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Aw come on! Canadians thrive on cold weather!  :nod: :cdn:

Nothing wrong with being a Steward

I know that a couple of mine have been contacted so far, by email for at least one of mine. I have a few things to get arranged to keep the process moving along, and Part 2 of my Medical will be done sometime after Thanksgiving due to some people being on leave. Still, all in all my application...

Actually I found out a few minutes ago that a couple of my references did recieve an email for their contact from Back Check.

**UPDATE** Oh this is quite exciting now!  References were contacted within a couple of hours after I had my phone call arranging my Testing & Interview. Recruting Center: Winnipeg Regular/Reserve: Regular Officer/NCM: NCM Trade Choice 1: Armoured Soldier - 011 Trade Choice 2: Infantry...

Well, since my glasses met an unfortunate fate this weekend while playing at the park with my son, I decided to swing by my Optometrist and get a copy of my prescription...I'll have to wait of course until my application moves along to the medical...but I think I might have to prepare myself for...

It definitely is motivational. One fact I also enjoyed and noticed in the first season is that it murders one of the Hollywood-driven myths that Basic Training Instructors are there to weed you out as quick as possible.  You can easily see at CFLRS that they were there to motivate you past the...

As far as I'm concerned, this leaves some room for the rest of us who are willing to be ready to go, anytime, anywhere.  This is part of the reason I'm 27 and only applying now- my children are older, their health problems (which were numerous when they were first born) are now very well in...

I'm curious to see how many individuals would stay after that though- undoubtedly some quit early because of the culture shock of moving to a disciplined military life.  Instead this might provide enough time for them to realize it's not that bad (For lack of a better term), and give them a...

Oh I wasn't aware it was up yet. Thanks for the info!

I'd say listen to the good folks around here, there is a great deal of good advice that you can find.  Also, I found it quite interesting and helpful to watch Basic Up.  If I remember correctly you can find all the episodes here: http://www.youtube.com/user/CanadianArmyNews

Those lovable people who VR 3 days in?  :tsktsk:

I think there might have been a couple of days back in the early 19th Century, but back then it wasn't the Canadian Forces...so I'm not sure if that technically counts :rofl:

I've looked into laser eye surgery as well, I'm probably going to keep it on the shelf for sometime in the future, but pre-BMQ, I nearly needed to change my shorts when I saw the cost.  Some of the potential complications that I've read about as well, can be an instant career killer (Assuming...

Making a to-do list for this week.  Seems like I'm going to be somewhat busy.  :boring:

In defense of the little elastic strap, I think looking like a geek is far better than getting yelled at by instructors because your glasses keep falling off, or you can't see at all because they fell off as you were going over a wall on the obstacle course and met the bottom of your combat boots.

Since I have kids of my own...I'm stuck somewhere between being speechless and wanting to braid him on a wheel.

I would think the inconvenience of glasses is much preferred over walking around with CS basically stuck to your eyeballs.  I consider my glasses to be a pain in the backside as well, but they seem to be a bit better of an option when time is of the essence.

I have a feeling handing out porn is a relatively rare thing but it does seem to convey something that each Chaplain takes very seriously: The morale of the Canadian Forces members that they serve with.  I have a feeling that their job is probably far tougher than one would expect out of any...

Well, I suppose that leaves some extra room at least for those of use who are absolutely serious about the whole task of applying and making it into the Canadian Forces.  Seems like some of those things that you recruiters have to deal with....throw me in front of the enemy instead, any day of...