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Ca fait un peut de temps que j’ai mis les pieds à l’École des Recrues alors mon opinion peut-être hors-date. Les lunettes don tu réfère ne passeront pas le « muster » pour le port régulier (porter des lunettes a l’intérieur et extérieur). Contrairement au soutien-gorge don tu réfère qui n’est...

Sounds like a 3 hits fight. Drunk guy #1 gets lippy and hits drunk guy #2 Drunk guy #2 hits drunk guy #1 Drunk guy #2 hits the ground flat on his back -OR- Donair and pizza slice - $8 Ambulance ride - $195 Finding out the guy who sent you the the hospital is an off-duty Military Police...

A few years ago, the CF Naval issue was a "stainless" pocket folding knife that was a piece of crap. You'd have a real hard time to open the blades if your hands were wet, let alone frozen. Not sure which pub states it, but apparently sailors that partake in seamanship evolution must have a...

The required academic standard mentioned above is correct. For the HT, math is kept simple at the QL3 and QL5 level. On the QL5, you start getting into a bit of Stability calculations that follows basic physic principles. QL6A and B get a bit more in-depth. That being said, you will be taught...

Seriously, with the recruiting drives aimed at minorities that are going on across Canada, the CF would've jumped through hoops to get him signed up if his background check would've been cleared. It seems to me like it's his gimmick for a free handout from the government. And I agree with...

I've never understood why a person's race, gender, religion or sexuality is more important than said person's skills, knowledge and abilities to perform the job. If you need someone to do a job, why wouldn't you hire the best QUALIFED person for the job, regardless of the race, gender, religion...

IMO, Ex-Dragoon is partly right. Although the ships entering/exiting the Suez Canal do have to wait for the lane to open up, they could form up a convoy on the way out. But the bigger picture here is that, unlike the traditional convoys of WW2, none of the ships go to the same destination. Once...

The regs states that the sword belt  is worn under the naval jacket AT ALL TIMES (CF Dress Instruction, chap 3, sect 7, art 26. The air force wears hers on top and the army as a choice based on regimental customs. I hate is when ppl presume what the dress policies are. If in doubt, read the...

I've never done it myself, but I've attended two retirement functions where similar momentoes were presented. Curious, I enquired on how long they would last without tarnishing. Both were done in a different way. The first one was a Naval Officer cap badge that had enamel on it. It was...

Oui, un officier est mieux payer qu’un membre du rang. Dans mon expérience (26 ans servit), en général, un officier fait de la « paperasse » tandis qu’un homme du rang pratique son métier. Le temps dans le «champ » pour un officier est normalement au début de leur carrière. Après qu’il a atteint...

How about Marine Systems OPERATOR.  >:D [running out the door really rast]

Like Messmom, I commissioned her... the frigate that is. After the ceremony, this middle aged woman and her family came up to a group of us on the jetty and gave a whole bunch of newspaper clippings and showed pictures of her dad when he was on the corvette VDQ. Turned out he was the EOOW when...

I apologise for writing comments about Mrs Bata without fully researching her. That'll teach me to base my commnents on a single source. Comment removed from my orignal post. But really, how cool would it be to get order from H/Capt(N) William "Kirk" Shatner? "Navigator, plot a course out of...

Well I just found out that there are 16 Honourary Captains/Colonels with MARPAC. http://www.navy.forces.gc.ca/marpac/10/10-w_eng.asp?category=78 Not sure if that is for both coasts as Mrs Freeman and a couple more are in the Maritimes. Then again, Mr Mercer is not listed so the list is more...

Ah non! Ecoute, ce n'est pas si difficile d'obtenir un permis de conduire. Si ce metier est celui que tu veut, attend quelque semaine de plus. Tu veut attendre un peu pour finir ta session de CEGEP, profite de cette periode pour obtenir ton permis.

Avec ce metier, tu est garantie d'etre deployer pour une mission. Tu peu meme etre deployer sur un vaisseau de la Marine. Ca c'est le grand luxe pour les chercheur en communication.

Immediatement apres avoir gradue, tu vas etre mute a une unite (probablement une ecole). Aussitot que tu te rapporte a ton superviseur, explique lui la situation et fait ta demande de vacance a ce point. Si tu est schedule sur un cours, tu risque de perdre ton voyage. En avertissant to...

Literally!

My last sea posting: 1st year - deployed 1 month. 2nd year - deployed 7 months. 3rd year - deploed 9 1/2 months.

Interesting site that Snopes. Even though this is an urban legend, let's not forget about the string of groundings of the late 70s. I was told there were a few "obstinate" navigators who insisted of doing things their way.