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My Spirit Otter posted:That was me. He was in a reserve unit. Yup. Got forced off the guns unfortunately and it sucked. Being non combat arms in a combat arms unit is a level of hell.
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MA-Horus posted:Yup. Got forced off the guns unfortunately and it sucked. Being non combat arms in a combat arms unit is a level of hell. i cannot possibly fathom how getting off the guns sucked, the latter i can totally believe and is something i am doing everything in my power to avoid.
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flakeloaf posted:It's also nuts seeing guys from my threes in the GAL as SNCMs I wonder what it's like for colonels and flag officers knowing the guy you caught jackin' it to furry porn owns a regiment or air wing.
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Imagine how it must feel to be the three-ringer that Russell Williams beat out to become the CO of 8 Wg.
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I understand given the circumstances but getting what feels like multiple obituaries a day from the Artillery Association is depressing as hell.
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Frosted Flake posted:I understand given the circumstances but getting what feels like multiple obituaries a day from the Artillery Association is depressing as hell. i don't know how i don't get any emails from the artillery association, because they definitely have my info, but i'm glad i dont. i also unironically miss work. minimal manning can kiss my rear end 
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if you unironically miss work, you need more not-work things going on in your life.
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Radio Free Kobold posted:if you unironically miss work, you need more not-work things going on in your life. Forrealz. Read a book, plant a garden, get swole, become addicted to warcraft, ride a bike...whatever. As someone whose work life balance is skewed way too much toward work, I dunno how I'm gonna get used to having a real job again.
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I just realized that minimum manning / OP LASER is really the Force Reduction Plan Mk II.
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Guest2553 posted:I dunno how I'm gonna get used to having a real job again. Fuckin same. I'm getting a ton done at home. I'm learning to cook properly. I feel DECENT at least some of the time. I'm not looking forward to reverting to my previous gainfully employed but slightly shittier self mom and dad fight a lot posted:I just realized that minimum manning / OP LASER is really the Force Reduction Plan Mk II. Please keep going, you've piqued my interest edit: but it can't be because releases are restricted/delayed forever. stevobob fucked around with this message at 00:42 on Apr 19, 2020 |
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FRP was meant to give an easy out for the old fogeys to retire and shrink the forces. It backfired spectacularly and many "younger" folks retired instead. But it showed that the CF could still run with less people, even if it's taxing. All the business continuity plans that everyone did to setup minimum manning are essentially the same thing. "Here's what NEEDS to get done, even if it's just an 80% solution. Here's the people we need to do it". I know I'm just talking out of my rear end at this point, but christ I've been cooped up so long that I think I'm formulating conspiracy theories while I try to ignore my rear end in a top hat kids and bitchy wife gently caress I can't get anything done THEY'RE COMING FOR OUR JOBS RECRUITING IS A LIE THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH PHOENIX *mumbles and trails off into a sugar coma* mom and dad fight a lot fucked around with this message at 01:29 on Apr 19, 2020 |
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Radio Free Kobold posted:if you unironically miss work, you need more not-work things going on in your life. Guest2553 posted:Forrealz. Read a book, plant a garden, get swole, become addicted to warcraft, ride a bike...whatever. You guys misunderstand, my job is sitting around shooting the poo poo with generally cool people all day long, occasionally interspersed with driving a forklift for 5 minutes. I miss the socialisation. I'm a Newfoundlander. I'll talk to a fence post.
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mom and dad fight a lot posted:FRP was meant to give an easy out for the old fogeys to retire and shrink the forces. It backfired spectacularly and many "younger" folks retired instead. But it showed that the CF could still run with less people, even if it's taxing. I mean, I'm on a 20 year but would strongly consider taking a compensatory payout and return of pension contribution with a smile on my face, and take advantage of the Vet's Education Benefit while I wait for this whole global situation to clear up
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/canadian-forces-officer-winnipeg-lawsuit-1.5539105quote:A retired Winnipeg air force officer is suing the Canadian government over an alleged case of mistaken identity after he was charged with sexual assault, only to have the case dropped after it was determined he had the same middle and last name as the person meant to be charged. Incompetence? In my CFNIS? It's more likely than you think. quote:There are multiple individuals with the same surname within the 100,000 members of the air force in Canada, the plaintiff alleges. When he searched online "it took him less than a few minutes to learn the identity of the proper suspect's name and present location," the claim says. Also, they've apparently recruited 30,000 people and converted the whole CAF into the air force now
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I used to get emails and other DWAN stuff because there was a guy with my name in Halifax and also a guy with the same name and rank in Petawawa. Never met either one, wish I had.
