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  1. Grunt_031

    Medal Mounting

    I have a business that mounts medals in Edmonton. Turn around is 7 Days. You can see my work in my gallery on my website at www.defencemedals.ca or link thru one of my ads on this site. I also work on the base so can meet up for drop off or pick up or meet at another spot of your choosing. My...
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    Zero Pilots Being Hired in 2009?

    Theres a large backlog indeed. What is the current wait time for flight training? I remember friends back in the 90's waiting 5+ Years.
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    How Soon After Enrollement Can You Be Deployed Overseas

    Apply for a job in the UN because your chance of going with the CF is slim to none. http://www.unsystem.org/jobs/job_opportunities.htm
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    New Rucksack

    As stated by Quag this systems is very different from anything that most people are use to using. I was part of the trials and it took a long time to get into a different mind set. The entire pack/carriage system and Ballistic vest are all designed to intergrate together. As with everything...
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    Asthma & the CF (merged thread)

    Surprising a few years ago while teaching BIQ we had a candidate with asthma. He suffered a few attacks as a child and suffered no attack since then and was accepted. The only reason we found out he had asthma was in the final FTX ,and it was minus 55 (wWC), he had a massive attack in the middle...
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    CAF Specialist Pay [Spec Pay]- All Trades [MERGED]

    You have no vested rights when you do a Voluntary OT. You will drop back to Cpl4, If the new trade has spec pay you will not see it until your QL 5 Qual. I went from Sgt 4 to Cpl 4 on my date of transfer.
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    End of Career Sale

    Last Day :nod:
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    Problems with accessing www.army.ca

    I am having trouble accessing the sites using http://army.ca/ and  http://air-force.ca/ It takes forever to upload. Once I get in or in through the forums.army.ca I can navigate the site but it is very slow. Any thoughts?
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    End of Career Sale

    Three more days and then remaining items will be up on eBay. Thanks for looking!
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    End of Career Sale

    Finally Retiring and have some items I can't use around the house. CADPAT Day Pack (Great Canadian Kitshop) very good condition $35.00 CADPAT Knee Pads (New) $35.00 CADPAT Pouch, Large (New) $20.00 Cbt Boots Mk3 with Vibram Soles. (10-10 1/2E) New Never Worn $60.00 (Sold) Cbt Belt (New) $15.00...
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    Med Release, Voc Rehab

    I waived disclosure and I had an 3B Release message in about 4 Days. They will give you a 6 month release date but you are able to release at anytime before that. I applied and it took about 30 days to get approval from Halifax after they received the medical portion of the paperwork and was...
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    Lead water pipes Petawawa 23 DEC 2008

    as well,  older houses they used lead/tin solder to connect copper pipes.
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    Edmonton - how long a drive from the Uni?

    45 min, give or take. Probably one of the worst area to get back and forth to the base from during rush hours. The horrible traffic points are 109 St/Yellow Head/127th St/97th St and finally front gate. The side gates are the better entry points.
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    Thoughts on deployment/rotation length & HLTA

    As member that was on Op Apollo In 2002 in Afghanistan, we had no HLTA. We did have a 4 day R&R in UAE as a Platoon and also rotation on camp duties. This allowed us to retain our combat strength/effectiveness and on the R&R do a little decompression among peers. After during numerous UN and...
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    Restoration of medal arround Gagetown ?

    You can try Brad's Medal Mounting. I think he is still in NB. Just google- Brad's Medal Mounting.
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    The system is worrying, RMC

    CT-Component Transfer DIN-Defence Information Network (CF Internet)
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    Eligibility date for free R & Q due to marriage?

    It is the same for Furniture and Effects as well. I was posted to Gagetown and married my first wife 3 months later who was in a second location. No R&Q or separation expense and when I did move her down we had to pay for it out of our own pocket. Its all about the timing.
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    Which technician trade would I be best suited for?

    WFE Tech 00305 Water Fuel and Enviromental. Best kept secret in the CF. http://www.recruiting.forces.gc.ca/v3/ENgraph/jobs/jobs.aspx?id=647 Certified Engineering Technician (Mechanical) is a Related Civilian Occupation on the website
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    Sacrifice Medal Mega Thread

    Here we go. Physical and Mental injuries or just the physical ones? It is going to interesting to see the eligibility requirements.
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    Forced Element Transfer

    On my WFE QL3 we had an OT from the Navy(Stoker) and was told that our trade was going 60/40 Airforce/Army and he was to be the first Army WFE. On arrival to Gagetown was issued Army Deu's. Five weeks into the course it was determined that they were going top delay the decision and then was...
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