MAJONES said:
There are plenty of CIC officers that are in good shape, and I would hazard a guess that these form the majority. I find most of the CIC in this category are former cadets.
Whether that is supportable or not it supports the idea of promoting physical fitness for cadets.
There are some CIC that do not look as if they could pass the express test. At the risk of offending someone I would say that these members stand out to such an extent that they overshadow the fit ones and give an erronious perception that most of the CIC is out of shape.
There are members of the RegF and PRes that do not look as if they could pass the express test.
For the record.
Of the over 7,000 officers of the CF CIC
43% are aged 18 to 30 (28% are 25 or under)
42% are aged 31 to 50
15% are aged 50+ ( 2.1% are 61 to -65)
About 28 % of Cadet Instructors have RegF experience (an average of 5.3 years)
About 17 % of Cadet Instructors have PRes experience (an average of 2.7 years)
Others are Canadians enrolling in the CF some former cadets others members of the community at large ... the same recruiting base as the entire CF.
An enrollee in the CF CIC serves for an average of 5.4 years.
Their level of their fitness matches that of the Canadian population which is mirrored by the entire CF.
Even to suggest that most of the CF CIC is comprised of former cadets is without substance. Like the rest of the CF, we don't keep track and the notiion is irrelevant. What does having been a cadet mean? Seven weeks or 7 years? It could be that the majority of those under 25 are former cadets ... but there is no solid statistic.