Fed up

[wackymax]

I sent my forms off last year in July and I still haven't gotten the call. After a hickup with my medical, a move to montreal from calgary, a year more training and a year more life experience, I'm actually glad the way things turned out. The latest word is that I'm on the merit list and I should expect to be heading to BMQ late summer/early fall. I just wish they'd give me a solid date so I can plan out my summer a little bit!

 

[Pugnacious]

What is SQ?
And QL3?

Cheers!
P.

 

[SFontaine]

I'm doin my BMQ in January, SQ and QL3 in the summer then I guess midway through Grade 12 I'm going to apply for a Res-Reg transfer. Hopefully get me all set up by the time I Graduate.

your better off to go reg force. When you transfer you will have to do your SQ and QL3 again. I had 4 res to reg's on my courses.

Well I wanna do Reserve. Get an idea of the Army life and see if I wanna take it full time. I'd happily do SQ and Ql3 again if need be.

 

[Coyote43D]

I'm doin my BMQ in January, SQ and QL3 in the summer then I guess midway through Grade 12 I'm going to apply for a Res-Reg transfer. Hopefully get me all set up by the time I Graduate.

your better off to go reg force. When you transfer you will have to do your SQ and QL3 again. I had 4 res to reg's on my courses.

Not necessarily, when I transfered from reserves to regs, the only reason I had to do my QL3 was that I went a different trade. And some of the guys I know that transfered res - reg in the same trade didn't have to redo QL#.

 

[ZipperHead]

Every case seems to be different. I taught an SQ (Soldier's Qualification) last year in Wainwright, and there was an ex-PEIR (Prince Edward Island Regt) soldier on it who had already done an SQ crse in Gagetown. I don't know of the in's and out's that would make you get it "written off" (from Res to Reg) but I wouldn't count on it 100%. It's probably due to the fact that the Reserve course is considerably shorter than the Reg Force one, and you would have to serve enough time in the Reserves to make up for that with work experience (my best guess).

As well, QL3 is no longer. It is referred to as DP1 (Developmental Period). So, for the uninitiated, it goes BMQ (Basic Military Qualification), SQ (Soldier Qualification), and then DP1. All of this is assuming you are going an Army trade.

Hope it helps,

Al

 

[Pugnacious]

Is SQ (Soldier Qualification) when you get to play with the toys? ;D

Cheers!
P.