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As an INFANTRY SOLDIER Count on at least half of your first year in training. This is assuming your courses have instructors at the time needed. You will get to the unit. Life should get a little easier as you can have a 'life' now. Go to the mall on the weekend, go drinking, etc. If you make...

Okay, Honna. I will respect that last post. There is a saying that 'You can only do your best effort' (or some variation of that). When you are in the military, your mindset should be 'I will do my best all day and every day'. I see too many people who are in right now that have the opinion...

This idea may not fly for all walts as there are some who just say they were in X unit but nothing more. This applies to the ones who goto a surplus store, buy the gear and parade around as a member: Isn't it a criminal offense to impersonate a police officer? This guy was charged with...

Impersonating yourself isn't too spectacular of an acting feat though. A REAL walt will pretnend to be something he's not ;) (Deep down, we all know you care about every Canadian, young and old, on these boards, even if they have under 150 logged hours as a sniper on MW3)

How about the CDS' batman? Afer the laughing finishes you have an opportunity to teach your 'audience' about the history of batmen in the Canadian military.

From my experience, working outside the wire in vehicles with C9s is an adventure. When outside the wire, you have all weapons loaded and readied. For the C9, this means the bolt is back. When the vehicle hits a sudden bump, there is a chance that the bolt carrier will release and thus fire a...

MilNews +1 :)

Just to play Devil's advocate, Mike, does your last post mean that if I am a subscriber, I can post what I want and not worry since "nobody else can see it"? IMHO, as a uniformed person, it is your obligation to watch what you say anywhere you go IRT OpSec/PersSec/EtcSec. Just because your...

NCM querie here: Doesn't going to Staff College (IOT jump from Maj to LCol) grant you a masters or masters-equivalant? It's been 4yrs since I remember hearing this. Please forgive if I am very wrong.

With my own personal, limitted experience in the military, I would say that the JPSU is one of the best things to happen to the CF in the last 10years. It is aimed to help soldiers and does so in a responsible way. However, that is an opinion derived from my experience with JPSU-Pacific...

I blame TV (You can take that double entendre as you see fit ;))

Thank you Gap. I feel smrter now

My (now ex-)GF's uncle used to be in the CF in the late 70s. He always told me 'exciting' stories about how he was Tpt WO (as a Sgt) of 2RCR and then was also sniper qualified in the Airborne Regt. All the 'qualifications' he told me about never added up but all I did was simply smile and nod...

i find that the dumbest thing i heard today or any day at that are the people who come on to the forums and type a really long and complciated sentence or querie in such a way that as you are reading it you slowly begin to realise there are no commas or periods and then your lungs almost burn...

When I read that note, I was perplexed that -2 meant '6ft under'. Here on the forums, I don't see it happen as much anymore, buit does everyone remember the '+1' system. If you make an exceptional post, you get +2. I first viewed this based on that system. I guess this makes me a nerd.

Didn't know that angle before, Colin. Thx!  :D

My feeling on why Europe is in such an economic crisis is this... (again, this is my opinion and a moderate rant) Back in colonial days, those that came to America (by choice) knew they had to work and work hard IOT survive and make it. That kind of mentality has been passed down through the...

To the OP, I have a 4" SOG 'hunting style' knife. It worked super handy for all the RQMS jobs I had and was really happy with it. My unit's SOP was 'if it is worn on your belt and it is concealed by your tunic, then it is okay' (the exception was a jump knife which had to be earned). The guys...

On a slightly different angle to what Grim's talking about: How would you even 'register'? Say I am Jimmy No-clue, and I register saying I am a Secret Squirrel JTF Sniper Ghost. How will registering prevent that? Take another twist on it and I am Timmy Taliban or Karl KGB registering as a lowly...

You can always enlist as a regular NCM and then CFR or go UTPNCM later. There's those ways too.