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Heh, don‘t get your hopes up too high there Arty. There‘s alot of mundane stuff that goes along with all the cool stuff. But anyway, typically yes you would be sworn in before basic starts, but I have personally witnessed situations where a person was sworn in 1.5 hours before the first basic...

I found this interesting article on NewScientist.com I thinking to myself, why is it that the first applications of a new source of energy is always for military purposes? Imagine the usefulness of this if it were applied to the civilian sector and gave us cleaner / cheaper energy.

ARTY are you sworn in yet?

I can attest to this. While in the prone or lying face-down on the ground and wearing the flak vest + helmet it becomes very cumbersome to look up without lifting your upper torso in the process. The helmet simply slides forward almost covering your eyes. Doesn‘t seem to be a problem for...

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Thanks SpinDoc, say is that a second stripe I see? Congrats if you‘ve made Lt!

Interesting program. A couple of questions for you though, first of all what kind of shape are you in now? And second how many days a week are you planning on performing this program?

All in good humour Old School :) If by chance I actually get to run a basic course the last thing I want to do is to get swamped w/ admin items. The NCOs are the ones teaching all the soldier skills while course officers end up teaching things like Military ethos & justice. While I realize...

I know more than a few of you here have taught courses during your career. I for one find myself more drawn to the idea of teaching than I ever thought I would be. Although I wouldn‘t really be "teaching" per se (why they don‘t let officers teach is beyond me), something about molding...

You‘ll get sworn in at the Unit. Our next parade night is Aug 11 so it might happen then.

ARTY, do you know when you‘re getting sworn in? Hookflash, your "kit" and your equipment, incl. your combats, duffel bags, webbing, ruck, weapons, etc. What‘s involved in an inspection really depends. Always included is your personal appearance, sometimes weapons are also included, kit is also...

Keep up the great work Mike, and care to provide some details on the potential DND buyout and the army.ca dating scheme? :D I‘m curious to know more!

As it pertains to the recruiting centre at Yonge and Sheppard (and also what I went through for the PT test): 1) double step block 2) that tempo is relative to the person. For me, I found it to be moderately low to moderate. I was still able to speak clearly until about the last minute or so...

ARTY, yup next you‘ll get sworn in and be issued kit. The earliest that this will happen is probably Aug 04, though don‘t quote me on that since I‘m still figuring out the summer schedule.

GrahamD, are you Reserve or Regular? And if Reserve, what unit?

Never been on deployment, but during field ex‘s the things I most appreciated having/acquiring (in addition to what was already mentioned) are extra socks, baby wipes, pop, chips, extra batteries, bug juice Some things that I‘ve heard are gold in the field but haven‘t tried myself: Beef...

You can get your score through the Access to Information Act. Of course, I never considered it worth $5 to get my score. A pass is a pass after all.

Congrats Arty, I guess you‘re all set for basic then. See you in September!

You‘ll be fine, good luck, have fun and see you at the unit!

ARTY have you had your interview yet?