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My experience is decades old and I would generally agree with you, with the caveat that perhaps education / training should perhaps be included in that list. A military job that is adventurous, dangerous and gives you skills / training to set you up in a career (within the military.... or...

I would tell this person that they have a reasonable chance to live to 100 years old and may reasonably have a 40 year working career. I would say forget about your 'career' until you are 30. In the interim, go to school, read poetry, travel the world, go on the road with a rock band and do...

I came from a pretty messed up and financially stressed family. As a teenager, the only way I could see to get a university education was ROTP / RMC. I think the RMC intake includes quite a number of kids for whom this was the only path to higher education. Closing that pathway would (from...

I don't know if (in my day) the shipboard medics were PAs or some other similar trade but I found them consistently helpful, knowledgeable and dedicated.

In theory, I like that approach. In practice, it is tricky. The tricky part is getting Irving (or any other contractor) to take responsibility and show the same level level of commitment, dedication and focus on the outcome as the ship's company. My experience is dated, but certainly...

Perhaps, but also perhaps arrogant. Without evidence, I speculate he thought he could do this and get away with it.....

A walk around the goes beyond the limits of bridge, wardroom, ops room and CO's cabin :) Too many NWOs are afraid of machinery spaces.

Well said. As a junior MARE, I made it my mission to walk about as much as I could. At sea, that was day or night. Thread drift: one of my best memories was sitting on the deck (floor) of the machinery control room at about 3:00 am with the on-watch stokers. There was not much going on...

I am always surprised (although I shouldn't be) at the number of poseurs that show up in legion regalia - the tie, the pins, etc. I think the legion needs to tighten up its screening. (Yes, I know there is a whole other thread about the legion).

Just for a point of reference, as a junior officer I wrote up a grievance. I passed it to my supervisor (a senior officer) who was next in my CoC. When he read it, he came up with a solution that satisfied me and solved the problem. No more grievance. So sometimes just documenting...

Further, the 'fighting Navy' (per FSTO above) generally eschews modern technology, preferring the 'tried and true'. So the ships generally get built with the 'tried and true' technology available at the time the specifications for construction were written. Since it could be ten years from...

or are sent to war or peacekeeping operation or some other situation in support of the Government of Canada's decision to (or possibly to) unleash violence. If you choose to go to RMC, you cannot discount that upon graduation you will become a military officer and be obliged to go where sent...

That is the business development (BD) guys speaking. They say things like this to convince their bosses that they need spend huge piles of money for business development activities. Standard practice in industry. If you know any BD types, they NEVER underestimate the size of a potential...

The Ontario coroner's office has announced it will hold an inquest into the death of an officer cadet at the Royal Military College (RMC) in Kingston, Ont., last year. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/coroner-will-hold-inquest-into-cadet-s-death-at-royal-military-college-1.6935869

As further evidence that nuclear powered submarines are a non-starter in Canada, CNL is currently facing extreme opposition to the construction of a low level radioactive waste facility at Chalk River. This is essentially a landfill that will accept low level radioactive waste - much of which...

Just to be clear, you haven't yet applied but are looking at retirement options? I admire you for taking a very, very long view. Given the very long time scales involved, it would be extremely difficult to say if one's possible future qualifications may or may not meet some very future...

I am an ex-MSEO. I can't comment on equivalency between the various marine certifications. However, you may find opportunities in areas such as power generation, construction projects that involve lots of mechanical work, manufacturing, mining and similar fields. In which field(s) and...

Just to add perspectve, the positioning a large business will make when there is the prospect of a multi-billion-dollar sale (yes, just the prospect) starts decades in advance. Watch for these companies to start doing things like opening an office in Canada just to have a presence, sponsoring...

I will further add that the most interesting, challenging and rewarding (in every sense) work that I have done (I am an engineer) has been field work. It is one thing to sit behind a desk and write detailed technical reports that no one will ever read. It is a completely different role to be...

I am assuming you are young. You have your whole life ahead of you. There is a good chance you will live to be 100 years old and your working career will be 50 years. When you are young, you should seize the opportunity to travel, learn and explore. I am now semi-retired and looking...