What is the cooldown period after VR before you can reapply/be processed?

[EricZeng78]

I VR'd last September from Regular Forces BMQ, and I was told Reserves is an option. When I came out of St. Jean and returned home, I applied to a local unit in my area, and I was told I can submit all my paperworks but it will not be processed until 6 months later.

Fast forward, I booked my FORCE test in June and successfully completed my FORCE test just middle of last month. We were told we would get sent tasks to complete the following day and I did not get any. I sent an email about a week later and received no replies regarding the tasks. A month later, I went in person to the CBG building and spoke to a recruiter who told me there was some mix up and that I would be sent tasks that night. Nothing has been received so far. That was 2 weeks ago.

I did some more further research and found the probable reason they are not replying or sending me any tasks is because they cannot process me until my 1 year cooldown is up since I VR'd before reaching OFP, so my wait time is a year to the day I VR'd (regardless of component). Am I correct in this assumption?

Or, the other likelihood is that since my background check and medical were done only a year and half ago, so they don't have anything for me to do and they are waiting to pass the paperwork to the unit I am applying to when summer standdown ends.

 

[OldSolduer]

First I’ve heard of that.

 

[puresugar77]

I'm sorry may I ask why you VRd from BMQ? You can direct message me

 

[EricZeng78]

I'm sorry may I ask why you VRd from BMQ? You can direct message me

I'm unable to DM so I'll just leave the message here. The reason I VR'd is because I got really sick (39 degree fever, sore throat, coughing my lungs out as if I was a heavy smoker, leaking green goo out of nose like a faucet). I had to ask the marching NCO for 2 days before they let me see a doctor.

When I finally saw a medical staff, I was not even given any antibiotics, just some Tylenol, Advil, Saline Nasal spray and Codeine for the cough. Being beasted multiple times a day at North Entrance (the main punitive area) along with my platoon while running a high fever and green stuff dripping out of my nostrils was just the cherry on top for me.

When I finally released I went to the hospital and they ran chest x-ray, swabs, and bloodwork, and gave me 14 days of antibiotics.

The Mega is an old place with inadequate air filtration system and not enough professional cleaning staff. Sometimes you will find a washroom flooded, there is no soap or toilet paper, and you have to share the washroom with 50 other people in under 10 minutes because that's the timing the NCO gave.

As a woman you will get slightly better accommodations and treatment because there is far fewer women per platoon. So you won't have to compete with 50 other people for a toilet and 2 urinals. Also you would share showers and washrooms in bunk area with far less people (5-10 girls a platoon vs 50-60 guys a platoon), so slightly less chance of getting sick.

I re-applied because I am determined to serve, just not full time and I wouldn't want to go back to St. Jean.

 

[puresugar77]

I'm unable to DM so I'll just leave the message here. The reason I VR'd is because I got really sick (39 degree fever, sore throat, coughing my lungs out as if I was a heavy smoker, leaking green goo out of nose like a faucet). I had to ask the marching NCO for 2 days before they let me see a doctor.

When I finally saw a medical staff, I was not even given any antibiotics, just some Tylenol, Advil, Saline Nasal spray and Codeine for the cough. Being beasted multiple times a day at North Entrance (the main punitive area) along with my platoon while running a high fever and green stuff dripping out of my nostrils was just the cherry on top for me.

When I finally released I went to the hospital and they ran chest x-ray, swabs, and bloodwork, and gave me 14 days of antibiotics.

The Mega is an old place with inadequate air filtration system and not enough professional cleaning staff. Sometimes you will find a washroom flooded, there is no soap or toilet paper, and you have to share the washroom with 50 other people in under 10 minutes because that's the timing the NCO gave.

As a woman you will get slightly better accommodations and treatment because there is far fewer women per platoon. So you won't have to compete with 50 other people for a toilet and 2 urinals. Also you would share showers and washrooms in bunk area with far less people (5-10 girls a platoon vs 50-60 guys a platoon), so slightly less chance of getting sick.

I re-applied because I am determined to serve, just not full time and I wouldn't want to go back to St. Jean.

Sounds horrible!

Jeez I don’t know how I will survive that place 🫪

 

[cyber_lass]

If a bathroom doesnt have tp, report. And why vr when you could have just gone to mir and either got meds or worse case go to trp to recover and join another platoon. They will most likely asked you why you left.

 

[Jarnhamar]

The Mega is an old place with inadequate air filtration system and not enough professional cleaning staff.

I'm not sure they would be considered professional but I know where you cpuld have found 50 extra cleaners.

 

[EricZeng78]

I'm not sure they would be considered professional but I know where you cpuld have found 50 extra cleaners.

One thing I have realized is most people do not know what clean is. Just because it is dried and there is no dust does not mean it is clean. Getting 50 or some people to clean up anything without some proper sanitation training and using proper concentration of chemicals, spraying said chemicals properly, and wiping properly is basically asking them to smear their body fluids all over whatever they were trying to clean, especially if over half of them are coughing their lungs out all day and night.

 

[EricZeng78]

If a bathroom doesnt have tp, report. And why vr when you could have just gone to mir and either got meds or worse case go to trp to recover and join another platoon. They will most likely asked you why you left.

Yes I went in and talked to a recruiter and they said it was fine. I'll have to explain again during the interview, but it is straight forward.

Yes I went to the MIR and was not given the medication I needed to get better. And the men's washroom (IYKYK) was left without toilet paper, soap and was flooded for an entire weekend, even though it was reported multiple times. I reconsidered everything and decided to leave and go back to school for Medical Radiation Tech, and apply to work in Reserves part time.

 

[Jarnhamar]

There's a greater than zero chance that you'll need to do station jobs, i.e cleaning bathrooms, when you do your basic training with the reserves.

It wouldn't hurt to do some research on how to clean stuff, just to be better prepared for it.

 

[OldSolduer]

Back in the days of yore - the olde days, everyone was sick within two weeks of commencing basic.
It’s the close living arrangements that guarantee you’ll get what we called “Cornwallis Hack”.

 

[cyber_lass]

Yes I went in and talked to a recruiter and they said it was fine. I'll have to explain again during the interview, but it is straight forward.

Yes I went to the MIR and was not given the medication I needed to get better. And the men's washroom (IYKYK) was left without toilet paper, soap and was flooded for an entire weekend, even though it was reported multiple times. I reconsidered everything and decided to leave and go back to school for Medical Radiation Tech, and apply to work in Reserves part time.

Austre conditions are apart of the experience. Not sure it was left flooded. Did your platoonmates not get cleaning? Up to troops to keep loos clean on their floor.

Good luck in replying. But conditions vary throught the caf. Best to get used to different conditions.