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I was just wondering what life is like when you are on a tour?
THanks
THanks
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Other than some very broad generalities, it depends on many thngs:
-what service you belong to (vastly different approaches to life and living conditions in Army-, Navy- and Air Force- dominated organizations;]
-where the mission is located (climatic, social, cultural and health factors);
-the threat level in your mission area;
-whether you are serving in a Canadian force or attached as an individual to a multi-national force;
-the nature and purpose of the mission itself;
-the type of duty you are performing (rifleman, sniper, crewman, pilot, clerk, supply tech, bosun, crew chief, etc); and
-how much experience you have and how well you can deal with serving on ops (some seek it, some dread it...).
It would be alot easier to focus your question onto a specific mission and maybe even a specific task.
Cheers
-what service you belong to (vastly different approaches to life and living conditions in Army-, Navy- and Air Force- dominated organizations;]
-where the mission is located (climatic, social, cultural and health factors);
-the threat level in your mission area;
-whether you are serving in a Canadian force or attached as an individual to a multi-national force;
-the nature and purpose of the mission itself;
-the type of duty you are performing (rifleman, sniper, crewman, pilot, clerk, supply tech, bosun, crew chief, etc); and
-how much experience you have and how well you can deal with serving on ops (some seek it, some dread it...).
It would be alot easier to focus your question onto a specific mission and maybe even a specific task.
Cheers
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Some outfits like to do platoon pt or atleast within the section, but it is hard to do seeing as you will normally be on scheduled shift work which may conflict with PT. From what I have seen, it is usually up to the individual to keep up with PT on their own time and stay in shape.
Although I have seen other sections/platoons who do pt overseas all together, so it all depends on your unit. As for what your work schedule is like, it will vary depending on what your mission overseas is, who you are working with and so on.
Although I have seen other sections/platoons who do pt overseas all together, so it all depends on your unit. As for what your work schedule is like, it will vary depending on what your mission overseas is, who you are working with and so on.
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I wanted to know about infantry. I just wanted to get an idea of the living conditions, do you live on a base?
do work so much then get so much time off? Can you go out and about on your time off?
thanks
do work so much then get so much time off? Can you go out and about on your time off?
thanks
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well thats hard to say 
not only is every tour different, but every Roto is different as well.
when I was in Bosnia for roto 12 I was attached to the Balkins Signals Squadron and worked with the Myra Blue systems including the mobile Access Points, most of the time I was living out of a sea container around the metal factory in which the Base was built.
For the first half of my tour PT was on our own time, after about half way through a bunch of Brits who made up the majority of the BSS failed their fitness test, everyone was required to do the COs run - an at you own pace kind of thing you could walk it if you wanted, which was a 9-13 km route outside the base.
After I got over the resentment of having my choice taken away because of other people lazyness, I kinda enjoyed it, and I kinda needed it actually since I'd been concentrating too much on chest, abs and arms. Depending on who was not on shift from the Mrya Blue department for the COs run we would do a ruck march instead of a run/jog.
We had a 16 day work cycle, 4 days(0800-1700) 4 evenings (1500-2330) and 4 graveyards (2300-0800) and "4" off but since you worked until 0800 the first day you only really got 3 days off, plus if your days off landed on a sunday you still had to drag your exhausted bum out of bed and show up for roll call. Because I was the SME I was on call 24/7...
Sometimes we would accompany the Mobile access points and it was the same sort of routien I would have followed in the field.
This was an odd setup compared to everyone else, when most people were enjoying their daily double 8 days out of my schedule I was working until after lights out which wasn't that great however I'd be having coffee in civvies at Canada house after lunch 12 days out of 16, the RSM asked me once, do you even frigging work here Red or are you just on an all expenses paid vacation? luckily my pager went off at that moment and I was saved ;D
not only is every tour different, but every Roto is different as well.
when I was in Bosnia for roto 12 I was attached to the Balkins Signals Squadron and worked with the Myra Blue systems including the mobile Access Points, most of the time I was living out of a sea container around the metal factory in which the Base was built.
For the first half of my tour PT was on our own time, after about half way through a bunch of Brits who made up the majority of the BSS failed their fitness test, everyone was required to do the COs run - an at you own pace kind of thing you could walk it if you wanted, which was a 9-13 km route outside the base.
After I got over the resentment of having my choice taken away because of other people lazyness, I kinda enjoyed it, and I kinda needed it actually since I'd been concentrating too much on chest, abs and arms. Depending on who was not on shift from the Mrya Blue department for the COs run we would do a ruck march instead of a run/jog.
We had a 16 day work cycle, 4 days(0800-1700) 4 evenings (1500-2330) and 4 graveyards (2300-0800) and "4" off but since you worked until 0800 the first day you only really got 3 days off, plus if your days off landed on a sunday you still had to drag your exhausted bum out of bed and show up for roll call. Because I was the SME I was on call 24/7...
Sometimes we would accompany the Mobile access points and it was the same sort of routien I would have followed in the field.
This was an odd setup compared to everyone else, when most people were enjoying their daily double 8 days out of my schedule I was working until after lights out which wasn't that great however I'd be having coffee in civvies at Canada house after lunch 12 days out of 16, the RSM asked me once, do you even frigging work here Red or are you just on an all expenses paid vacation? luckily my pager went off at that moment and I was saved ;D
