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    What do I wear when I arrive?

    You'd have to be doing push-ups very poorly  in order to tear your pants while doing them. I've seen people show up for BMQ/BMOQ wearing suits, dress pants/shirts, khaki pants/collared (polo) shirts....odds are they aren't going to be particularly strict on your civvie attire.  Dress decently. ...
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    Regular Officer Training Plan (ROTP)-RMC 2000 - 2018 [Merged]

    Although I have heard the rumors that BMOQ (or at least the first part of BMOQ) is finally now, again, going to be done before the first year of subsidy, I find your timeline doubtful.  Have high schools, in the years since I've been out, begun to end before June?  Most (not all) ROTP candidates...
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    Volunteer Firefighter training starting, but just got merit listed.

    Obviously, what follows here is personal advice based on my experience. Live your life until you're told you're getting a new life.  So, stick with the volunteer firefighter training until you sign the dotted line.  Budget cuts, a change in your medical category, increased competition, and a...
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    All about MilPoints

    Can you not see ANYBODY'S milpoints history?  Or just some people? How far back does milpoint history go?  I often can't see whichever juicy post earned someone a lot of negative points, but I can usually see their most recent history...
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    Required to Check E-mail prior to Shift Pubs?

    The specifics in this case are vague. Was the person at work for the two days prior to their shift, and thus reasonably able to regularly check their e-mail? Or is the person on a rotation that has them off for a couple of days (e.g. SAR) and, while they were off, they were e-mailed, notifying...
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    ADHD, ADD, and why we can't get in rants......

    Fixed that for him. What about the growing body of research suggesting that ADD/ADHD is massively over-diagnosed, typically resulting from children (especially boys) not wanting to sit in chairs for hours at a time? (How dare they want to play...) What I find interesting about all this is...
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    Question regarding university degree, opportunities in the military.

    Not so much superiority as entitlement; in the future, I would caution you to avoid using the word 'entitled,' because, as has been stated, education/a degree does not entitle one to a commission as an officer, nor any of the associated salary and benefits. Also, we don't define intelligence...
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    Regular Officer Training Plan (ROTP)-RMC 2000 - 2018 [Merged]

    So...you have 1 answer from the RMC Liaison office....and 1 from the RMC Office of the Registrar.....and in order to get clarification, you're asking a bunch of people that you don't know on the internet? If I were trying to figure out which mark they would look at, I would probably rely on the...
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    ROTP at Civilian University 2004 - 2018 [Merged]

    This topic has been thoroughly answered on these boards. There is NOTHING YOU CAN DO to ensure that you go to Civi U other than enrolling in a MOSID that RMC is not capable of educating you for (Nursing, for example). RMC offers many degrees compatible with Pilot so the fact that you may WANT...
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    ROTP at Civilian University 2004 - 2018 [Merged]

    While I'm sure this news was unwelcome, it hardly qualifies as discrimination.  The trade you are interested in has a particular requirement that you do not satisfy.  Once you satisfy the requirement, you can apply for the trade. If you don't like the way your province does drivers licensing...
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    ROTP at Civilian University 2004 - 2018 [Merged]

    This is probably true most of the time; however, every now and then, the PWORs invite RMC OCdts to participate in their exercises. If something were happening with a reserve unit on an RMC non-duty weekend, it might even be possible to participate in something with an old reserve unit, and...
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    Officer Leaves US Army, Joins Foreign Legion, Returns & Jailed for Desertion

    Of course.  Consider my dick stepped on- I obviously didn't do the math on this one.
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    Officer Leaves US Army, Joins Foreign Legion, Returns & Jailed for Desertion

    I disagree with the idea that he didn't hurt anyone by leaving: 1) He graduated from USMA in 2008 and fled his unit (obviously evading a formal release process) in 2009, well before he could have satisfied his commitment of 5 years of service, owed by virtue of the training and education...
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    Re-Applied after 7 Years.

    Noted. Response sent via PM.
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    Re-Applied after 7 Years.

    You're applying to join an organization with a legal requirement to respect the Official Languages Act.  You will have francophone superiors, peers, and, eventually, maybe subordinates.  Tolerance for difficulties with one's second language, polite (read: not condescending) correction, and an...
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    ROTP at Civilian University 2004 - 2018 [Merged]

    A word of advice to all MPO ROTP applicants- first off, follow your dreams, work hard, shoot for the stars, yadda yadda yadda. Also, bear in mind the reality that there are so few MPO spots available every year so as to almost be prohibitive.  It might not be a bad idea to see if any other...
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    CT -- Reserves into ROTP/RMC (merged)

    1) No idea how likely it is that you would get to stay at Civ U.  Many have tried and still ended up at RMC, but obviously there is a possibility.  If I were to guess, I would say that 2 years probably gives you a decent shot at staying there, but that's a guess. 2) I don't know if you would...
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    Physical Fitness (Jogging, Diet, Cardiovascular, and Strength )

    Treadmills and cardio machines are fine for improving your cardio level but they are poor predictors of actual running performance.  The only way to get better at running is to run, and run properly.  - Mix sprints/intervals into your running - Keep doing long runs because these will help with...
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    Joint Task Force 2 (JTF 2) - Canadian Special Forces

    You could answer your own question with less than a minute on Google.  Straight from the CANSOFCOM public website: "Simply"makes you sound like you think that it is somehow unreasonable for JTF2 to not recruit you based on the fact that you would not be in the military at the time. CANSOF...
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    Picture frames @ BMQ (yes, enough for a merged topic)

    Short version: probably portrait orientation. Long version: unless inventory at the CFLRS Canex has changed, you will likely be expected to purchase a small, plastic, L-shaped photo frame which can be stood either in portrait or landscape orientation. When I went through, we all bought the...
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