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Being at RMC myself, I would be guessing that any exchanges to other military schools overseas might be difficult for civi U students. The reason being, here at RMC we are living a military lifestyle everyday, so its easier for us to go from one military setting to another. For civi U students...

During FYOP, not a chance. In our flight anyway, they took away all our phones at the beginning of FYOP, and you had 15 minutes a day where you could use it (you had to ask permission though). On Sundays, there's a 2 hour block or so in the morning where they would give you back your phones and...

Cheeky monkey, I don't know when you did FYOP, but luggage was a non-issue for us this year. CEEB, you're overthinking the issue waaay too much. Just bring whatever you bring in whatever you want. If you're supposed to get duffel bags or whatever (which the first years this year haven't even...

I'm reg f, and have never been reserve. Some OCdts here were reservists, and had to wait a while to get their pay sorted out too, but even they have gotten dealt with by now, and we all reported here on the same date. Oh, when I said apparently it isn't easy, I meant that's based on what the OR...

Sigh indeed. I'm a full-time student, so I know our attendance gets reported to our Captain if we miss a class. Other than that, we have sign in/out procedures, lots of mandatory events, etc., so they always know where you are. So in theory, it should be really easy to calculate my pay, as other...

Nope, no pay card. Apparently the problem is that I'm not even in the system - when they first enrolled our info, me and about 20 others got "bounced back out" for some reason, that now must get fixed by Ottawa. If the OR types my name or service number into their computer, nothing comes up. So...

I know, I don't care if it sometimes takes that long, it shouldn't. Thanks for the encouragement, I'll try asking again.  :salute:

Thanks for all the support guys, I appreciate it! It's nice to know I'm not nuts for thinking something could actually get done, and that my situation isn't normal! But actually, when I was talking to the MCpl in the pay office about it, one of the other clerks piped up and said that it took 7-8...

Thanks. Our orderly room is going to call Ottawa again, but I'm not holding my breath. I did talk to my Captain about it before Xmas, and she said there's nothing that can be done except to wait. Terribly helpful.

You ladies are lucky that you only have to get to level 4 for the CF Expres. We have to do that too, but we have to do the PPT at RMC too, and the ladies standard is 7.5, plus an agility run and long jump. We also have to be able to do 16 pushups for the PPT. Be very thankful you're only doing...

Apparently not eh!! I'm going to go talk to them AGAIN today, wish me luck!

It'll still be pretty big, the advances were only a portion of what I would have gotten, and I have only gotten a few since I arrived. C'est la vie I suppose. Hopefully it will all get sorted before I get promoted to Major (I'm an OCdt now)! ;)

Hey all, here's an update for you since I arrived at RMC in August. I went in being able to do about 15 pushups consistently, and probably about 35-40 situps in a row. I could also do 3-4 chinups. After our "recruit camp" training, and FYOP (first year orientation period) for 5 weeks, plus...

I'm still waiting to get paid, and I arrived at my unit in August. I've gotten a few "advances", but apparently there's a problem in Ottawa or something. You'd think someone could make a phone call and sort it out. Oh well, at least I'll eventually get a nice big paycheque! :-\

Yep, I know, looking forward to it! My brother loves flying remote control helicopters, and when I told him ACSO's will probably be doing a lot of work with UAV's, he was very very jealous!

As far as I know, as long as you will have enough years in you to fulfill your contract (mine's until 2020, I'll be doing more training as an air navigator after I graduate RMC), they don't seem to really care about age. As far as my other experience, I've lived overseas for most of the past 15...

Don't even worry about being only 23 or 24! I'm 35, and the oldest new cadet here this year, plus I'm a woman, with a minor heart problem. If I can do it, and make it through FYOP, so can you. Be in the best physical shape you can be, and know that know matter what you do, there are going to be...

You join band when you sign up for other recreational clubs during FYOP, but you can't start going to practices until after FYOP is over. Right now, if your fitness is not up to speed (ie. you don't pass your RMC PPT test), you will be placed on supplementary PT, which means you can't really...

I think RMC Cadet was referring to rules for first year cadets (8 times a month), not to general cadet rules. Loads of "special" rules for first years. Oh well, life could be much worse, we all could be at McDonalds earning a garbage wage going, "Would you like fries with that?". No thanks.

During FYOP, our flight was only allowed our internet cables 2 hours a week, and cell phone access for 15 minutes/day. So forget about doing anything major with a computer during FYOP. After, you can play games, what not, but judging by those in my flight who are failing some of their courses...