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You sure about that? The two years I was there, it was only the rifle coy and the band that was re-badged. Drivers, CQ/RQ, medics, clerks, you name it, they kept their own unit identities.

So how about this? A movie starring Jake Gyllenhaal as Gecko "Mall Ninja" 45, Gary Oldman as SPECOPS and Bob Hoskins as Nikita Khrushchev, defending the malls on the western bank of the Volga river against the Nazis. "Enemy at the GAP"?  ;D

I keep reading it over and over, thinking I missed something that would cause it make sense...but it's just not there. What a strange argument.

GDSM MTL, there were in fact members of 35 GBC represented last year, split between the two CGG divisions. There were pers from even farther away, as well - I think I saw a RNBR hatbadge, and we had someone from the PLF filling in as staff.

We haven't had many apply this year; most of us, myself included, will be working elsewhere. But those who did were told, quite simply, that there were no positions available for us. I'll poke around with other 34 Brigade units, see if they're getting the same thing...

The rumor of no CGG pers serving with CG was tossed around a lot last summer as well. IIRC it was refuted by the area CWO himself towards the end of the season...but on the other hand, if CG is shying away from 34 BGC and/or SQFT as a whole, it could explain why not a single member of our unit...

I guess it does work for a lot of people then. And several months + of the application process would probably (hopefully?) leave time for thinking it over. I'm probably basing my assumption on the number of troops I've seen release, saying they didn't really think things over when they joined...

Granted, it could of course end up working out fine, and if it does, all the better. I'm just of the opinion that taking a job that could entail unlimited personal liability requires a bit of pondering first. Call me crazy... *edit* in light of your later posts, I'll add that what I considered...

I can't say that joining the CF is something you should decide to do 'randomly'...

Reading this thread is like watching a cat toy with a cornered mouse - the result is inevitable, it's just a matter of when it will end and how ugly it will be...

I never saw her with a tacvest - but she looked like she could curl up and fit into her own rucksack!

Saw one in '05 that couldn't have been more than 4'5". I never knew they even made boots that small...

When a soldier doesn't fit the sizes carried by clothing store, they are typically issued non-standard boots that will fit (LPO?) Feel free to bring your boots. Don't expect to wear them.

Count yourself lucky, at least you weren't using a Gilette Fusion razor - then you'd have even more cuts!

Generally speaking, if you're in Canada, you don't need CADPAT AR, and as a consequence, you aren't issued it. Not everyone that has a set of it has been on deployment, however: I personally know about 8 people who fit that category. Edited to add: I'm pretty sure that it's not approved for...

Not quite. An Officer Cadet can be a reservist or CIC. They have yet to complete their training and earn their commission.

'Nuff said.

Just because I talk the talk doesn't mean I walk the walk... :P

HRH who? If you're referring to the Queen, she's HM...

In regards to the buttons, the CGG wears single-spaced buttons, the GGFG are double-spaced. This all goes back to their associated regiments in the UK, the Grenadier Guards and the Coldstream Guards.