And if they're in an RCAF unit, they are (or were) a SWO (Senior/Senile Warrant Officer) if they're in a Sgt Maj position...though I used to call the "SWO" of 408 Sqn "SSM", as he was a Strathcona when I was working with them.
I read a similar account of that patrol elsewhere...and IIRC, once the Victor III was detected, in the version I read, they had a MK 37 tubed and readied in case they were more seriously pursued/prosecuted, which I'm sure would have added to the tension of the tracks they were doing.
This...and everyone reacts to stress differently. Cutting isn't what one would normally describe as a reasonable coping mechanism to stress...and there's often a lot of underlying other things that have gone on/are going on.
He won't often get to choose when he's wearing long or short...
Yes indeed...but was usually an MD or an actual MO doing the enrolment medical as well.l
He's definitely a reason why we were restricted in what we could do/see for a medical if a non-doc was doing them. When I was in CFRC Vic/Van, most was the applicant was allowed to go down to was gym...
☝️ Used be Section 117, now Section 122 of the National Defence Act regarding making fraudulent statements for the purpose of enrolment...there used to be that written in bold print at the bottom of the questionnaire you sign that it's an offence to knowingly withhold information or outright lie...
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