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I have no doubt Canada's almost universal success is a direct result of the slavish adherence to cutting-edge doctrine as taught by the ever-relevant infantry school at CTC Gagetown!  :facepalm:

I did my BMT/GMT in the summer of 1990, and can say that the super-MCpl course that was mentioned did not start until January of 1992, and it was called JNDP.  I know this because I did my reserve QL3 infantry in the summer of 1991, and JNDP was sold as an opportunity to take a regular force...

I'm not a recruiter,

The bad news is that there is a rental shortage in Edmonton.  Given the prices, a mortgage may be just as cost effective.  The good news is that with the Anthony Henday freeway, which is the city's ring road,a lot more of the city is handier to the base.  furthermore, west of the city there...

Perhaps, instead of worrying about who Ms Blatchford has inadvertently or purposefully insulted in her column, the real focus should be what is a problem which has existed for decades and is so pervasive and irretrievably broken.  Basically, no one can say what exactly is wrong with recruiting...

You're going to get yelled at no matter what you do.  Might as well get a hold of one of these: http://www.partycity.com/product/kiss+gene+simmons+costume.do

I'm 41 and have recently taught some older (than I am) candidates on a couple of reserve basic courses.  Send me a PM and I can have a more frank discussion with you if you're still interested.

Don't count on it, though there are probably places in town, should you be granted time off, where you can find Wi-Fi.  The idea you can update FB at your leisure, much less pop in a DVD, while on course is a bit far-fetched.  18+ hour days will be the norm, and there will always be instructors...

The "Royal Blue" is before my time.  Nevertheless, it would be a highly collectible and sought after item.  It is in no way derisive towards the CF in general or that regiment in particular. 

So is the issue that the organizations in question are thinking of/have sold these items, or that the labelled bottles exist in the first place?

So the rantings of a certain Calgary-based brigadier in the early 1990s were mis-informed? At least now my wife has one less reason to object to my getting sleeved!

I would suggest you get on with joining up while you're still in school, as your summers will be free to get as many courses as possible out of the way.  Once you're through school and start with your career and family, courses will become difficult if not impossible.  If you don't get your...

Optimistically, I would ammend that to say "You could be provided with one, if circumstances permit" I'd start with Kijiji or eBay, caveat emptor.  Mine is 10 years old, and it works fine for me.  I bought it when issued GPS's were so difficult to get as to be almost non-existent.  Newer...

Two things I that strongly recommend that have actually saved my and/or other peoples' lives: 1.  Your own multifuel stove.  Mine is an MSR dragonfly.  I can't tell you how many times the issue coleman stove has crapped out, especially when colder than -25C.  The coleman 2-burners that we are...

Not sure about claymore, it could still be there but I haven't seen everything on it.  Infantry recruits are not being kept on BMQ-L because the tactical/field training portion of BMQ-L is usually "participate in" with a lot of ambiguity as to what that participation constitutes.  Instead...

What has been passed down up to this point for DP1 Inf Reserve is as follows: There will be a part 1 that is all the weapons from BMQ(L) [the current incarnation of SQ], conducted locally to include: C9 LMG C6 (light role) M72 Grenades PWT3 qualification for the C7 M203 84mm SRAWW(M) 60mm...

I wonder why there should be a concern at all.  Anyone can participate in the political process, regardless of to what degree their beliefs inform their moral outlook.  If I was inclined to participate in the political process, I could probably be categorized in this matter myself.  If...

As a long serving reserve NCM, I've been approached for a reference for soldiers who've wanted to go the RMC route.  For the young applicant, it can be a bit of a gamble as a so-so private might not like what he hears from the someone he was hoping to use as a reference, or if the company...

Here's a thought:  revoke his citizenship and those of the rest of his family as well, then deport them. 

If civil service hiring was changed to so that wounded veterans went to the top of the list instead of fulfilling some diversity mantra then at least we could cast the net wider to ensure that our guys get looked after