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I have a book recommendation - "Test and Assess your IQ" by Philip Carter and Ken Russell. Its got vocabulary tests, spatial ability, math  and reasoning. For the math part I did more than what this books contains. But yeah, I don't have enough words to praise this book.

I have a similar question but a different scenario - My father is a retired Lt. Col. (this is the way they abbreviate the rank there) from the Indian Army. Will he be allowed to swear me in?

Back on topic - does anyone know the numbers or rather percentages of minorities in the US, British, Australian and New Zealand armed forces? Great Britain has a sizeable immigrant population and the others also have native communities. So in a way similar to Canada. If these nations have more...

Aviator, this is exactly what I'm saying. All applicants are already being given an equal opportunity - it is for people to make use of this.

Hi, I’ve been closely following this thread. I’m fairly fresh off the boat (been here for only five years) and I’m a visible minority. Yes, Canadian demographics have changed and ideally the CF should be reflective of this. But what has stopped the “non white male” groups from applying...

Hi guys, Please pardon the delay in responding to your comments. Tyler H: When I got a call for the aptitude test, I took a look at the sample question paper on the CF website and picked up books for every kind of questions. Say for example – sequences, spatial ability, basic arithmetic...

Thanks jrst - forgot about those darn sequences! I can't stress enough - the aptitude test needs dedicated preparation. Some of my friends (who're in the CF) told me that "its a piece of cake". Thankfully, I filtered this advice they had given me  :).

There is a sample question paper on the CF website. One of the things I did to prepare for the aptitude test was this - a. 100 long division problems; b. 100 mutiplication problems; c. 100 addition problems; d. 100 subtration problems. In all these I used big numbers, often with decimals...

All the best to you seawolf! Which Log element are you aiming for?

This is only wishful thinking on my part - I wish Army Reservists could also do their BMQ at St. Jean.

If I'm not mistaken, these guns were first introduced in the "Medium Regiments" of the Indian Army in the 80s. There was a huge scandal because there were allegations that Bofors AB had given bribes to some top ranking politicians (including the PM) for securing the deal. I was just a little kid...

Kudos to you Tristan. Which unit will you be joining?

Hi there, Congrats for the job offer! If you dont mind sharing, how long did your application process take? Cheers. EDIT: Never mind, I just read your first post and found out.

This looks like a good solid watch. A nice cosmetic touch is the green strap  :salute:.

Hey RDJP, congrats to you on your selection! Hopefully you'll be loaded on to a BMQ course sooner than later. Any which way, its all good. You've put one big hurdle out of the way.

NMPeters: When you say "it is out of the Army's hands", does this mean that the recommendations put forward by the CF for the CT process are being reviewed by the DND?

Technoviking: You're bang-on in saying that that folk immigrate west and not the other way round. This includes people from the developed and developing countries in Europe. I too am an immigrant, so please bear with me if I'm wrong in saying that as far as culture and governance is...

rsn48: Thank you for posting these pictures. They are a great motivator for some of us blokes who are waiting to be enrolled. On a side note - you must be such a proud parent! All the best to your son/ daughter. Cheers, AGB.

AlixVten: I'm just civilian, but by any standards you have a very impressive resume. Your family must be so proud of you! Even though you have done so much, at such an early age, your post does not have any hint of a chip-on-the-shoulder (at least in my opinion). I wish you the best. AGB...

RandyCrust, I'm in a similar situation as you. I work for a government agency and our Collective Agreement supports employees who wish to be engaged in the Reserve Component of the Canadian Forces. Before I approached the reserve unit I was interested in, I informed my Staffing Manager. After...