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I know that I want in to the combat arms. I don't want artillery because I don't have the math scores for that profession, and I do not want to be a sapper, despite them getting to blow stuff up most of the time. It's Armored or Infantry for me :D  :warstory: As someone posted in another thread...

Well, I have no problems serving as a regular force soldier. I just want in to the CF  ;D :warstory: For me, there is no other career out there  :salute: :army:

Thanks for the reply  ;D I actually went and had an informal chat with one of the interviewers at CFRC Calgary the other day, as I went in to just have a peek at the status of my application as I haven't been called in a bit. He asked me the regular basic questions, and then told me that maybe...

In a nutshell, yes, I believe that a soldier should be fully allowed to wear their CADPAT to public events. They are as much a citizen as Canada as any one else, and business people wear shirts and ties to events, mascot people wear silly outfits at sporting events. What I'm getting at is that...

Well, as many now know, I handed in my application for DEO Armored Officer (first choice) last week!  :salute: My question is... what can I be expecting? I want the responsibility of being an officer, but the army recruiting vid is kind of vague. I have read pretty much every thread in this...

Hansol: I am going through the application period myself now, and at CFRC Calgary! (high five to fellow calgarian) While yuor application may be "speedy," from talking to the recruiters at CFRC Calgary, I can tell you that you may be waiting up to 6 months to get out on a BMQ if accepted. They...

I'm going through the same thing with me mum. My dad, being who he is, doesn't mind what I do with my life, as long as I *DO* something. My mom, on the other hand, is totally adverse to me joining the CF as an officer. She thinks that I'll become some kind of robot that blindly follows orders. I...

Why do I want to join? (Going DEO hopefully) -Duty to my country, ye fair Canada  :cdn: :salute: -I could either a) wear a suit and tie and sit at a counter and count thousands of artifacts a day (archaeology), get paid horribly for it, worry about where I'm living and insurance and all that...

I'm going to have to weigh in on this entire thread, and yes, I know... THREAD RESSURECTION!!!  >:D Anyways, I was on the bus here in Calgary heading down to Mount Royal College to watch my buddy play some volleyball (U of C Dinos vs MRC Cougars), and at one stop a CF MCpl got on in combats...

What are your opinions on the HK USP9? I fired one at the range the same day as the CX4, and it was immensely comfortable, and dare I say accurate. I had the best shoot of all the pistols used with the USP9  8)

Tying in to the Saving Private Ryan comment above, I remember watching "Band of Brothers" with my friends, and we were watching episode 9, called "Why we fight," and for those that haven't seen the miniseries, it deals with the death camps and the atrocities committed by the Nazi party through...

For an Alberta beater, an older (early to mid 90's) Subaru is the perfect car. With all season radials, and very VERY good all wheel drive, you can't go wrong in a subaru. If AWD isn't your cup of tea, then the venerable Honda Civic is cheaply available, cheap to insure and maintain, and does...

Well, hey, I asked for opinions :P I just found it a lot more stable and a better firing platform than most of the other carbines I fired yesterday. I personally like it. For military applications, however, I do agree that 5.56 is much better, having fired 5.56 rifles before. It has more...

Echo = slow, not much torque, but very good on gas. If we knew what your budget was, it would be easier to pick cars within the budget  :warstory: ;D

Well, I'm not kidding about hearing about the military application, but I never said that I knew it was for sure. Maybe it will be relegated down to Coast Guard (they use MP5's, which are 9mm SMG's) or police forces. I think that a pistol caliber rifle/carbine is a good idea, especially with...

thanks for the move  ;D

Guess I shoulda put this in weapons n ammo  :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[ Could someone move it please?  :salute:

My buddy Brian and I decided that to celebrate the completion of my final final exam for the semester, we'd go to the range and blow our last paycheques respectively. We dumped about $150 into a day pass, 4 boxes of 9mm and a box of .45 each. After warming up with an HK USP 9mm each, it was on...

I have seen the video in question but what really  :rage:'s me off is that they tell him to run, and he starts walking, someone says something, he turns to see what it is and BAM! They told him to run then shot him point blank.

The army LT at the Calgary Recruiting office talked about this with me, and he told me, and I quote: "You could go in as the Hulk, ready to tear the walls apart, or as Mr Tweedy, a man so thin he'd blow away in the wind. It's not so much your PHYSICAL state as much as your MENTAL state. Be...