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Like they say: time heals all wounds (and wounds all heels)... I have some fond memories of the old canned IRPs.  The bacon in particular always evokes a smile when I contemplate the dreaded omelettes.  Those were the days when a gas attack would see the ground littered with cans (best place...

Sorry, that should have been Soylent Green  :-[ It's the title of a 1973 movie http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070723/ wherein the punch line is "Soylent Green is people"  i.e. the miraculous foodstuff fed to the masses is actually made with rendered humans.  In other words, my point was that a...

How would you feel about eating some yummy Solyent Green?  'Nuff said... :P

A few realities of RegF life for you. 1.  You'll be spending a lot of time away from home during basic & MOC training, which will be in St-Jean and likely Halifax. 2.  Once you're trained, the CF will post you wherever they need you, not wherever is convenient to you and that can be Halifax as...

Umm... evenings and weekends, perhaps  ;D Do my full-time PS job (or is that BS job?  :P) Monday-Friday 8:00-16:30 and work at the unit Tuesdays 19:00-22:30 and 1-2 weekends a month, usually from Friday 19:00 to Sunday 16:30.

If you can't escape the misery, share it  ;D Mind you, I did three years in the private sector (not-for-profit) and it wasn't much better.  The office politics were a lot worse.  If you're a "knowledge" worker, the fluorescent-lit cube farm is pretty much what life is all about.  On the other...

Lemme put it this way, as someone who manages a bunch of CS people in the Feds here in Ottawa: it's good solid work with excellent job security, benefits, etc.  Advancement possibilities are good and as soon as you reach management-level CS ranks (CS-3, CS-4), you make anywhere from senior Capt...

Nope.  Do not pass go - do not collect $200.  RegF members get the same monthly rate of pay whether they work 20 days or 31 days in the month.  There is no overtime, no day's pay added - nada.  COs can authorize special leave to compensate for a stat hol or weekend worked - or not.  Labour laws...

Ah, saluting in the field   :salute:   We used to call it the "sniper check"   ;D   Lemme put it this way, if I'm wearing a helmet or a bush cap and I'm not on a parade square, saluting is out. If the CO walks into the CP/hide/laager/whatever, and you're not in a tactical situation a quick snap...

The accepted rule for officers when I grew up to be a wee 2Lt many moons ago was that officers could call officers of the same or lower rank by first name in a casual setting, seniors by rank or "sir" (or "ma'am" as the plumbing went).  WO, NCOs and Jr Ranks are to be adressed by rank and name...

Having had the joy of training in Hammelburg in the 80s when I was in the R22eR, I can confirm that the FIBUA environment is not a comfy environment for mounted troops.  (For those who don't know about the Bonnland Trg area in Hammelburg: it's probably the biggest FIBUA training area in NATO -...

Then, of course, you have the German airborne exit: the JM gives you a big shove out of the door of that Transall.  Biggest fucking shock of my life  ;D  Tried to do the CPC approved JAB exit, only to find myself flying out head first before I was quite ready - the risers got nice and...

Cripes what a loaded question.  Kinda feels like a hairy paw reaching out from under a bridge - but what the heck, I'll play.. ;D [tongue in cheek on] Apparently, an American study conducted a few years back proved that any high-grade moron could be taught how to fly a taxi with wings.  Hitting...

How about a more relevant poll: Who gives a flying fuck about this in the first place? >:D

Okay - stand and be corrected  ;D  RCAC is the official term.  If you look at the DEU metal shoulder titles of personnel in "Corps" appointments, they wear RCAC

Being an unreconstucted cynic (that's what you get for living in Ottawa for 15 years and working for the Feds :dontpanic:), I could probably stop this discussion right now by simply pointing out that compulsory service, whether military or civilian would not survive a challenge under the Charter...

It's a moot point.  Canada will never institute national service.  It's just not in our national culture.  Other western nations with long traditions of national service are phasing it out anyways.  It may be a good way to smarten-up a certain segment of our youth, but do we really want to rely...

The R22eR live in French - end of story.  Most of the troops and NCOs don't speak much, if any English.  If you cannot live in French, stick with the RCR or PPCLI, otherwise you won't find the experience very enlightening - being the last one to understand orders, course materials, etc, at...

A couple of comments.  Neither the LAV3 nor the Bison are good for recce - too big and noisy.  We do our "scouting" via the sneak and peek method, so we need to be small and silent.  If you do your recce large and noisy, you need firepower and survivability - think US Armd Cav Regiments.  The...

"Sous-officier" is still in use, and not just by the French - but the french-speaking units of the Canadian Forces as well.  SrNCOs are "Sous-officiers supérieurs"