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I just want to give some advice based on my own personal experience related to the vision qualifications for occupations. I would recommend making sure you have at least two occupations you'd be willing to do, and make sure they don't have the same vision requirements.  So say you need to be V3...

that's awesome man.  dedication!

I don't have a swearing in date either.  They just told me they'd call me back in the first week of September to give me my paperwork and set up a swearing in date. But I am going to Basic on November 8th.

Sometimes I wonder why I'm so stupid. I had been doing so well with using the search function too, all for it to be ruined.  :'( edit:  Upon further review, I feel slightly less stupid because that threads for people going on the 1st.  The reason I still feel stupid is because I totally...

I got called yesterday and offered a 4-year contract as a Signals Operator.  My course starts November 8th.  My course ends on March 11th. Who else is going this month!? Should be a lot of fun...  Right through the worst months of winter, and we'll likely get to Farnham sometime at the end of...

haha, see you there man. Should be a hell of a time...  Right through the winter.  Best time to learn how to become a soldier, I'm thinking.

Hey, good timing! Um, well, after doing my medical I had to do an eye exam and mail it to them.  I did that last week, and today I got a phone call from the CFRC with a job offer...  4-year contract as Sig Ops.  My Basic Training course starts on November 8th and I go to St. Jean, Quebec!

Recruting Center:  Charlottetown, PE Regular/Reserve:  Regular Officer/NCM:  NCM Trade Choice 1:  Armoured Trade Choice 2:  Field Artillery Trade Choice 3:  Sig Ops Application Date:  January 7th, 2010 CFAT:  January 13th, 2010 Medical:  If things stay on schedule, then it will be April 14th...

Maybe I'm a little late on this, but I feel I should toss out some suggestions... I know I hate push-ups...  I used to be good at them (in Junior High), but once I hit my mid to late teens (I'm 21 now) I just couldn't rock them. I can do about 30-35 now (on a good day), but there was a time...

I find between 11 AM and 3 AM EST, I'm unable to get on the site.  It just keeps loading and eventually tells me there's an error. Maybe this was touched on earlier, but I thought I should mention it. Although, I know the site loads A LOT faster during the day then it ever did since I've...

I had asked them, but I thought asking here would be nice too.  Sometimes the CFRC  makes mistakes (because they're human -- like when they got me to write my CFAT when I was applying for Infantry and told me afterwards that I wasn't supposed to write it and they had made a mistake).  Although...

Do my medical and interview next Wednesday.  Should be fun. Seems Armoured and Artillery are hiring pretty solid numbers, so if my eyes pass the medical, I'll probably hold out until I get one of those.  If not, I have Signal Ops as a backup on my list.  I'm happy with any of those so it works...

You're from Prince County, PEI? I was born on the Island as well.  Always good to see a fellow Islander...  Who appreciates drinking. On topic...  When I wrote my CFAT I was told I did well, and I just assumed they were being honest.  Doesn't seem like the type of thing someone at the CFRC...

I can't quite figure out what you mean. Did you 'cite' artillery as your occupation choice or did you 'sign' as an artilleryman? In anycase, your best bet is to ask someone at the CFRC. From what I was told during my discussions were this: 1.  When it comes to changing your occupation choice...

Well put.  I think a lot of people get this idea that wanting to make money is a bad reason for something, but if you're good at your job it doesn't matter what your reasons for being there are.

I don't think it's disrespectful.

I guess I'm a bleeding heart, but the way I see it is that it's people who are terrorists and it should be people who are searched.  What I mean is that if you're a living and breathing human you should be searched.  I try not to think in race, sex, religion, etc.  I just like to see people as...

I hope everything works out for you. If it means anything, you scared me shitless.  Me and my buddies like to fight and wrestle with one another when we drink a little.  After reading your journal, I won't be putting myself into a situation where I could injure myself and hurt the process of...

This is so pathetic, but my heart fluttered when I read "Then you will have a coffee."

I cannot speak with 100% certainty, but I can tell you what I was told when I was at the CFRC. I asked about joining Infantry and he mentioned the freeze and that it may be awhile before it's open.  I asked about potentially joining in another occupation and maybe switching over.  He said that...