I'm thinking of joining up with the Reg. forces as an infantry soldier. I was reading the DND website, about the pay, benefits, etc., etc., and it said that you get 25 vacation days per year, after 5 years. Well it got me thinking, I live in Toronto and there's really no close base aside from Meaford. If I were placed in Alberta or Quebec or some place like that, would that mean that the only times I get to go back to Toronto would be on holidays and vacation days? How's it work? Do you pretty much live on the base the entire time and make it home when you get your vacation or weekends? That'd be fine for a few years, but I'd figure that I'd get to missing my family and friends if I could only see them a few times a year. Does the reg. forces work through the more local armories at all? And while living on base, what kind of things do you do on a regular basis? - day in the life type thing? Thanks.