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    Cmbt CADPAT shirts

    I'm surprised no one has caught this yet. You might want to save your money and return the shirts.  Unless DP1.1 has drastically changed, there's not a flying chance that your staff will let you wear it during training. That being said, I personally find the OTW shirts to be hotter than the...
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    Drifting "Ice Island" iceberg could pose threat to ships, oil rigs off Canada

    George, This is actually a myth. Some folk say that glass is a supercooled liquid because there is no first order phase transition as it cools.  In reality, there is a second order transition between the supercooled liquid state and the glass state, so a distinction is drawn. Glass is an...
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    Armourchamp's Armour officer questions

    Couldn't have said it better myself.  You will step on your tail a couple times of times at best.  At the end of the day, it makes you a better person and you now have something to share beers over at the mess. Absolutely, DPK.  As I stated, I knew what you were trying to say. I just wanted to...
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    Armourchamp's Armour officer questions

    DPK, While I see what you are trying to say here, remember that DS are DS.  Nothing more, nothing less.  Their jobs are to instruct and mentor candidates on any course.  They are also there to assess.  However, it is up to Course O's, and Commandants of schools to have the final say in a...
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    Armourchamp's Armour officer questions

    A couple misconceptions here.  Officers are not in high demand anymore in the armour corps.  Believe me, there are plenty (see above ref HQ jobs).  Officers do get paid better (at Capt), but also carry greater responsibility etc...  Officers do not rank faster than NCO's.  A Capt can expect to...
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    Armourchamp's Armour officer questions

    Ah yes, the old and overused joke. Let's try to help this guy out a bit before we make jokes etc... If we wanted to make jokes, we could start my saying that officers could spend a lot more time in the field if we weren't correcting PDR's/PER's for the umpteenth time. Or we could ACTUALLY do...
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    Armourchamp's Armour officer questions

    Like: -Assistant Administrative Officer -Assistant to the assistant morning coffee maker -Photocopier Replen specialist -Regt mascot -Assistant mess parking spot painter etc...
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    Armourchamp's Armour officer questions

    Tango, You are correct...on both accounts, thanks for the clarification. 
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    Armourchamp's Armour officer questions

    1.  No you do not get to pick per se.  If you are joining and reserve unit, then you will be recce.  You will probably never get tank courses if you stay reserves. 2.  Any bachelor works.  There are no degrees that will give you a significant advantage in the armour corps.  That being said, I...
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    Desert Boot Question

    Just get a dish scrubber brush (stiff bristle) and buff your tan boots that way...takes all the junk off them including black marks...
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    After being accepted, when does ROTP Start?

    You are right about the ULO...my mistake...ULO is a person at the base while the SEM is usually based out of Borden. However, this three week course is news to me and to my friend that just completed his first year ROTP. Is this something new this year?
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    After being accepted, when does ROTP Start?

    George, Maybe you are poking fun at my long winded response but maybe you are sincere haha... The way it works for the ROTP Civi U is similar to all other pers. They are given a phone call from the CFRC to offer an ROTP contract.  In the following weeks they go to the CFRC, fill out their...
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    After being accepted, when does ROTP Start?

    thekrown, I think I can help you here.  However there are two things to consider: 1.  How do you know that you received an offer for Civi U? 2.  What time (month) of the year are you accepted. Training:  For the majority will begin the summer prior to your first year.  This is for two...
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    So You Want to be an officer, eh!

    MCG, Ummmm....I hope your post was a joke, right?!?! If not then I'm sorry to inform you, but Gcclarke is right.  Genetics, nutrition (breast feeding etc...), parenting, and environment all play huge factors, to name a few. Edited to Add...I read a little further in Gcclarke's post and...
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    The current navy uniform

    Ugggh....hate to inform you but seeing as to how you are in the CF you ARE a "soldier first". Every trade in the CF supports the most basic unit of the military, the infantry.  That is indiscriminate whether you are an Air type, Sailor or cook.
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    Army Reserve or Armoured Reserve

    Flawed Design, I'm going to disagree with you here.  Infantry are very capable with their weapons, however the Armour Corps is too.  They are even specialists on heavier weapons that some infantry members are not (ie 25mm, 105mm 120mm etc...) Armour fights with the same section weapons...
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    GG Visits Her Canadian Forces in A'stan

    Here it is.... SECTION 2 RANK INSIGNIA AND APPOINTMENT BADGES THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF COMMANDANT EN CHEF 1. The Governor General of Canada holds the appointment of Commander-in-Chief of the CF. In this capacity, the Governor General wears: a. a flag/general officer uniform of any of the three...
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    GG Visits Her Canadian Forces in A'stan

    Purely speculation, but I would disagree.  She is not an enlisted soldier like the majority of us on these boards.  She is not bound to the NDA etc...  By all rights, she is a figure head for the queen in our government, and therefore in control of all things political in Canada (one could even...
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    Can someone tell me what this means in plain english!

    What is your entry plan? That will help in determining.
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    Infantry Officer Course Question

    I actually meant TP, must have held the T to long haha.  QS usually precedes the TP in most Course Packages so I made the generalization. So here is a question then...does said O carry the qualification.  Or do they only get the qual of Adv Recce.  The last QS I saw in the TP (or preceding...
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