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An easy way to get in touch with ANY base accommodations is to call the base switchboard (Number for bases is always easy to find on Google), press 0 and ask for accommodations. They will be able to help you out.

A cheap option for accommodations is to check out another base. Kingston is not too far and I believe transient accommodations are only something like $10 a night. Call the base number, press 0 and ask the operator for base accommodations. They should be able to tell you. 

Both work. NEOs are awesome and are widely used within the combat arms.

Or any members of the CAF. Individuals such as this must be purged from the institution as soon as they are discovered.

Well I'm not, NOT saying that but in fairness, the thing was probably about 20lbs. That's pretty heavy to hold in the hot sun with one arm.

That was only in 2013. The only issue was that the wrench was ridiculously heavy to perform sword drill with so the Tech Adjt was very resistant to using it at the next CoC a year later.

This is going to sound crazy but civilians companies do this all the time. What about a promotion board that looks at your performance in your current job and your potential to advance based on your experience? Maybe even an interview? For lower ranks, this could be done by a somewhat local...

I think that time in rank is less important than the quality of time in rank. Look at the bios of most of the GOs from the Second World War. Simonds went from commanding 1 RCHA in 1940 to Bde Cdmd in 1942, Division Comd in 1943 and Corps command a year later. Patton had something like 2 weeks of...

Absolutely. Hence why the math balances out to moving the BK to the FSCC. The BSM is all over the local defence as long as the young GPO is smart enough to listen to the BSM.

BKs are also sometimes employed as the Fire Support Coordination Officer at the Battle Group level depending on the relative experience and manning within a Battery and the need to employ a FSCC at the BG level. This leaves the gun position to a GPO which creates some risk given that the GPO...

No. The process of employing artillery is already well within the capability of many players within the battlefield at a basic level. At the most basic level, the benefit of a FOO party is the technical and tactical advice on the integration of not only indirect fire but also close air support...

I know Jeff and he's an honest, hard working guy. A great Canadian.

At least on the disciplinary side, I'd be willing to bet that there were some administrative measures here.

This seems sketchy if they way it is presented is accurate. What the Adjt might have said is that complete your WHIMIS training or you will be subjected to administrative or disciplinary action. If you have concerns following this order, or the legality of it, raise it with your CoC who will...

Firing non-service weapons with non-service ammo is possible with the appropriate waivers. I have seen a few ranges (and run one) in which it happens. However, in the main you are correct.

A Bty is an organization. Guns and mortars are equipment. Btys can use guns or mortars, guns and mortars or neither. Of the 15 established Btys across the 3 close support Regiments, only 6 are "gun Btys".

Not sure what you mean by final job. If you are an officer, you MAY be a FOO for 1 - 2 years. If you are an NCM, it is possible that you could serve a large part of your career in an OP Party. Note that while I'm not sure of the exact number, only slightly more than  half of officers across the...

NCM or Officer, don't count on getting Second Language Training (SLT) unless you happen to be posted to a unit that is the opposite of your first language and even then, it's not guaranteed. There is an online option that the CAF offers members once they are in. There's Rosetta Stone, Duolingo...

Very unlikely that this was fired during the Battle of the Plains of Abraham but rather during the siege that preceded it. It looks more like a mortar projectile as Jollylacktar points out. There were several bomb ketches, purpose built mortar sailing craft, and 5 x 13 inch mortars at Point...

Or even some PzH2000's from our German friends. I'm sure they'd have a Bty worth of guns we could pick up fairly cheaply. The only people in the close support Regiments that served on the M109s are pretty few and far between and are mostly very senior. We'd almost be standing up the SPG...