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Does anyone else feel like because you have chosen a Naval career in the military you are getting pushed aside for them to hire Infantry and Combat Arms positions?? It seems that anyone applying for Infantry or Armoured etc are getting calls immediately after they apply etc....I on the other...

You could do what Lucky Strike says and PUSH yourself to the furthest limit you have and hurt yourself now as he says, but be warned you could very well INJURE yourself in the process and end up recoursed as you are recovering from a injury. The last thing you want i am sure is to have to call...

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Just coming off a bout of plantar fascittis myself currently and one thing my doc said was to make sure it heals properly the first time, if you dont take the necessary work to let it heal etc. It will give you alot of trouble in the future. I wouldnt risk just pushing through the pain for long...

Congrats!! Reading over your personal story sent chills through me, it goes to show when you shoot for your dreams and stick with it, you will come out on TOP!!

From what i have been told, weekends are usually filled up with cleaning, kit preparation and sports or team building activities. If you are lucky you may see a weekend or two off where you can leave the base, or you may be confined to barracks. It depends on the platoon and how they have...

Thanks, i have called on several occasions, but they are hard to get a hold of (i know they are busy as are most of the other CFRC's), mostly i just get voice mail which i have left messages on, with no return calls. So i was just hoping there was another way to get a hold of them, such as...

Does anyone know if there is a general email address for CFRC Vancouver? 

I know i had my medical completed in january so i cant confirm for sure, but when i was interviewed they referred to it as a physcial...so maybe there is some miscommunication or mixup. I cant see them actually skipping the medical until you get to basic. What about the nice forms they make you...

Thanks MRM, as for the information on specifics in the Navy, im not to worried. Im going in for a hard sea trade and will only be posted to a ship. Regardless, i was more just trying to see if there was any validity to what Hopeless stated. I figured she might have been blowing some smoke and am...

For the record its actually a 13wk walk/run program(intervals starting at run 1min, walk 2mins etc), gradually increases as you go with a recovery week every 4 weeks. It is in the recovery week that i tend to get injured, which makes no sense, but hey it happened three times so far...haha. I...

Yes i know what i am getting into in the Military (going Navy) and as for running while im in, the yearly physical fitness test is a express test. Maybe im wrong, but nowhere have i read or heard from anyone that i will be required to RUN more than 20meters for that test. As long as i keep...

Thanks for all the input, i did check out some water running information online and found a pool not to far from my place that has a class 4 nights a week, i think i might start off with that, at least for the 10 days before i see the doctor again. That along with some weights to keep my leg...

I was just diagnosed with a very inflammed plantar fascia and was advised that i need to stop RUNNING for at least ten days to heal it etc.  My doc recommended rowing or biking, but i find neither of those exercises keep my cardio level up the same as when i run. I find those types of exercises...

I was in the reserves about 11yrs ago and basic was a bit different from the current course, from what i have read on here as well as the info from the CFLRS website. Maybe the MCpl did it way back then(hence the double digit time in) and they felt she was not qualified for some reason. To...

I bought a new pair of Zamberlans in October right before my overnight hike into Golden Ears Park. I never broke them in before the trip as i just got them a day or so before, but they faired well and my feet could not complain. I swear by Zamberlans and would recommend them to anyone.  These...

My partner was in the Navy for 6 years as a Marine Mechanic, she came out and applied for her Apprenticeship in Automotive Mechanics and was credited two years of schooling and hours based on her service in the military(she would have been accredited more if she kept all of  her logged hours...

oops i stand correct, i am sure i was told ottawa, but so much information, i could have gotten it wrong!!

Hurry up and WAIT as they say. My VFS only took about a month and a half, but thats because my former unit had my docs there easily accessed and not archived. So if they have been archived they have to find them and send them still...so definately at very least a few months. I was told mine...

Your medical file still has to get the OK from Ottawa, if yours is as straight forward as you say it should not take to long...or at least that was the impression i got when i spoke to the WO about my own file. My medical was sent in this week as well, just waiting now!!  You will get a call...