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Mine was ten, and my SQ was seven. I did BMQ in St. Jean (0316A), and SQ (0307) in good ol' Gagtown, er, I mean, Gagetown. ;) We were the first seven-week SQ - previously, the courses were 13. Basically, all they did was take out rocket launchers. Bummer. Then they re-introduced them for the...

No. Actually, I've never had the heater bag kind. We've always had to do them up the old fashioned way in the pressure coookers. My favourite IMP? Hmm. Tough question, since none of them are really good. I mean, egg omlette with salsa for breakfast? I guess the salmon steak from the 2000 lot...

I had to acquire mine on my own. I picked up an old Royal Artillery set (cheap, too), then just changed the buttons, shoulder titles and collar dogs. The cap I got for free from a militaria dealer friend of mine - dated February 1962 with a pre-1974 RCEME badge. I had to make the lanyard myself...

Green and Slimy Foreskins? I started with them when I was 17, but they lost my file, so I put the Army on hold for a couple years, then decided to go regular. My family is still in Barrie, and I still have a room at my parents' place where I stop in a couple times a year, but home's good ol'...

I don't think it's that bad now, because most of the backlog has been cleared up, and they've organised a training programme that keeps you at least somewhat occupied, but when it first opened, they had no idea what to do with 600 privates waiting for courses, so we spent a lot of time doing...

Vice-versa. Steyr trucks are built by MAN now. That's why the HLVW has German NATO stock numbers on all the parts. I wondered why that was, until I found out that Steyr sold their truck building operations to MAN. Gun Plumber: Agreed on every point. The ML is anything BUT underpowered. The V8...

Yes, the G-Wagen does tend to be top-heavy, especially when that cargo rack up top is full. The turret isn't that big or heavy, since I think it's just polycarbonate. More designed for protection against shrapnel than direct fire. A weapons tech might be able to tell you more than I could, though.

Understandable, but at the same time, in order to defend a land mass the size of Canada against the US, we'd need an army bigger than China's. If the US wanted to annex Canada, no matter what kind of military force we had, we really wouldn't stand much of a chance - they have ten times our...

Hmm. Wearing a green beret with my patrol blues just looks...Wrong on so many different levels.

Army, Canada. 5e BNS du C. Currently tasked out to 1 R22R, but moving to 5 Ambulance de Campagne in just over a week.

Hmm. Le Royal 22é Régiment est bien interessé avec l'aptitude physique (surtout avec la course), mais ne vous inquiétez pas, quand vous arrivez à un bataillion, ils vont régler n'importe quel souci que vous avez avec la course...>:D ("Bon matin, les gars! Aujourd'hui, on va faire une petite...

Depends on what your posting message says, but usually, you get posted out right after your course is done, as in, the next day. Once posted out, you can book leave time with your new unit. And though they usually give it to you, they may deny your leave request due to training schedule - ie...

It was PRETC when I was at Borden, and it was awful. We got up at 7AM, went over to T83, went for a run, then when that was done, we went back to our shacks and didn't report back for duty until 1300. Then we alternately sat around at T83 and did nothing, or played baseball until 1500, when we...

You sign for all your tools when you're posted to a unit. When you're on a course, due to the school's budget, you probably won't have anywhere near the tools that you need (I had one little tool box with two wrench sets, two socket sets, and some screwdrivers and hammers - which for a mechanic...

Rebadging occurs upon completion of QL3 training. They changed that when I was just on my out of Borden.