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I think it's important to point out the flaw in this sentence. Until something can be shown to be true it requires faith to accept it, rejection however of that same thing is not faith based. There is zero faith requirement to reject it, and I think it does a disservice to suggest otherwise.

The purchaser of the vehicle did, who has the potential to get into an accident through no neglect of their own. An interlock imposed on everyone for the few who cannot control their criminal behavior is an abhorrent suggestion.

I think this does a better job of highlighting issues in our regulations more than anything, that we can be punished for blasphemy.

A parade which occurs at most every 2 or 3 years. We're lying to ourselves if we think that 1.5hrs of drill preceded by 2 or 3 days of practice is somehow a display of our professionalism and steadfast dedication to military excellence. How many obese mbrs are waddling around the other 1000+...

Agreed, however the issue is you have people with zero training on how to properly implement this walking through the mega at 2245 and yelling at recruits for being in their bunks. What should be calculated use to provide a training experience is instead bastardized by old Sgt's who had it worse...

Work with storage, handling and transport of DG. Stringent adherence to safety regs, frequent inspections, handling and distribution by lot/batch/whatever. Sure you won't be loading bombs onto airliners in the civilian world, but it's pretty easy to translate a lot of what military trades do to...

Kind of assumed given that you're not a military leader yet, you shouldn't and aren't expected to have any. Yes be honest, answer their questions the best you can and keep your answers relevant to the topic. Don't try to steer the conversation towards fabrications of leadership, there's a good...

Ridiculous. Considering Quebec has seen about a 17% compliance with their registry, I wouldn't suspect NZ's compliance will be that much larger. Similar societal types in possession of arms, and you certainly don't foster attitudes of understanding by telling someone they're a criminal with the...

This is a case of wanting to maintain the universality of service mantra while enacting the changes that allow the sick lame and lazy to be promoted. If the CAF wants to promote and utilize the expertise of the 46 year old mother of 3 who has knee injuries but is a damned good Supply Tech, then...

There's nothing wrong with the pants on the left or middle, however I'd advise against showing up in camouflage pattern clothing. The joining instructions say nothing about business casual, and I'd argue anyone who thinks otherwise hasn't actually worked in an office environment because you...

If the air med folks have approved CF18 pilots for wearing beards, there really isn't a safety argument to be made for not allowing beards with firefighting gear.

Which is exactly why physical training needs to be stripped from unqualified pers to teach, beyond administering a strictly controlled regime written by a professional.

Because strength along with structural differences between the genders are often the biggest bridges to gap. Aerobic capacities once trained become more similar, however even in trained females the strength differences are still significant. Even once those rucks are stripped down and you're...

Absolutely it needs to be tailored to the individual, the question is how do we apply that in places like BMQ? My answer is physical testing prior to getting to St Jean to give the best shot at success in a group. It is a gender thing for 9x% of individuals, there will always be outliers. When...

The Americans also use a waist/neck measure to assist BMI screening, makes it much more effective. No BMI isn't ideal, but its useful in screening large numbers of folks and focusing on the outliers.

Gauging peformance in performing their duties physically is difficult, but we do know they accumulate more injuries, limiting their ability to continue performing at the same level as their peers. Take rucking for example, it was found women are injured 2.4x more often and their level of injury...

Women on average perform worse in tests of physical fitness than men in the military. Given that tasks assigned are done so (at least in theory and usually in practice) without concern for gender or size, it's easy to conclude the smaller weaker person will incur more stress. One can even say...

That's exactly what's being said, women make up a disproportionate number of injured recruits. This holds true throughout their careers and across a wide spectrum of trade choices. More women need to take an interest in fitness and in particular strength training to handle the stresses the...

Barbell and free weights all day long before looking into machines. TRX is also a very good tool.

The CF doesn't use those sorts of metrics to determine applicants, but you should consider overall body composition to decide how prepared you are. While others have suggested being able to pass the fitness tests being indicative of a successful candidate, I'll argue otherwise. BMQ will have you...