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The more important policy for a weekend leave outside the local area is QR&O 16.01 http://www.forces.gc.ca/en/about-policies-standards-queens-regulations-orders-vol-01/ch-16.page: 16.01 - WITHHOLDING OF AND RECALL FROM LEAVE (1) Leave may be withheld from an officer or non-commissioned member...

To use the word exclusive is inappropriate.  In the last 15 years almost as many Nurses became HSOs as HCAs and only a few Pharm (MedCorps will correct if I am wrong!) As for progression, a similar number of former Nurses and HCAs reached the rank of LCol and Col.  As for GO/FO, one HCA, one...

The avenues to lodge patient complaints in CAF Health Centres are the Commanding Officer, the Base Surgeon, Company Sergeant-Major or the Primary Care Services Manager. Contact numbers are available here...

For you to be referred out, the specialist must be registered with Medavie Blue Cross which puts them on the "Preferred Provider List" that is maintained with the assistance of the Federal Health Claims Processing System.  The specialist must apply and adhere to the guidelines listed in the...

If you are referring to a your rights as a military member seeking health care, the CAF Patient Partnered Care Policy states: "As our patient, we want you to:...Be fully informed about all aspects of your care and be able to respect and receive a second opinion if desired." 5020-68 - Sharing...

The latest I have heard is that they are considering a 24-hour before duty cap and that some trades will be considered safety sensitive with longer time caps.  If you start your workday at 0700 on Monday morning than your last hit exhale will have to be at 0700 on Sunday.  The challenge is...

The people without degrees will be in a different pile - ROTP, since those with degrees go in the DEO pile.  The way things sometimes work you may want to apply for HCA and for your Masters, it may take until you complete your Masters before you get accepted into CAF.

I can attest that I was one of those who got reimbursed for resume writing assistance and that I am still looking for a full-time job 5 years later.

You will normally need to contact Veterans Affairs and get a referral, you could start here: 1-866-522-2122 (toll-free) Monday to Friday, 8:30 to 4:30, local time.  For immediate assistance there is - "The VAC Assistance Service" This counselling and referral service is available 24/7. It is a...

I honestly no longer have a dog in the race.  Are you saying it makes sense to take a portion of 'forced' mess dues to form an Entertainment Budget that includes free meals for guests/families?  As an outsider it would appear that the fact that there is more than enough TGIT food to go around...

Public Servants should be paying for their meals unless they are dues paying members of the Mess.  When I attended as a visitor, I was not asked to pay and there appeared to be so much leftover food that people were offered seconds and thirds to take home with them and then late arrivals from...

MGen Rouleau is a General Officer therefore his course qualifications and former occupation as an Artillery Officer are of no relevance.  If the CDS was a former Infantry Officer and former assaulter would he wear SOFCOM browns?

I was at a recent Vimy Officers Mess Happy Hour in Kingston at which there were as many civilian spouses and children as there were officers in uniform.  I find it hard to rationalize feeding spouses and children from mess dues of the officers.  I think messes should all be like the ones in...

I have difficulty understanding how a SOF MGen retains a distinctive SOF environmental uniform since all Colonels and above become subject to the Col/GOFO cap badge and lose their Regimental affiliation and merely retain their environmental uniform.  I was equally puzzled by the Honour Guard...

I always considered mess dues to be union dues and mess dinners like family dinners arranged by the Old Man.  Suck it up and try to enjoy yourself you never know when you need them in your corner.

It is the Capt Stubing Effect - you either Love (Boat) it or don't!

May Roderick Baines Rest in Peace knowing that his duty on earth is done and done well! :salute:  My sincere condolences to his family, friends and brothers-in-arms.

Although everyone is taught the importance during basic training of taking care of their personal appearance and hygiene, maintaining that sense of pride varies with time.  I have worked with members of all ranks who's uniforms stink of cigarette smoke, their breath stinks due to poor dental...

The future of the CAF - drill, dress and deportment:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5qDkd56Scg

I never expected that once the new/old rank structure with pips, crowns, executive curls and whatever it is the RCAF have, finally entrenched itself that the other standards like haircuts, facial hair, and jewelry would follow.  I served 29+ years in the military, retired 5 years ago and I have...