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Trenton is bad, but Belleville, Cobourg/Port Hope, Napanee and Kingston are all within easy reach. And they are all nice places to live... I wouldn't assume that most of these people are going to choose to live in Trenton...

Vern, the custom boot contract is with Pouliot.

I would say they are the same colour as the brown in the cadpat TW pattern. You can see the tear, that is after 1 week - it is in a spot that 'bends' with my ankle so I would guess is under more stress but it shouldn't fail like that.

Its a really good source but... I will believe it when I am opening a box of boots that I ordered from the website. In the meantime I'm going back to my non-issued boots, sans holes.

It took a year, in Kingston. This was because the contract was allowed to lapse and had to be renewed at the end of fiscal year, and then they switched to brown. I have heard that the normal brown boots are failing pretty terribly, one story was about a guy using them for Nijmegen training and...

1 week ago I was issued brown boots - custom fit due to some issues with the MKIV boot but as far as I am aware identical to the general issue. I will be taking them back to clothing next week. The right boot has a 1 inch hole torn in the cordura upper, at the spot where it joins the leather...

I'm pretty sure the merx posting got extended - perhaps there were no bids on the ecu.

Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, but by stating that ECPs are not endorsed by PSP, the CANFORGEN is basically saying that if you are hurt doing this stuff you will not be covered. Right? Just like extreme obstacle races, MMA and some other things that a lot of the troops are into now -...

I've seen that happen a few times. In my experience the Signal CMs have been telling people to just go on IR, and I know people that have gone from IR in Pet to IR in Ottawa and then home. Its not just individuals abusing the system, its a systemic problem.

I am not a fan of sports for PT, mainly because of injuries  but at least the injuries aren't causing kidney failure... I don't think its an over reaction, I think people are overreacting to the CANFORGEN though. It says that HIT is still okay provided its properly led. Jeez, the Combat Fitness...

I just received my letter today. Interestingly someone at DGCB seems to think I am a MCpl, which I haven't been for at least 6 years now. Anyone else have any 'biggish' problems? Off to the OR I guess.

My personal opinion is that the CrossFit mothership is in it for the cash at this point and while they may be producing a good cert program, what are they doing to monitor and enforce standards? Anyone could go and get a L1 cert and then go out and wreck people who don't know any better. 2 days...

The message is not to stop doing this stuff, its to do it intelligently. The TAIC and AFTA courses both cover Crossfit-style stuff including combat fitness. The problem is that individuals and units have been pushing ECP or HIT without any trained people monitoring things. A level 1 CrossFit...

I think it is valid, and thats why I said that there should be an option other than IR. If the CF wants to hold on to the people it values, then it needs to offer up some flexibility. In my situation, if push comes to shove, I will pay OUT OF POCKET to go on an unacommpanied posting.

Thats a better response than mine was.

- Was going to be a flip response but really not worth it....

I will still go, she's just not going with me...

Maybe what this really indicates is that times and attitudes change and we need to come up with a more flexible IR (or posting) system that isn't designed for a 1 year separation but can accommodate different situations. My wife doesn't have a job, she has a career, do people seriously think...

What about RCMP?

How would an attached posting work? lFTSP/ATWOP for example: posted to RMC for 11 months then posted to a new job, not back to the old job. Isn't an attached posting assuming you will go back to your "home" unit?