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I think the RCR are a little more strict in applying this policy.
Barracks?
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CFL said:
naw I haven't seen it. a couple of boys on my course didn't even move into the shacks, they got a room till they sorted everything out and then they moved out as soon as they found a place to live. couple of em didn't even put memo's in, just moved out. lol weirdo's. I don't know about 2 or 3, but they say you "have" to live there for six months, but they don't really care.
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bojangles said:
Expect the unexpected, but with that being said...
You can assume that your roomates will be of the same sex, and the people you share washroom/shower facilities with will be of the same sex, at least in garrison.
That being said...
My BMQ had all the troops in the platoon in one large room for sleeping quarters (At the begining, that meant if I recall correctly, 27 males and 4 females). We had seperate washroom and shower facilities. Generally however, if (example) we were given 30 seconds to change from our uniforms into our PT gear, everyone stripped off and changed on the stop anyway, as if you had time to be looking, there was somthing wrong. The theory of punctual equilbrium proved true when the females on the course always managed to take as long getting showers after PT as the males did (By graduation, 2 females using 3 showers managed to take as along as 19 males using 3 shower).
Further, in the field, it's all dependant on the unit and the situation, but it's generally accepted that setting up seperate facilities for the seperate sexes is just more work.
If you're sleeping in hootches, space is exponential, the more groundsheets you have zipped together, the more room you get. A hootchie hotel (3+ groundsheets) is more spacious then the a 2 man hootch, which in turn is more spacious then 1 man hootch, as such, you'll want to join with as many people as you can as the tactical situation allows., male or female, it doesn't mater, as it all means you've got more dry room out of the rain.
If you're sleeping in mod tent, consider that you can probably fit 10 people comfortably in a section of modular tentage. Unfortunately, space for modular tentage is generally limited, and access to parts for modular tentage is always inversely proportional to the space you've got (If you've got a large open field to set up in, you only have 1 section mod), so again, work to set up a second facility always exceeds the need for sleep, now.
For five man and ten man arctic tents, a section of infantry drags a 10 man arctic tent. And arctic tents are heavy. Everyone I've ever met would just as soon share the tent rather then drag a seperate tent for the sole purposes of segregating males from females.
As far as bathroom facilities go, we generally have port-a-potties dropped in the field with us (If you ever have the opportunity to have a look at sattelite or aerial photographs of Canadian field operations, I reccomend it. Nothing like a properly camoflauged command post with a half dozen bright yellow porta potties sitting just outside the cam net). Sometimes you'll have seperate facilities marked for males and females, but generally you'll have to accept the fact that it's just as well to wipe the seat before sitting down (Personally, even as a male, I curse the fact that there are some members of my sex who still couldn't hit the broad side of a barn, despite humping around their little gun for their entire life).
In short after my ramble, while yes, I'm male, I can assure you, that any problems you'll find with the coed work enviroment with the Canadian forces are the exception, not the rule, and if you have any problems, simply bring them up with your superiors, male or female, and they will be dealt with swiftly, whether it means a quick informal chat with the offending party rerference SHARP, if it's exterme enough a charge parade, or even just taking the member out back for generator maintanence.
