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Looks bad though. It seems like the majority of the complaints stem from experiences during the sex worker undercover course. I would think that part of the training would be to desensitize the student to the types of things she is complaining about. Is her claim that they shouldn't do that or...

The reason, afaik, is so you can access medical benefits as soon(ha) as possible. In my case, it was clear that my injury was caused by military service and I had lost RoM as a result. No one had ever recorded just how much less RoM I had. Worked out in my favour and I got 5% more than I expected.

That happened with one of mine. I needed a form filled out with my range of motion to figure out where on the table of disability I was. I think that once it's approved you can start getting medical benefits but you could wait for your payout.

It isn't like he really has a choice. If the secret service says go they will make you. Apparently Dick Cheney had to be carried there after 9/11 because he didn't want to go.

It's not supposed to be an estimate, it supposed to be an average of all the files completed. The only non-nefarious reason for the discrepancy that I can think of is that the reporting period is too large to provide useful information. The tool may be actually telling us that last year it would...

As of this morning, VAC is working on September 18 claims and October 18 departmental reviews. The departmental review wait tool time is 44 weeks. It appears that the actual time is almost double that. The wait time tool had the exact opposite effect they wanted. Now, not only do we know they...

When I was RSS staff, I was always in the field as was the other full-time staff with the exception of the orderly pers outside of IBTS training exercises. However, our sister regiment was the exact opposite. I think part of the problem with RSS staff is that it is primarily seen as a retirement...

I think this has a lot to do with reserve problems. Our reserve units are not operational units, merely administrative and training units. For every person who plans to deploy you have 1 guy who likes playing army on the weekends, 1 guy who shows up on parade nights so he can hang out in the...

At least it wasn't doing donuts in the harbour again.

I know the CAF has no control over VAC but I can't deny that, as a serving member, VAC affects my morale and desire to stay in the CAF. I can only imagine how they affect someone without my ties to the CAF. I'm the 4th straight generation in my family to serve and I married into a military...

I feel your pain. I'm in the same boat. I have a TOS offer sitting on my desk and I'm not sure I'm going to sign it, despite a likely promotion next year and a career that is actually going fairly well right now. Since the late 90s benefits have been slowly eroded and replaced by programs which...

"pisses off a bunch of people while doing so because those who can still work get less than they would have under the PA" This also encourages fraud. If I can't earn money because it will affect my benefits, but I am capable of earning at some diminished capacity, I am likely to work under the...

Sounds about right. The NVC has a lot of benefits and the pension for life is better for a 20 year cpl whose life is in disarray and who is incapable of managing his money. But it doesn't matter if it takes two years or more to get what you are entitled to. No amount of mental health funding...

So did the last one. And the last CAF ombudsman Gary Walbourne. Trudeau et al. did not agree.

Thanks for the info. My CoC consists of two contractors and a civilian for the first 3 levels. My TOS were promulgated in March and I just heard about it today from the BOR. However, that won't be the case by 31 October so no need to worry

I have been told have new TOS available and I need to sign in 3 weeks. I know nothing about them and I don't have a CoC to speak of right now. I am waiting for clarification but what are my options? This is a pretty shitty time to decide the next near decade of my life.

I wonder if the problem isn't that our tail too large but the fact we have a tiny head with only a few teeth. I have never met someone working in HQs that would say they were under worked. Everyone I meet agrees we need to cut the fat but not in their shop, they are too busy. In fact, they could...

The majority of the comments that have been critical of this article seem to have how you define "aging" or "old" equipment. A lot of equipment is actually reasonably up to date in technological terms. Military equipment isn't usually cutting edge stuff. On the other hand, we have a lot of...

Why are they doing this? Because they can, they don't care and there is no accountability. The new ombudsman has been basically radio silent since taking the job. Even when his office takes a complaint, they can't do anything. We have no recourse and VAC knows it. Calls to the ombudsman, letters...

I think in Canada it is a pushback to the idea that the proper role of the CAF is peacekeeping.