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My mom and her brother, same last name same rank, continuously get each others phone calls and emails.
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my chain of command keeps texting me and requiring a response. i feel like a mars attacks alien. ack. ack. ack. ack.
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I never liked "ack". I know it means acknowledged, but it sounds like I'm hacking up a hairball.
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listen here, buddy, im working hard enough reading these texts, i cant waste the energy on 9 extra letters
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Just a single lowercase "k" is even less effort and also attempts to convey the total passive aggression appropriate for a mandatory response to text message FYIs
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Frosted Flake posted:I used to get emails and other DWAN stuff because there was a guy with my name in Halifax and also a guy with the same name and rank in Petawawa. Never met either one, wish I had. While I was a private, I found a corporal with my same name. As soon as I hit corporal, I fired up the ol DWAN to let him know only to discover he'd released  THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE 
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At my first real posting, I had the same last name as a CWO. People used to ask me if he was my dad, and I guess he got asked if I was his kid a bunch too because one day he found me and said to report to his office. I was pretty spooked even before he closed the door and started off all hard, but then he said 'I've spent the past thirtysome years doing what I can to ruin the [lastname] reputation, don't gently caress it up for me'. Turns out he was a pretty cool guy 
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well i guess im gonna get charged our glorious leader, the clftc commander wants everyone pat to group up and write a 2k word essay. im not doin that.
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Apr 27, 2020 20:27
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I would definitely do a hatless dance for that.
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Apr 27, 2020 20:36
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2000 words on what? If it's open topic, I'd just write about my favourite ways to prepare eggs or something.
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Cock For Its Own Sake: A Comparative Analysis on Busywork Amid Leadership Shortfalls in Training Staff
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Apr 27, 2020 20:54
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The Canadian Forces: A dog or pony show, because there isn't the budget for both.
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Blade_of_tyshalle posted:2000 words on what? If it's open topic, I'd just write about my favourite ways to prepare eggs or something. i think they saw that coming. theres 3 more equally ridiculous topic choices. i didnt notice it was in teams before. still not writing an essay lol 
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I'd be livid with that topic list. Some of those would be exceedingly difficult to summarize in 2k words, especially if written by a group. Others are so far into the weeds that you'd spend six times longer looking for sources than you would writing the paper.
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Something tells me that this person had to write similar papers in college.
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Pick the Ram. It was a Canadian classic, terrible at its intended role.
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The rations one should have the references be entirely youtube links to guys eating, like, Korean War -era chocolate bars and baked beans in lard.
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Yeah here's your video essay in the form of a YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2I6Et1JkidnnbWgJFiMeHA
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"The Ram Gun Tank: Almost A Reverse Bradley" "The Ram Gun Tank: A Bad Tank Becomes An OK APC" "The Ram Gun Tank: Don't Try This With An LSVW" Canuck-Errant fucked around with this message at 22:43 on Apr 27, 2020 |
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well it's been half an hour since i sent a text message saying make work and group punishments is why i left the arty and asking about how VRs work right now to my chain of command. no response. i really hope they dont try to call my bluff because i am dumb and self-destructive enough to follow through, but in reality i'll probably talk to the bpso and say new job or bye before that happens.
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Fearless posted:The Canadian Forces: A dog or pony show, because there isn't the budget for both. New thread title? Please? 
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My Spirit Otter posted:i think they saw that coming. theres 3 more equally ridiculous topic choices. i didnt notice it was in teams before. still not writing an essay lol You're Pte(B)s, right? Cause this sounds like some opie dopie level stuff
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On one hand I'd like to see the goon collective come up with a well researched undergraduate-level essay on a current and tactically relevant topic, at a secret+ level. On the other hand, 
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Guest2553 posted:On one hand I'd like to see the goon collective come up with a well researched undergraduate-level essay on a current and tactically relevant topic, at a secret+ level. On the other hand, 'The LSVW as a low-profile, airdroppable thermobaric projectile'
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