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Ignoring the foolish parts of the original post... Maj. Henwood’s story is as bad as it sounds – I ran into this link http://www.dnd.ca/hr/scondva/engraph/012898a_e.asp during my various internet searches for CF pension plan info a few months ago. Nothing has tested my desire to join up...

How many washing machines are there at St-Jean? Should I start saving my quarters and loonies now? Cheers, Ralph

I believe your file as a whole can be kept open for as long as you (or the CFRC) wants it to. But your medical results are only good for a year, and your interview and fitness test results for six months. They will dissuade you from taking the fitness test if you‘re not going/wanting to get...

Sorry - wasn‘t clear. Yeah - 30 each for the three combat arms - so 60 in total. As mentioned in above threads, they‘ve exceeded their numbers the last couple years, which means they‘re easing off for the time being. The recruiter said things may change before, during, or after the board sits in...

For Murph00 and others hoping to get on this September‘s officer training - I had my re-interview yesterday and, I was told, numbers have gone down to their pre-hiring bonanza of the last couple years. They‘re looking at around 20 each for infantry, arty, and armoured. Don‘t know about the...

I was going to point out our similarities as well - except I‘ve forgotten most of my French and reserve training (I can still strip and clean a C1, I think). I asked my interviewer those questions as well and he couldn‘t/wouldn‘t say. I think somebody on the forum said they had three or four...

Yup - I‘m up for the September one too. My file was completed in time for the December 02 board, but they were only hiring artillery.

Aha - that would make a bit of difference... Reg, DEO. Thanks, Ralph.

Can anyone tell me how many weeks each Phase II, III, and IV are for infantry officers? And I heard that Phase II goes three times a year, III twice, and IV once – is that correct? (And so it’s possible to do one after the other, but not likely?) Cheers, Ralph.

In the hopes of dodging the flames...what happens if you DO fail out while doing your officer classification training? Does it matter if it‘s a particular phase? Are you given the boot right away, or do you get a second chance? (Or a third?) And is it the same for the enlisted guys? Just...

No, both threads helped a lot - thanks for everyone‘s answers. Cheers, Ralph.

I’ll move my second question to this thread to simplify – will I have the opportunity to get a PMQ while doing my Infantry Phase II through IV at Gagetown? Depending on which stream I get into, I could be there for over a year (so I hear). Or is it considered a restricted posting if you’re...

Gotcha. Well, I won‘t hold out hope either way. But if I go infantry and end up at Gagetown for Phases II-IV, will I get a PMQ there? If the courses don‘t line up, you can be there for quite a while, from what I hear. And no RSM is as scary as wifey when I try to convince her that being apart...

Does anyone know if there are PMQ‘s at St. Jean? Obviously you couldn‘t get one during basic, but what about during second language training (for officers)? Thanks, Ralph.

Besides the size of their weapons, I mean. For those of you in either who have worked with the other MOC in the field or on base, what did you notice as the biggest difference between you and them? And what made/makes you like your specialization more than the other? Is there a personality trait...

Is it paranoid to think I might not get an offer if I tell them before the board sits (or have it reneged between getting an offer and actually leaving, which will be three months or so?) I want to be on the up-and-up, but I don‘t want them to wobble because I was too forthcoming - or should I...

I finally got my phone call telling me I didn’t get in to the January BOTC (not a surprise, as it started two weeks ago), but Borden wanted to keep my file open, which the captain who called said is a good sign for the September course. My problem is that my wife is due within a week of the...

About turn, not about face...my warrant didn‘t like when I said the American term...

Sorry Jug - I can only imagine how much you wanted to get in, if you‘re anything like me. If it makes you feel any better, I was told just before CFRC took its Christmas leave that the artillery list still hadn‘t come out, and that I‘d have to wait until January. I called when they got back and...

I think Kurokaze is doing reserve officer training, which means it all gets done on the weekends. Ralph.