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1. I fully understand the change. Bottom line - if you join today, serve 30 years for example, and then retire, you will not get any severance, whereas up until 2012 you would have. That to me sounds like the loss of a benefit that we once enjoyed. Am I missing something? 3. Let's say I get a...

Here are a few that come to mind for me: 1) Elimination of severance pay 2) Increased pension contributions 3) Elimination of mortgage cancellation fee reimbursement on posting (though some banks will now waive, but onus is on the member, and not guaranteed) 4) Other scaled-back IRP...

And the parking was great in each and every one of my cubicle farm tours  :)

I'm with you... have spent more than a few years in cubicle farms myself - currently on fifth cubicle farm tour and counting - and have enjoyed the vast majority of it. Just didn't seem like MARS was the cubicle farm type is all. As noted, I get his point.

This was a good read and point taken. Too bad that in the course of your career you'll only get to live your dream maybe 3-4 years tops (less than that if you count actual days at sea I'm sure)? The rest of the time you'll likely be that guy in the cubicle farm... not to rain on your parade...

Great thread - thoroughly enjoyed reading it. My approach aligns closely with several of the posts above. Your position doesn't always have to be - nor should it be - black or white.  Approach things on an issue-by-issue basis and decide for yourself how you feel about each one, based on...

The up-or-out policy is still in force. However, for a while there (height of Afg and Iraq) it wasn't uncommon for Army officers to be getting picked-up below the zone i.e. promoted before what would normally be their first year of eligibility, or first look. I believe that practice has...

That would be "thank you for that, sir"... just kidding  :) Nothing will help you fit in faster or endear you more to your co-workers (civ and mil alike) than being good at your job, being willing to learn and being willing to help others. I wouldn't sweat the rest of it... there is no secret code.

A little light reading for you... http://www.familyforce.ca/sites/London/EN/Documents/CF-101%20for%20Civilians%20EN.pdf Welcome to the team.

Unless something has changed in the past few years (and I don't believe it has), US Army officers are still required to provide up-to-date photos of themselves, in full dress uniform, for their Pers files (or whatever the US equiv is called). I've been told the photos are not just window...

Tip of the iceberg.

Thanks. I feel for you too.

It was considered at one point if I recall correctly, and there was discussion within the US government of potentially developing an export variant, but that never went anywhere.

Interesting that no country currently looking at the F35 formally pursued the F22 (not to my knowledge anyway, though there were some initial expressions of interest). Cost, I'm sure, was one factor but the non-guaranteed FMS sales approval process you outline above probably didn't do much to...

F-22 was likely off the table from the get-go given US Federal Law prohibits foreign sales.

How so?

Had wondered how long it would take for someone to connect the dots on that one...

I've seen a few handlebar mustaches in the CF, but that was quite a few years ago. Why do you keep talking about eyebrows? Translation issue?

You said "eyebrows" but did you mean wax your mustache for a handlebar style perhaps?

And consider this. Not only is your degree paid for, but the four years at RMC are pensionable service. That means, after you graduate, you'll only have to serve another 21 years (25 yrs total) before you can retire with an immediate pension, paying you 50% of what you were making when you got...