Vernon Staff 2005

[q_1966]

What else do General Duties do, beside escorting the MIR Commando's up to MIR

 

[Zedic_1913]

What else do General Duties do, beside escorting the MIR Commando's up to MIR

Wow that would be convient for us at Blackdown, some days I'd have my Sergeants do rock paper scissors to determine who had to take them that day.

 

[pi-r-squared]

You want the job, because your qualified for it. Some of us dont have NSCE around here (applys to VACSTC)

Well it sounded like people were aiming for a Freshie job instead of trying and aiming to become NSCE qualified. 

I remember when the Duty NCO would have to march the MIRs up.  Sounds like a fitting job for a MCpl since all that happens is a lot of sitting around and waiting.  What I mean is that if Sergeants were given a job to sit around and do nothing all day, that would be easy.  Does MCpl count for Master Cadet as Staffing in a leadership role?

 

[ouyin2000]

the requirements for master cadet are: Having successfully completed any CLI Course, have successfuly completed NSCE (not necessarily the first time), have staffed 1 summer in a leadership or supervisory role

there is no "rank requirement" for the staff position, but i believe that General Duties MCpl is not covered as either a supervisory or leadership role

 

[army_gurl_74]

Wow that would be convient for us at Blackdown, some days I'd have my Sergeants do rock paper scissors to determine who had to take them that day.

Or in my company last summer, there was enough MCpls to decide between them who was going to go.

 

[Dane]

Other duties of the GD Master Corporal include, filing, a lot of barracks duty, and complaining about how they have it so tough.

 

[Docherty]

They should take out GD and just make who ever is the COS do all that stuff for the day.

 

[armygurl_557]

Some People from My Corps Just Transfered fomr BC and said that if any of us were applying for Staff, to go to Vernon...
They said they had been to Blackdown and it wasnt as Good..
Anyone Know whats soo Special about Vernon..

 

[ouyin2000]

well ive been there for 3 summers as course and 2 summer as staff so far...so i guess thats special

ive never been to another camp other than connaught for a week in september '03 so i really can't compare

but i would say that vernon is a very good camp with lots of things to do =D

 

[Zedic_1913]

I had a cadet transfer to my corps from BC as well.  He speaks well of Vernon, he say's in his opinion it's better then Blackdown (however he has only been to Blackdown during the training year with my corps).  From what I've heard Vernon's one weakness is the food .... but I suppose like Blackdown you get used to it.

I had considered applying to Vernon for staff this year, but I decided on Blackdown because I wouldn't be too comfortable staffing at a camp I haven't done course at (and I much prefer Blackdown to Connaught).

 

[Dane]

Ive been to a few CSTCs and personally find many aspects of VACSTC very week (the food is beyond awful), however, in its defence the quality of training was a huge improvement last year over what I'd seen in 2001 or 2002.

It's good you didn't apply to Vernon - you'd get a shotty position I'd bet (since they turn in-region people away)

 

[Zedic_1913]

It's good you didn't apply to Vernon - you'd get a shotty position I'd bet (since they turn in-region people away)

That was my other thought.  One of my MWOs wants to be a CSM in Vernon, I told him not to hold his breath .... seeing as he was a MCpl last year at Blackdown.

 

[Dane]

That was my other thought.   One of my MWOs wants to be a CSM in Vernon, I told him not to hold his breath .... seeing as he was a MCpl last year at Blackdown.

LOL... good luck buddy plus you need a full contract as a WO to be an MWO at VACSTC. It kept one girl from CSM last summer.

 

[Zedic_1913]

LOL... good luck buddy plus you need a full contract as a WO to be an MWO at VACSTC. It kept one girl from CSM last summer.

Thats basically why I told him not to hold his breath .... so far I'm the only one in my corps that has a staff offer, so he amy not even end up at Vernon.

 

[q_1966]

Anyone Know whats soo Special about Vernon..

Vernon is ok, though iv been to Vernon a couple times (CL & CLI and an Ex. or two) and outside of Cadets I cant count how many times Ive been to Vernon,  I dont like Vernon because I want a change of scenerey and want to be more than an hours drive away from my parents.
That aside Vernon is a pretty big camp, so theres more people to meet and lots of fun to be had, even if its mostly on your offtime.