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It is permanent. Given the issue is resolved and doesn't reoccur, I don't think the career implications would extend beyond the PER season for which the IC was issued.

QL3 training is 61 Training Days, plus typically BAEQ (Basic Air Environment Qual) is done before starting course, so 66 training days, which works out to 13-14 weeks. I can PM you with 2014 course dates from CFSACO if you'd like. As for wait times before course, it does vary. If you finish...

There's always two sides to the posting coin - where you want to go, and where the military wants you to go. Which "side" of the trade you're put on depends on which unit you're posted to, which is determined by the Career Manager. Basically, they'll look at which positions are available and...

Indeed they do. Lajes Field (LPLA) on the Azores is a Portuguese AF facility with a USAF Det, and has handled large aircraft B-52's, An-124's, and 747's. Again, it is an extra 500 miles. Extra fuel = less cargo = increased cost to move X amount of goods.

Its CH-146 Griffon, Chinooks are CH-147's.

From the Blue side of the house: Here in North Bay, the Officers and WO/Sergeants messes were demolished years ago in the late-90's downsizing, and all that is left is a combined mess for both eating and drinking. It's a big enough mess to partition (2 bars, several lounges, and a dance floor)...

ANR's callsign is TOPROCK.

Once your message arrives, it will have more explicit instructions for you. A BTL is basically an admin section that untrained personnel fall under, so there should be one at Valcartier. Once you're posted there, they should try to find you employment related to your new trade, which in your...

I won't comment on promotion rates of one trade versus another, but as to AEC in the General Staff, I know of one off the top of my head: BGen Galvin commands 2 Cdn Air Div, responsible for Air Force Training...

The house itself is still there, but it has not been the mess for some time. NAVCAN now rents it out as a conference facility.

For the ATC side of the house, you'll have Comox, Cold Lake, Moose Jaw, Trenton, Bagotville, and Greenwood. Weapons, it's only one initial posting: North Bay. ATC Graduates are dispersed based on the needs of the units. Some bases may have no positions available, thus no one is likely to be...

I've done a Third Location LTA, so I'll add my experience here. In a nutshell, the Third Location LTA works by sending both the member and the NOK to somewhere, and travel costs for both are reimbursable up to the Max LTA Reimbursement as below. Bzz, you pretty much described it. As far as an...

Option #1 is a prohibited device.

This I don't understand. Personalized funds are for, in the words of the CFIRP manual, "Non-essential, but attributable for a relocation", whereas Core funds are for things "Essential to a relocation" Someone mind telling me how hooking up things like Water, Heat, and Hydro suddenly became...

Congratulations to Col Harris on her new command. We were in short sleeves last year for several change of command parades; It happens all the time for parades in hot weather. Photographic evidence: 1 Cdn Air Div...

You generally won't be slotted for VFR/IFR/Wpns until after you graduate from RMC, which for you is 4 years from now. Lots can change in 4 years, and plenty has changed in the trade in 4 years. You're best off engaging your CoC once you're finished RMC. When I was an AEC, generally people were...

(from my gf, who is from the Phillipines) If you want to have fun like amusement park fun, go to Enchanted Kingdom or Splash Island in Laguna. If you like beaches, go to Batangas/Boracay If its some female attention you're after, head across the bay to Bataan. The girls at the old airbase...

Yes, but they're so unused, you'd almost think it's sacred ground :P I think the fact that Winnipeg is the only place in the world that possesses a U-turn traffic signal speaks volumes to how f-ed up driving here is:

Coming from S. Ontario, I have to agree. Also to add, Winnipeg drivers never make use of merge lanes. They stop at the traffic island, wait, then merge into the FARTHEST lane, despite there being 500 feet of merge lane and 2 empty lanes. Its like this city needs a collective lesson on how to...

I don't think they send the majority of recruits to any one place. They're usually sent to air bases to get some exposure and where they get sent depends on a number of things. Recruits can and do get sent to Trenton and North Bay, but also other places such as Greenwood, Bagotville, Winnipeg...