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I initially handed in my application for a full time position for Comm Rsch with the Army on November 6th (my 20th birthday). The CFAT, Medical and Interview came soon after. Everything was going well until I received a letter from the medical center in Ottawa. Immediately I knew something was wrong. Well, the letter said I didn't meet the required standards for the Forces. That really sucked. I had been waiting for my letter for over a month, probably a lot longer. The reason it was delayed was because of the holidays.
Moving on...I went back to my doctor to get a letter from him basically saying that I didn't have any physical/mental heath issues. It turns out that he initially filled in their forms improperly and I was in too much of a hurry to look them over. He had checked the boxes saying that I couldn't work at heights/handle firearms and the rest. Obviously this was a big flag during my application process. So, I handed the new medical letter in for reassessment about three weeks ago. I've been calling every day for the past week to check on the status. Well, today I finally got the answers I was looking for. They had received the results of my medical and everything was fine! I was told they needed to wait for the hard copy to come in, then to expect a job offer within 4-5 days. I had them change my occupation from Comm Rsch in the Army to Comm Rsch in the Navy. The reason for this is that the Army likely has no positions available (they only had one back in November), and I wasn't willing to wait until April (?) for the new spots. Plus, the more I think about the Navy, the more appealing it is.
So, I'm told if everything goes alright, I should be leaving in about 15 days. At first it was going slow, now it seems to be going so fast.
Moving on...I went back to my doctor to get a letter from him basically saying that I didn't have any physical/mental heath issues. It turns out that he initially filled in their forms improperly and I was in too much of a hurry to look them over. He had checked the boxes saying that I couldn't work at heights/handle firearms and the rest. Obviously this was a big flag during my application process. So, I handed the new medical letter in for reassessment about three weeks ago. I've been calling every day for the past week to check on the status. Well, today I finally got the answers I was looking for. They had received the results of my medical and everything was fine! I was told they needed to wait for the hard copy to come in, then to expect a job offer within 4-5 days. I had them change my occupation from Comm Rsch in the Army to Comm Rsch in the Navy. The reason for this is that the Army likely has no positions available (they only had one back in November), and I wasn't willing to wait until April (?) for the new spots. Plus, the more I think about the Navy, the more appealing it is.
So, I'm told if everything goes alright, I should be leaving in about 15 days. At first it was going slow, now it seems to be going so fast.