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thought i'd add my 2 cents in this having done the reverse to what your trying to do.  Firstly your biggest issue will probably be citizenship, from memory and reading through a large amount of info i believe the minium time to get citizenship is 3 years (i also believe they have introduced a...

ordering about 70 different articles of comms gear/cables to install into a coyote at an undertimined time later on.

it took me around 2 months from being on the merit list to my offer, taking into considertation i had only 1 choice for a job and that i was comming in semi skilled and it was close to thestart of the new financial year (well at least that was the reason i was given anyway)

yep had to get the OOW to join the greater circle club. the sonar guys had to judge how tired the OOW was before throwing this one in although nothing like here the OOW tell sonar to STFU if he was switched on.

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ok manged to remember another sonar reporting to control... con, sonar new contact bearing 365 classified merchant via in out ball slap and shaft rub...roger sonar it's amazing what they were doing to the OOW when you were listening in on sonar IC. glad i was tucked away in the commcen

one of the funniest pipes i remember from my time on subs was mainly directed at the trainees, when we'd practice bottoming and all the trainees would be informed they were trimming party (and a few of the other fatter sailors so they didn't catch on)and shortly after pipes would be made for...

i've been lucky enough to participate in 2 RIMPAC ex's on subs have to say playing the bad guy is lots more fun, especially when your giving the yanks a hard time. just goes to show diesel boats can still put up a good fight Dolphin 38

thats probably a much better way of wording what i wanted to know

i have another question regards to posting to subs, i'm not a reservist but this seems the most current active topic. could someone confirm that comms research are able to be posted to subs. reason i'm asking is i'm ex O boat qualified as well as Collins qualified  and I wouldn't mind doing some...

you'll probably have some issues with soundcards as i did and perhaps the vid card as well but they can all be sorted out by surfing the net and downloading the non vista alternative. i personally have a HP laptop and found out that vista will make it hard to downgrade. and you have to disable...

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makes you wonder if they took out the optional insurance package for those unforseen accidents

all those pre-mixed cans you've been talking about makes me home sick. i've been looking for those for the 5 years i've been here. i miss the good old op bundy and coke mix, although i did manage to find a place in vancouver that does sell bundy rum now so can't complain too much.

i've been waiting for my clearance for close to 8months now to finish the 291 course but no big deal it will happen when it happens. still looking for that joyride in a sub again will bring back some memories

it's surprisingly more difficult than what I imagined thats for sure my biggest problem from changing over from the Australian Navywas I had though commonwealth country, ha this will be easy wasn't I in for a surprise. all i can say is stick it out it's worth it in the end

be aware that there are others waiting for courses in front of you. just because you are told you're going on a course doesn't actually mean you'll be going straight away you may end up on PAT platoon for some time.

and if your not so lucky it's Oct then Jan

you can expect a bit of a wait for the 2nd part of the course depending on how long it takes to complete the clearance. myself personally have been waiting 8months for this and still no sign of that, i'm hoping for a course before Feb 09

ok heres something that made me laugh from a phone call by me to kingston operator CFB Kingston switch Me:  Could you transfer me to the pay office please operator: we don't have a pie office Me: not pie, pay operator: sorry we don't have a pie office Me: ok could you transfer me to pay and...