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Yes, the return of Martial Air Marshal Marshall, ready to command Canada's Air Force!
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compressioncut posted:AF ranks were originally derived from navy ones, so what is Aviator now was Leading Aircraftman, arguably much worse. Well by that logic, a Leading Aircraftsman is today's Corporal, not Aviator. On that note, did the RCN actually change the Seaman ranks? I remember getting some newsletters that they were looking at it but never an announcement that they did, yet I noticed my naval doppelganger has an unfamiliar rank on Outlook. Are they just Sailors finally? What happened there?
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Blade_of_tyshalle posted:Well by that logic, a Leading Aircraftsman is today's Corporal, not Aviator. All Seamen ranks are now Sailor. Anyone that release prior to the change retains Seaman, all after are Sailor
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Feb 5, 2021 01:15
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Feb 5, 2021 03:58
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Blade_of_tyshalle posted:Well by that logic, a Leading Aircraftsman is today's Corporal, not Aviator. Pre-unification navy ranks were messed up and something I don't entirely get. LAC is equivalent to Avr in commonwealth air forces, propeller badge and all. Corporal is corporal - well, more like MCpl if I remember correctly.
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Jobbo_Fett posted:All Seamen ranks are now Sailor. I think you can get a VAC pension for retaining Seaman
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Canuck-Errant posted:I think you can get a VAC pension for retaining Seaman They won't let you retain the old rank if you are current military or released after the change.
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Jobbo_Fett posted:They won't let you retain the old rank if you are current military or released after the change. it is a semen joke 
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Feb 8, 2021 04:04
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Canuck-Errant posted:it is a semen joke I think you mean that's a sailor joke.
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Anyone in DND as a civvy? I'm out now but I have an opportunity to go back in, quarter zips and jeans this time.
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I am, after a short bout in the RegF. Tried to reenlist, but apparently having a kidney stone will stop you medically. I still show up with a shirt and tie, and barely understand how the civvy side works at all. I really should attend the union meetings, but 
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Feb 15, 2021 06:48
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Civvy here, what up?
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Jobbo_Fett posted:Civvy here, what up?
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Feb 15, 2021 15:12
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I want a civvy job with the military 
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So, I got cease trained a few years back, and now some (hopefully) ambitious clerk is telling me that I am no longer entitled to my previous pay rate AND have to pay back all of the pay increments I received while in that trade. Is this real life?
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Just wondering how you guys find working there. I realize DND is probably huge and there's gonna be some varied experiences, but this is gonna be the first time I'm outta uniform in an office. I think i need to go shop for some office clothing, my closet used to consist of issued gear and A&W shirts .My Spirit Otter posted:I want a civvy job with the military Man ex-mil get hiring priority for fed jobs once you're qualified in the pool, I was checking the gov job site almost weekly during my 6 months.
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Feb 17, 2021 19:46
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Depends a lot on who you find yourself working for. Ive got a good superviser and good boss. Work's relaxed, no serious dress code but you still have to be proper. Get to know your union, participate in functions, spend money at the bake sale, decorate your work area.
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I'm in an admin position where the pay doesn't really approach Cpl, but it was pretty swell to still have a paying job during the pandemic. Hoping to roll my public service time into a better paying position later, and beef up my pension. mom and dad fight a lot fucked around with this message at 20:39 on Feb 17, 2021 |
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Feb 17, 2021 20:30
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Attire Irony posted:So, I got cease trained a few years back, and now some (hopefully) ambitious clerk is telling me that I am no longer entitled to my previous pay rate AND have to pay back all of the pay increments I received while in that trade. That is heinous
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gently caress pension buyback is expensive. I'm already forking over tens of thousands, plus I gotta pay $220 for the physical? The public service pension is great and all, but man you pay out the rear end for it. mom and dad fight a lot fucked around with this message at 00:47 on Feb 20, 2021 |
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Feb 20, 2021 00:33
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stevobob posted:That is heinous It was fun enough to get kicked out of a trade over standards playing the “you did it right but if 9 variables had been different there may have been an issue” game, But to pay $15k for the privilege?  Insult to injury is that I’m top of my course in the next trade, and because of this I can’t afford to take a posting to Trenton.  In unrelated news I’m gonna open a consulting firm to do a study on why retention is so low
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Attire Irony posted:It was fun enough to get kicked out of a trade over standards playing the “you did it right but if 9 variables had been different there may have been an issue” game, I wonder what COVID's effect on retention is going to have. A bunch of friends that left to go civvy are absolutely regretting their decision lately and some are trying to get back in. I for one am drat glad to have had job security throughout. If it has a positive effect, I'm more than positive that the Army is going to use that data to say they have solved retention. (It was absolutely terrible pre-COVID. Almost everyone from my Basic, battle school are out of the army, although that was 13 years ago.) Hizawk fucked around with this message at 05:29 on Feb 21, 2021 |
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Feb 21, 2021 05:27
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I my little corner of the forces, covid hasn’t helped retention much. They’ve been campaigning pretty hard for folks to come back, but that’s for a 5 year contract or nothing. Unsurprisingly, it’s been mostly nothing. I’ve heard in the winds that between FY 20/21 and FY 21/22 they’re projecting to lose an entire year’s worth of intake.
