportive of me needing to take a night off and understand that due to having two young kids, weekend exercises aren't likely to happen for me at this time. They are also more than happy to give me extra class A days outside of the normal Wednesday nights by...

When I was going through the process/received my award in 2011 I was told if I wanted one, just to get the MIR to prescribe one and VAC will pay. But they also fully attributed my tinnitus to service (I was able to pinpoint to specific incidents). Maybe they've changed things?

Absolutely. I filed for both and was approved for the maximum for tinnitus but reject altogether for hearing loss (I'd have to check the reason why). I never went with a masker or a hearing aid. I notice the tinnitus, but it doesn't keep me awake at night or distract me. When the ambient nose is...

You can get tinnitus maskers which are actually a little smaller than hearing aids and will basically cancel out that high pitched whine. The way it was explained to me is that tinnitus will show as hearing loss at specific frequencies; or at least hearing loss at specific frequencies tends to...

I don't have any links or references, but for a VPS the most common method is a V-formation, usually with five members. Search commander is in the middle, usually on the road/path and then two searchers on each side. The tips of the V will be furthest out from the culvert and the first to get...

I picked up a number of movies, TV series and documentaries at an HMV in London years ago. All of the Blu-rays were region free, unlike the DVDs. Apparently many Blu-rays are released without region coding.

When I was applying I was medically rejected and appealed it successfully. Long story short, the CF decided I still had a medical condition I suffered from as a child even though I did not. The process of appealing it was long and drawn out and if you don't give the CF everything the ask for it...

Back to the issue of Div patches, I noticed that CP Gear now offers wool DEU Div patches (meaning no CADPAT, just the div colour patch) and the default is to have them Velcro back. While this makes sense to me, I wonder how long before someone gets in trouble for wearing that on combats...

Absolutely. I've seen guys drink the cheapest beer the mess has but when a round is on, all of a sudden they are getting a big bottle of craft beer or even worse, a scotch.

Makes perfect sense. And we've never begrudged a member who delayed buying a round for various reasons (as long as they were valid ones). That said, it seems we have had newer members promoted or badged back in December who have yet to buy rounds. In this case, I suppose its a matter for the...

We had a small discussion last week regarding buying rounds in the mess and it go me thinking: is there a standardized etiquette for buying rounds in the mess, or does it vary mess by mess. As all messes must have a constitution, and there is presumably a CF or at least CA wide basis for the...

Maybe they think they're still in KAF? Or they forgot their IFF? Although technically they do have the flag on the left...

According to VAC, the last paragraph on the first page indicates if you are receiving a monthly amount or not. Mine says "we estimate you could receive an additional monthly amount..." To mean, "could" means I might, I might not. Very ambiguous. But VAC themselves did say that paragraph means I...

I work with my unit's RQ and at least once a month I am in on a Friday night and Sunday afternoon to issue/return weapons. Never once I have I been in uniform. In fact my state of dress varied greatly from pressed trousers and a nice sweater to old, worn shorts and a humorous t-shirt. Not once...

I'm not aware of any policy. I've shown up at the BOR more than once unshaven and in jeans and a t-shirt...I've never been turned away.

There is some clarification in terms of who is eligible amongst those that have already received a lump-sum Disability Award: -where the amount under the Pain and Suffering Compensation’s monthly payment option would have been higher had this option existed at the time of your Disability Award...

$96.06 is the daily rate, as you pointed out. A "day" is from 6 hours to 24 hours. Training nights or anything under 6 hours would be half the amount. You only get paid for what you work. If you go away on a course you will likely be class B and you will be paid the entire time as well as...

Are you set-up to receive email from them? If not, you may get a phone call or a paper letter. Mine was online and to be honest, if it hadn't been mentioned earlier in this threat that info would be coming today I would have never thought to check.