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- Apply. - Life is not a dress rehearsal. Do not be discouraged. Follow the process until they give you a final NO. - That way, at least in the future you will know that you tried to join, and wont beat yourself up asking what if. - Every CFRC should have a list of Officer and NCM medical...

- My recommendation once was too send the new CO the new soldiers Pers File, the CO's MO gets his Med File and the MP Sgt of the Regt gets to see the 'MP File. The three of them confirm to see if the soldier will be a good fit. This would work in theory, but eventually some bureaucrat will tell...

- They may also have covered you for medication if you are out of the CF and they will base that on the meds that the CF issued you during your last year in, or so. You will get a letter specifying the meds VAC covers. If you are still in, you will get your meds through the CF, natch.

(In Elvis voice): "Th..thank-you... thank y'all very much".

- By the way, my intro to this was at a Wainwright military 'Town Hall' meeting where some servicemen wanted to discuss the availability of military specialists to see their wives/kids because the Alberta health care system would not provide. My take on it was Too Bad. You pay prov taxes for a...

- Exactly. We fund Veterans care for the veterans. If their dependants then want our funding because the veteran's issues are triggering dependant's psych issues, or just general coping, too bad. That is the responsibility of provincial health care - not VAC or SISIP.

- A crewless vehicle would be culturally impossible in the German Army. They would be left with supply depots full of highly polished jackboots and black leather trench coats.

- This whole "... and their families." is another scam where the provinces want DND to fund civ health care for dependants in semi-isolated areas where CF base populations provide a large part of the local community. - Just another way of de-militarizing the defence budget.

- I consider it part of the "Foreign workers Program - Leisure Class." 8) - Really, I think it balances off the seven million Scottish labour organizers we boat-loaded in during the sixties.

:D - When I was SSM Recce Sqn in Edmonton 2013, we did ten weeks in the field on the "Road to high Readiness" and then five days chasing high water down south ("After years of Southern Albertan aggression and provocation, The Army of Northern Alberta..."). My LAV 3 was great. When I was posted...

Given the fact that the LAV UP program is going to drive a lot of soldiers crazy over the next ten years, I think that their donation is a good idea.

- I do.

- Royal Canadian Mexican Police.

- This thread should be joined with the "...World Without Oil..." thread so we can watch a bunch of people eat crow. :-) - This was coming for awhile. The Saudis understand that if the Iranians had one little bundle of E=MC2, they would sooner use it on Riyadh than Tel Aviv. - Exploration...

Looking for work? Miss going away and living in cozy camps? Small crew settings and outdoor work? Unity of purpose? My boss here in Edmonton is looking for some smart, fit, motivated, field heat treating technician trainees who can 'play well with others'. Training is OJT. Overtime is likely...

I burned off my leave as fast as I earned it. A few years I even took six weeks in the summer. I went fishing, hiking, canoeing, travelling and just chillin' at the lake. I had a grand total of five days to use up in my last week and spent one of them at the 3 CDTC Christmas Dinner.

- I was just kidding when I asked. - Still got that big goose by the side of the road in Wawa?

Remember to explain to your parents that from 2002 to 2014, Canada lost more people killed in avalanches while skiing in the mountains than she lost killed in Afghanistan. 8) Our total losses in Afghanistan would have been considered a bad afternoon by a CEF bn in the First World war.

S.M.A., You provide more useful information than the original article does, that is for sure. In my years of service, I met Canadians from a lot of different ethnic and cultural backgrounds. I also came to believe that the urban Reserve units were best positioned to draw a good cross-section...

If one truly believes that quotas are necessary for nation building, then I would recommend Conscription. However, let us assume conscription to be a non-starter. I recommend that the Governor-General send letters to the community leaders of the three ethnic groups mentioned in the story...