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My nephew just graduated from his recruit course.  A few of the candidates had photos of his girlfriend in the required-to-fill picture frame on their desks.  ;D You'll find today that more people are accustomed to email, but nothing beats receiving a physical letter in the mail.  Packages may...

A couple random points from my time down in the US - and my situation was a little different from most because I'm a CAN/US dual citizen. 1.  The US Visa.  I only had to do this once for my wife, and it drove us nuts.  Save when you complete each page.  The online application system warns you...

I'm in the process of returning to Canada after four years OUTCAN.  The vehicle issue has been a huge hassle, and is actually getting worse. First, to import a Cdn vehicle into the US you'll need a compliance letter, which you can get from your vehicle manufacturer.  You can do a temporary...

69 percent?  That only proves that 31 percent have never tried a search!  ;D

Buy something simple, accurate and digital.  It's probably going to get banged up, so don't get something you're going to get pissed off about when the crystal gets scratched.  You're also going to want something that can be set against whatever the time is on the course WO's watch.  It doesn't...

The situation might not work for you, but here's what I did:  Boxing Day wedding. 1.  There's a pretty good chance that any training course will stop for Christmas leave. 2.  Anything you buy on a Boxing Day in the future automatically counts as an anniversary gift.  ;D

I'm OUTCAN right now and went through the enrollment.  I just checked an old email that states the service will be used to book, "your Brookfield relocation/posting travel reservations." The most difficult issue was that the system isn't built for those without access to a forces.gc.ca account...

It's going to look like a Walmart on Boxing Day.  :o

Short answer:  You can try, but I wouldn't count on it. Long answer:  The current Disney "Salute" promotion is open to the US military, as well as foreign military posted to US establishments.  If you're in that situation, you'll have a US military ID (called a CAC) with a blue band on it. ...

Dear Taliban, To celebrate your victory, we've all thrown in for a delightful floral arrangement.  If you could kindly provide us with an address, we'd be happy to send it your way.  Expect package to arrive by air.

Sounds like they need to buy a copy of the Army Wife Handbook. http://www.amazon.com/The-Army-Wife-Handbook-Complete/dp/0962622826 One of the more unintentionally hilarious books to read.  It's good to know how to properly make a name card for the Governor of the Great State of Texas - you...

Be advised, those NR ratings are done under laboratory conditions are don't translate 100% to the real world - or at least the shop floor.  The number's usually high.

I have a feeling that the ones that didn't get devoured by the man-eating truck along Wellington would end up lost and somewhere around Brockville.  "I told you to keep the river on your right!"  ::)

Pretty common result, but a root cause analysis of the event actually identifies several failure points: 1.  Hot product 2.  Insecure lid 3.  Insecure transportation / storage 4.  A CAR ACCIDENT 5.  Ability of passenger to respond 6.  Passenger's clothing / PPE The focus on the temperature is...

Here's another recent example from May - this time out of Vancouver. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hA9DcE7mN7E

I was in Sydney last year in September and had a few free days in the city.  I'll give you a short breakdown of some of the things we did and my impressions.  Shoot me a PM if you have any other questions.  I grouped stuff in the downtown core by location: "Left" (Darling Harbor) Maritime...

You're going to see lots of different opinions, but personally, I think Officers have to walk a fine line.  No one wants to lead from a desk, but you also have to be careful that your involvement in the field isn't seen as undermining your Senior NCOs.  What may start as "pitching in", results...

Having dual Canadian / US citizen citizenship will not be a barrier with a security clearance - and that's speaking from my experience of going through that exact situation.  Only weirdness that may occur is if you get posted to the US, in which case you'll be in the country under your US...

Nature of the beast - considering how small the trade is, it isn't really surprising that the recruiting centers don't know much about it.  I'd hazard that many of them never even see applicants.  From personal experience, I was told that the trade didn't exist when I first applied.  They ever...

After having to get a McGuire-based C-17 to fly it into theatre, I like to think that we developed a heavy lift capability to move that Tim Horton's trailer around.  ;D