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Well, kind of. The bulk of NTOs hit LCdr and stay there, which will usually take them around 10 years or so. Once they get there, the competition for further promotion is rather fierce. A handful of the best and brightest / hardest working make it to Cdr and above. But again, it's not exactly...

They will always do their best to fill RMC first, as it's a heck of a lot cheaper to send students there than to pay for them to go to Civvie U.

Yes, there is a chance. That chance is much higher if you apply than if you don't apply.

By offering stable, well paying jobs with excellent benefits and ample opportunity for advancement?

Hot Fuzz. An old lady gets a jumping kick to the face. How can you go wrong?

Yes.  The required training is rather lengthy, to the point where it's unfeasible to justify attempting to do so part time, or to justify paying to put someone through it if you're only going to get part time out of them. Also, the reserves have not identified a requirement to employ NTOs, or at...

I'm not going to lie, the Navy was a bit of a fallback plan for me. Not to say that I let my plans to join affect my grades while in school, but I was definitely a lot more picky about other jobs I applied for before I got word at NOAB that I was going to be given an offer. If that offer hadn't...

Yes, the aptitude test and BMQ are the same for the Canadian Army, RCN, and RCAF, and you go to the same recruiting centre. My understanding is that the Navy has higher personnel requirements than the Army, although I cannot guarantee that will be reflected in recruiting spots opening, once they...

The aptitude test is primarily used to determine whether or not you qualify for a particular trade. Your marks in high school will primarily be used when ranking applicants for a particular trade after they have qualified for it via the aptitude test. Of course, certain trades also have...

NTO is an umbrella term / occupation branch that encompasses Naval Combat Systems Engineers and Marine Systems Engineers. Eventually, if you raise high enough in rank, you'll stop being an MSEO or CSEO, and will become a Naval Engineer only.

That check box is only in relation to wearing of the uniform while on leave outside of Canada, IAW QR&O Vol 1, 17.04. No special permission is required to wear your uniform while on leave in Canada. Subject to the obvious restriction that you mustn't do so in a scenario that might reflect...

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There is absolutely nothing that will affect booking of a new NOAB other than positions in the NTO and MARS trades coming available due to backlogs in the training pipeline being cleared. I don't think it's nearly as bad on the NTO side of the house, but right now Venture (The Naval Officer...

1: You could initially be qualified for a position in R&D upon completion of your Phase VI board and subsequent promotion to Lt(N). So after 1 year on ship. It might be a better idea to wait until after you finish your AHOD board however, so after 2 years on ship. For a DEO applicatant without...

I heartily disagree with the assessment of CTO as a form of "undocumented short leave". It's instead a re-jigging of the member's wrok schedule such that any days that are scheduled to be a CTO are not considered to be part of the member's working days, defined in the leave manual as: Treating...

Curses. Foiled again by a LogO pulling a regulation out of his back pocket! And yes, of course, silly me.

An annendum to point 4) If the ceremony is before 1800, wear high collar whites. Because, hey, what other bloody situation are you ever going to find where they'll be appropriate? :)

It sounds like in that particular instance, the post in question quoted the "libelous" text, or as the nice Supreme Court justices put it, "[presented] content from the hyperlinked material in a way that actually repeats the defamatory content". Likely this ruling would not have had any effect...

This person isn't the type who you'd expect to pass a drug test, is he?

I would not consider texting while on the bus to be an issue. Doing so while walking would definitely be. That having been said, might I suggest a book. It's like a text message, but on paper, and longer. ;)