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In reference to problems conducting weapons drills, on your own in the shacks, without bolts. Allthough not an ideal solution, for some of the people having trouble practicing the drills, we ended up using a boot band to pull the cocking handle back into place. Allthough not a perfect solution...

Sorry this is incorrect, at least as of 1 year ago. We always had our weapon with us at night. For safety reasons we never had bolts.

Once again, I was commenting on the collective experiance of my entire platoon, who all felt that the instruction provided by the "Commisionaries" was superior and more consistant than the instruction provided by the "Uniform" servicemen. All of which I beleive were reservists. Again I am not...

Thanks Eye In The Sky. I was just starting to get worried about owing a ton next year. Odd that my Mid Nov and Dec guides show me paying Provincial taxes though.

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Is there some reason why I would all of a sudden no longer pay Provincial income tax in the new year? For instance is there some formula like there is with EI / CPP where its paid up untill a certain point and stops? Sorry I know this sounds like an asinine question, but I havn't paid a cent...

I have to completely agree with balls on this one. I found during our weapons training we would randomly be assigned one of 6-7 different instructors and allthough the level of knowledge was very consistent across the lot, their ability to actually instruct varied greatly. In general we (the...

He'll make an excellent platoon smoke screen, everyone can be the grey man with him around  ;D

Damn you just reminded me of the Freedom of the City coming up........

Thanks folks

Probably a stupid question.... New to the forces, was just TD to NRS Halifax for compassionate reasons, what dress do I report in. DEU I assume? Thanks in advance.

Yes there is. When I re-enrolled last week there were several different items from last year. The most notable (Beyond the certificate saying that I enrolled in FORCES.CA not the Canadian Forces) being that I had to meet individually with an Officer, and have them explain what would be...

Thanks for the reminder George.

I was sworn in Friday for a March 23rd corse date. 16 days LWOP.

Yeah, they decided canned fruit cocktail and a jug of medical alcohol would make a good mix, but the medical alcohol turned out to be Methanol.

Thats the one.

Yeah, I know the specifics of the incident (have a copy of the inquiry), more trying to find people that had first hand knowledge of the accident to clarify I few things. Cpl Crockett was my father.

Looking for anyone that might have been familiar with the incident or may have known Cpl. Crockett.

Amen

Got my call today (Feb 18th BMQ). Get sworn in Feb 13th, fly out of Halifax on the 17th