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Yes, if told to go, you have to go. Universality of service is the concept that everyone in the regular force and primary reserve must be able to deploy for military operations or perform other military duty.  (One example of a military duty that would not fit into an average CF member's normal...

Are you sure?  Most reserve units train on one evening each week, but many have a small day staff (who are around during normal working hours) as well.

Nothing to worry about -- you have to keep in practice!

Don't knock it!  That's how I learned the phonetic alphabet (during a summer job as the groundskeeper at a hotel, late in the last millennium).

Those are the terms of service for any reservist; there's nothing new or unusual in that. I like the idea.  I think it would be a great opportunity to connect with the civilian population and put a military presence in some of the smaller university towns that have little, if any, now. The...

Ignorance of military matters is endemic throughout the media although, in fairness to them, I've been happy to see not quite so many "the HMCS"es in the last few years.

If you want to stay in Ottawa and serve in the navy then the Naval Reserve (part-time) would be your only option.  Talk to these guys: http://www.navy.forces.gc.ca/navres/1/1-n_eng.asp?category=95 If you want to make a full-time career out of it then you'll have to be willing to move wherever...

For anyone who is still skeptical about that solution, it becomes clearer if you consider two or three (or up to five) trigger pulls in a row without the player getting shot. This would also be a good way to explain the solution to the Monty Hall problem.  (When given the chance, you change...

We hope it won't happen, of course, but tomorrow's war could involve a ship taking enough battle damage to require abandonment.  Never done it myself, obviously, but if the training video is anything to go by a foundation in drill is a definite asset in getting the ship's company off of the ship...

I think your next step should be to speak to the Major.  Also, if you have access to a padre, it might be worthwhile to talk to him or her.

Another quote from the article has him "arguing that because the definition required [sic] the terrorist conduct to be performed for political, religious or ideological reasons, it infringes the Charter right to express religious beliefs and political opinions." That seems a bit twisted; the...

It's his mention of "very chauvinistic values" that gives me pause, whichever shade of meaning he gives to "chauvinistic". Jack Granatstein would have made for an interesting counterpoint.

No, but it's unnecessary.  We have a system that works well, and has been doing so for several hundred years.  As institutions go, it's got a pretty enviable track record.

There are several ways, of course -- having a Public Affairs Branch is among them.  But it's hard to deny the appeal of a parade for the general public.  To someone who has done it before it may be little more than a long walk and a lot of standing around, but it can attract interested...

The key role of the monarch is to ensure that there is a legitimate government in office, and that it continues to act legitimately.  Were the PM to use his majority to  colour outside of the constitutional lines, the monarch would have the responsibility to step in and take appropriate...

I can sympathize with those who have been subjected to day-long parades, and days-long preparation for them.  I overheard a comment at the Freedom of the City parade in Halifax last summer that captured the spirit of it: "Nothing like a parade, when you're not in it!". But I come down on the...

I like that as well.  It does weaken the line, but not to the extent that a lot of other knots do.  (A bit of science on it at http://www.caves.org/section/vertical/nh/50/knotrope.html.)

What's the application for the carrick bend in the field?  (I've only known it as being used to bend together heavy lines, in the ballpark of hawsers.)

I don't mean to speak for anyone else, but I think that when people say "lucky" they as often as not mean "fortunate".  I don't think there's any implication that you got where you are without having worked for it.

Attached is a clipping from the dress regs that I hope answers your question.  If you don't have a copy, I can try to send it to you through Cadet Net.