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First of all if you are less than 2 years away from graduation for your degree the CF will NOT pick you up for ROTP. If you are in your last year then you can apply as a Direct Entry Officer (DEO). This means that you will finnish university then if selected you will be enrolled as an Armoured...

Lets go with your questions one at a time. 1) Not all Navy trades require an Level II clearance. However If you want a tech occupation then yes. It is not a Canadian requirement it is a NATO requirement that you be in the country for at least 7 years. 2) Yes on occasion and not always they can...

Being a Bos'n will help you with some of the navigation as well as get you used to being in a maritime environment. But like everything else you need to look at what Bos'n's do and to what level they are trained to and look at the requirements for the Master's Ticket. You'll find you will have...

Just to let you know I have now adopted a new call sign! Cheers Retired FDO

First: YES 5. The number is 5, thou shalt not stop at 4 nor carry on to 6. Have more ready in case they don't get an answer from one or more of them. You can't tell me that you are at least 16 years old and NO ONE outside your family has known you for 5 years. Second: 3 basic requirments to...

The reason we called them "Commissioned Officer" is because they usually came in at the Subbie or A/Subbie rank and it would have been an insult to call them S/Lt as they were thought to be more senior. I had a couple on one of the ships I sailed on. They CRF'd from the Bunting Tosser trade. One...

The score for all officers is the same whether ROTP, PRes or DEO. The only one that's different is AEC. Keep in mind that you can only write 3 times. You must wait 1 year after your second write, SIGNIFCANTLY upgrade your education (university or college) and the waiver has to go to CFRG to be...

Accepting CO-OP applications is done for this year. It started at the begining of second semester. You can wait and apply for next year. I heard that Toronto may be running a CO-OP in September AND February.

After 3 years the file that was kept on you at the Recruiting Centre is shredded. All the pertinant info is placed in your Pers file that goes with you throughout your career. My question is, did something happen during your process or do you just want to see what was said about you during your...

According to what I heard on the news a couple of months ago 75% of the population of Toronto is "visible minority" That doesn't include anyone from Eastern Europe or the UK etc. that have immigrated. What about them? Mind you going downtown Toronto does remind me of a couple of deployments I've...

I now work with a group of guys who are all ex-military, US, British, South African and Canadian. It's amazing how similar we all are in how we feel about our time in and how we work now. It's the same kind of teamwork and camaraderie that I had my whole career. Something I never found on the...

If you are going Reserve then they only run BMQ either in the summer or during the fall at the Regiment. You will have fall into one of those time frames. If you are going RegF then you do have SOME wiggle room for BMQ. I have to guess that seeing as you said 14 Service then it's Reserve...

Correct me if I'm wrong but I know in Nova Scotia and Ontario They have Veteran's Plates for your car. All you need to do s serve 3 years in either Reg F or PRes. Lets stick with that. At least you can wear them all the time and EVERYONE on the street can see you once served no matter for how...

Well said all except for the part about education. One of the things we tried to make clear in the Recruiting Centre was education is very important. If your not done high school finish it. If your in University and looking at finishing then finish. The CF will always be here but you will not...

As a retired member of the Navy (32 yrs) I say Amen to that!

I think it's a good idea. They gave us back our uniform, sort of. Why not the curl. I think we should go back to wearing our ranks too. Can you imagine how screwed up some RSM would be to have a "Hookie Scribe" working for him/her!!?

I wonder if it would work on some of the kids that come into the RC. Just the ones that ask the really stupid questions like "is it like true you have to like get up when someone tells you or like can you sleep in" Here's your collar!!

You will be asked if there are any changes to your status, like credit, marriage, legal. You can answer no and carry on but like you should have been briefed if you provide false information on enrollment the CF can either send you to jail for up to two years and release you or just release you...

Hey don't knock the C5. I still use mine. Or what's left of it. Keeps a good edge and will open any beer can I ever came across. Sometimes change for the sake of change isn't good either!