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Thanx for the answers. I called the recruiting detachment in Kitchener today and wrote them an email. Its unforunate that there office operates on banker‘s hours, cause there‘s no way I can get there during the days. Workload is crazy, but hopefully they get back to me!!!

Like they said the best way to wear in your boots is to wear in your boots. Quite frankly it took me till week 12 of basic before the boots felt comfortable. I think its as much your foot getting use to the boot as it is the boot getting use to your foot. I spoke with a couple of 2Lt who...

Yeah I pretty much meant the weekend, if you‘re lucky, don‘t expect to get off base until the fourth week minimum, but trust me you will not have a lack of activities to do on base. Remember its a privilege to do push-ups!!

well it all depends, there were platoons on BOTC who were only given the shoe box for personal items, u can lock up wutever u won‘t use in civi lock up, but u won‘t be able to get to it because it will be a lcoekd room where all your non kit stuff goes for the duration of the course except for...

Hi, I‘m a civil engineering student at the University of Waterloo, and I want to join the reg force when I graduate. I was speaking to my friend at dinner and he was just at teh recruiting office in Kitchener last week and was told that there‘s gonna be a reserve engineer unit in Waterloo. I...

like wongskc said u can try an outfit like the french foreign legion. Its easier, as in administratively easier, to join forces within the British Commenwealth. However, you still must be working towards a citizenship to that coountry.

Thanx for all the answers, I guess in that case, are any of you Engineering officers in Ontario? adn if so how does your military expereince relate to PEO requirements. In our civil engineering program we were learning the PEO regulations and they mentioned military service, but did not really...

As a supplementary question to the above, what duties are you limited to as an junior Engineers officer that has not had enough time yet to aquire his P.Eng designation?

As an Engineers officer, how does the experience aquired from the army contribute to receiveing your P.Eng designation. Does military engineering experience count towards the 4 yr intern period before yo u can apply for your P.Eng designation?

I was just checking out the DND Arny website and looking at the equipment. For sniper weapons they have the LRSW, which is a Macmillan Brothers .50 cal used for anti-material targets, and the C3A1, whcihc is a Cdn army spec Parker-Hale M82 7.62 anti-personnel weapon. I am not to familiar with...

Yeah, the show is definitely a good watch. It shows some intense exercises and training that each element goes through. Funny name for a show though seeing that Truth, Duty, Valour is the motto for RMC. You‘d think it would be more about that institution.

Going for an interview in the CF is like going for an interview in the civilian world. You really want to impress the interviewer. Try to think in the interviewer‘s shoes. You can tell a lot about someone by their dress and deportment. The person interviewing you has probably interviewed...

Something you might want to consider is to bring two of everything in regards to toiletries. Come time for inspection you want a display set and a set you actually use. Its a pain cleaning your shaving cream bottle, toothpaste cap and soap dish before every inspection. If you‘re in garrison...