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Working with some dudes from Pet right now, apparently retention is nearly zero at the JR level out there in the combat arms. my reaction: "YOU'RE LEAVING A SURE THING GOVERNMENT JOB WITH A PENSION IN THIS ECONOMY AS A HIGH SCHOOL GRAD WITH NO WORK EXPERIENCE OUTSIDE THE ARMY ?!?!?!"
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Feb 21, 2021 17:42
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Pet got mentioned in Hitman 3 apparently.
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Feb 21, 2021 19:14
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Feb 21, 2021 21:01
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Lol another CDS with allegations of misconduct Do as I say, but absolutely definitely fuckin not as I do
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1. Mark Norman (2017) 2. Julie Payette 3. Johnathan Vance 4. Art McDonald Toss in some proud boys idiots (2017), a CIC officer openly speaking at an anti-vax rally, and a reservist charging Rideau Hall armed? The last couple years have been kinda wild. Edit: I just realized that this went up to Vance: MA-Horus posted:It's nice to read stories like these, it really reinforces the "gently caress you if you're still in" motto of GiP
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Feb 25, 2021 13:31
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An institution of old, white, creepy dudes trying to determine which one abuses the least.
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christ, at first I thought you were just a little behind and were referring to Vance. I didn't even have the new CDS' name committed to memory yet. I look back on most of my time in with fairly rosy glasses and I'm pretty drat glad I ended up losing touch with everyone. Politics wasn't a huge thing when I got out and I can only imagine what sort of trumpian shitshow the infantry is now.
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Can they hire me as the CDS? I'm not old and I know how important your twitter rep is and why you shouldn't squander your Tik-Tok fame.
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Gonna start promoting straight from Lt to LtGen just to make sure the next CDS can't possibly have 25 years of in-uniform scandals waiting to pop.
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CDS by lottery
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Feb 25, 2021 19:48
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The Lottery, only instead of being stoned you're promoted to CDS
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Canuck-Errant posted:The Lottery, only instead of being stoned you're promoted to CDS New thread title? Also https://www.thebeaverton.com/2021/0...cal-girl-guide/ Vadoc fucked around with this message at 14:44 on Feb 26, 2021 |
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Feb 26, 2021 13:28
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It's a good thing there's a deep pool of diversity at the top to pick from. 'Don't be a sex pest' has to be part of someone's cultural values.
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/military-commander-haydn-edmundson-past-allegations-no-charges-laid-1.5941384 reset the counter
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/eleanor-taylor-canadian-forces-sexual-misconduct-1.5952618LCol Taylor posted:"While I remain fiercely proud of parts of our organization, on the issue of addressing harmful sexual behaviour, we have lost all credibility." I know it's been a drat gong show at this point, but it wasn't until I read this that it really sank in for me.
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If only there were whistleblowers back in the year 2000 who could've warned us about all this...quote:There have been many stories in recent years (such as noted in a Maclean’s magazine cover feature) about Canadian military whistleblowers being targeted for complaining about rape and other abuses. from: fipa.bc.ca › library › Whistleblower_Profiles_2004
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