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Jarnhammer: I'm reg force, and was on a period of retention. My original release date was 9 Dec, 2019, so I had originally intended to use vrpsm to begin school in September. With all the administrative *ahem* difficulties, I decided that moving my release day to the end of August meant I would...

Yeah, that's what I've seen as well. How does a corporal go about 'not asking for permission' without getting himself charged with awol? I'm completely done with this Coc, who openly 'interpret' policy in whatever way allows them to say 'no', regardless of what is asked, what the policy says...

I just submitted a memo to be granted this period (which I learned of on my own, not because my CoC informed me of it) and am being told that "it doesn't mean 30 days without work.  Send us a list of your appointments and we'll make sure you can get to them". Can anyone check the wording and...

I'll take this line of reasoning in a slightly different direction - as a CSS guy who got dropped out to a FOB, doing daily OP and CP shifts, after going through workup (If you can call what CSS guys do "workup") expecting to be driving a forklift on KAF.  I arrived COMPLETELY unprepared.  We...

Bump.  Any info, Furniture? -Milhouse

Bumping this back up in the hopes of getting some more eyes on it - memo was rejected, NOI to grieve was responded to with "Go ahead and grieve it" (not returned, no note from the CO, etc, as the grievance policy manual states are required), just a verbal "f*ck off". Milhouse

I think by "per diem" he means the TD rate, which as per the CFTDI you are absolutely entitled to when ordered to occupy accomodations.  However, the CAF in its wisdom has decreed that "Base duties are not irregular hours, no matter how irregular the hours are". The lack of a definition of...

Simian: I don't believe that applies.  We are technically not on duty from 1600-1830.  As we're allowed to go home for the meal, and we're not working "4 hours between 1900-0700", the CFAO would not appear to take precedence here. In addition, if the unit schedule states at every Wednesday we...

And here is the response from the chain: "CFTDI policy, as cited by mbr, does not apply for the following reasons: a.  Mbr is not on TD nor are they working at a temporary location b.  Mbr is not being recalled to work on wed evenings.  Per standing unit policy, wed duty day for full time staff...

EITS: This is the reason I'm looking for a definition of "irregular hours".  Story time: I once submitted a TD claim for doing Base Duty in Wainwright.  According to the base orders, the duty cpl is ordered to stay in shacks for the night.  According to CFTDI 5.02, (2): (2) (Entitlement and...

Thanks for the info, that's exactly my opinion. I have asked about it in the past and been told 'no', so I decided to submit a memo requesting permission to claim one or the other, with exactly those references, so that I could get the denial in writing. I was told 'if you submit this, you're...

Thanks for the referral.  I've read that discussion and it's helpful from a time accounting perspective, but it doesn't cover any CTFDI instructions in terms of meals or mileage. Thanks, Milhouse

Good evening I'm searching for a definition of what constitutes "Irregular Hours" with respect to the CFTDI - every time I try to submit a meal or mileage claim, I'm being told that the CFTDI does not apply because it's not "irregular hours".  This includes working split shifts, 13 hour days...

Good afternoon everyone. I'm a reg force member in a reserve CSS posting, looking to wrap my head around the idea of coming in for Thursday night training nights after a regular day's work.  This is mostly smoke-pit chatter, since I understand that the powers that be will administer it however...

Agreed, but what we're talking about here is perception, not reality. And the perception of the system by many is pretty much exactly what Magnum wrote. Ultimately it doesn't break my heart.  There's a certain something that some individuals have that isn't reflected on the PER.  Someone can...

Mr. Seggie: As clear as it may be to those who have sat on the merit boards, this is truly how it seems to those of us at lower levels.  Certainly within my trade.  I can't be the only one who's heard/overheard a boss talking about "fighting for you" at the boards. I was a part of an...

Crazy Glue (or that liquid bandage stuff) Tourniquet Israeli bandage Triangle Bandage Extra strength Tylenol CPR mask That's about it for my day-pack.  Takes up no space, and is effective for most of what I could encounter.  Lives in my car, or my day bag if I"m out and about, hiking, canoeing...

At christmas, we out at the FOB were "donating" junkfood to the ANA/camp security guys by the triwall.  Everywhere you looked were shoeboxes full of candy, and stacks of "any Canadian soldier" letters that people refused to open, for the feeling that if they opened it, they'd feel guilty for not...

Puckchaser, thanks for the link and the info.  I completed my CT on 31 October 2008, and my MPRR still lists my PFTPS as 0/0.  It's par for the course for this whole affair tho, as absolutely nothing has gone smoothly. Point and case, I went 5 months without a paycheque due to my reserve unit...

I've recently (Alright, not terribly recently, but the paperwork continues to dog me, almost two years later) completed a component transfer from the reserves to the regs, and have a question about how TI with regards to annual leave (20/25 days) is calculated.  Initially, I was under the...