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One more thing about the pay in the reserves ... you get paid for the day or the half day ,any time working under 6 hours is considered a half day and any thing over 6 hours is a full day and your only entitled to work so many class A  days a month (16 I beleive) without a full time (class B or...

Base Brat born in London Ont in 72 ,moved to Calgary (Sarcee barracks ) in 73 to 80 then to Ottawa (Rockcliffe ) and then Petawawa in 82 and back to london in 84 was there until I moved to Borden to work at the recruit school in 05 and the adventure just keeps on rolling 

I was there for Twinkee in 86 and mil band in 87 and back as staff for band in 89 to 91

When I was up in Moosenee (James Bay Area) they had one bank that issued a bank card to you but no bank machine ...the only ATM machine was in the gas/convience store and it charged 4% of your withdrawal on top of the fees from the bank...we found out later that that same bank owned the ATM ...

Do You have a problem with Reserves ? Would it had been better if he was in the Regs ? Many a soldier has asked that question when they first see and drive/ride it .

One of the things I used to do was when they called at supper time i would tell the person i was interested but i had something on the stove and could they wait ...i would then put the phone down and start the timer and see how long they would stay on the line while i ate or watched tv . Now ...

I'm already here (Borden) as staff, so see ya all then  :dontpanic:

You are right about Bosnia but it was in regards to the type of ammo allowed : Orders from the U.N. were they could bring Mortars but use only illumination rounds and they could have T.O.W.s but no ammo for them he cheated and brought the exlosive rounds for the motars and rounds for the T.O.Ws...

I don't think your friend is coming to Ontario in Dec as there is no recruit  crse starting her then in fact it is only a couple of weeks until christmas leave .he may have meant Jan 07 that's when the next crse starts And are you sure the recruiting office shaved his head

I know that you will have a chance to go to the canex in the first few days on crse ,because that's when the guys get to lose their hair (barber) and you will have to get the stuff you need on the list and only that stuff  . And as SOF said better to get it at home where it's probably cheaper...

Just my two cents .... When I was in cadets and took part in the poppy distrubution we were never paid it was a part of our duty as cadtes to take part in this important cause .i was asked many times what the price was and the response was always whatever you feel like giving . As for Meridian...

As far I know they don't have a problem with you being in both jobs . A few years ago in my home unit we had a woman who was both a reservist and a civi employee with the R.C.M.P . She had to release from the miltary when she became a constable  with them . Hope this helps

We're already into our fall crses here in Borden and the last grad is 14 Dec .We start the new crses just after the new year

Just thought I'd add my two cents At the recruit school(Regs and Reserves crses)  located in Borden We do have a Pat Pl I know this because I'm staff at the school and they did receive the award for best drill at the end of this summer  

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All those going to Borden for recruit trg See ya there as your staff