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I actually love my job but hate Gagetown. I'd honestly prefer to be in the field the entire duration of my contract than come home everyday to Gagetown. At least I feel like I am getting something done. I miss Toronto too much. EDIT: What winter ex? This year there is no winter ex, at least for 2RCR. There is one planned for June, but I have no idea how we are to pull that off with just Hotel Company & Kilo Recce & Lima.
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I am now Snowmobile qualified. Next week I will be ATV qualified. Those two are some pretty sweet courses. We changed the course. It was originally only supposed to be a day, but we made it a four day course. All driving, of course. Word of the day? Course, but of course.
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Feb 5, 2010 21:17
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acumen posted:I can't believe we have a fat camp in basic now. Considering that our infantry is closed you'd think we'd be a little bit more picky. Christ. Are in 2RCR? I'm in Recce and the sniper course they ran in the summer they just selected a bunch of people that had basic recce. To make sniper platoon they chose a few soldiers from the course. Hell, the top candidate on the course is still in Recce as our Warrant wouldn't let him leave to Snipers. As far as I know, nothing about being recommended by higher in the chain, or anything like that. I can't try out for snipers because of my lovely eyesight, I believe.
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Feb 6, 2010 19:46
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Samu posted:Yeah I normally run outside when it's warmer out, I did the Rattle Me Bones 10k last spring, and the ING 10k last summer. Winter is just my lazy period since I don't play any winter sports/I'm too much of a sissy to run outside. My 10k time is around 45 - 50 depending on how I'm feeling that day. Keep this in mind: During Basic, you are quite literally running alongside forty year old mothers. And in infantry battle school we had a forty two year old man graduate as an infanteer. The ruck marches in basic are also a joke. You don't even have ruck buddies (sand bags), and Basic training (at least in St. Jean) forbid the instructors from doing any PT running in combat boots. It's all in your head, man. Even the *BIGHUGE SCARY* 13km march you do in week 9 or whatever is a two hour walk. It's all mindgames to psych yourself out. Just shut off your mind and do left food right foot left foot right foot or whatever you need to do to pass the time. It's not a brutal march. If you have any halfway decent instructors, they will tell you the following for rucksack marches: 1) As already said, boot laces being loosened is top priority 2) Kit the gently caress down. If your doing a winter march in negative 20 weather, guess what, just wear your combats. You will heat like crazy if you wear thermals, heavy gloves and a toque on the march. You are a loving idiot if you wear your combat ice jacket on one. Just wear your combats and a normal T shirt. Even in negative twenty. Trust me. 3) If you have problems holding the c7 (c9, c6 in SQ / DP1), stuff the pocket on the left on your tacvest with poo poo so you can rest your forearm on it. A few of the girls did this and it worked out great for them to hold the rifle. 4) It's a ruckmarch. You ain't fighting. Use your sling. Make one out of 550 cord and attach to to your tacvest because the ones they give you in basic are junk. 5) Drink tons of water. All the time. You should be doing this anyways. Don't be one of the idiots that falls out due to dehydration. It's a serious condition, and it happens all the time. Doubly so in the winter. Hizawk fucked around with this message at 23:12 on Feb 8, 2010 |
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Feb 8, 2010 23:05
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Fraser CDN posted:I was on a winter DP1. When we would do rucks it was always ( for me) Green shirt, thermal and Parka outer. I froze my rear end off before the rucks, but when we got to our end area I was dry and warm. That was us graduating Jan 09. Dp1 004(0?) Paschendale Platoon.
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Feb 9, 2010 02:28
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Look at meeee, workin' with the acting DSM! Sweepin' floors! Scrubbing snow off the vehicles! Shovelling! You too can do all this exciting stuff during the day, if you burn your leave early and have no days left for March Break! Weeee!
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Mar 2, 2010 05:08
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MohawkSatan posted:So recruitment is still looking to open up in April, right? At least that's what I gathered from earlier portions of this thread, and from what a few emails have told me. I'm intending on going into Infantry if I can: I've wanted to be a soldier my whole damned life, with all it's inglorious bullshit duties and all. Probably not going to happen. We are 1200 soldiers over right now. We had a big meeting today basically telling us to change trades, as there's waaay too many of us.
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Mar 9, 2010 06:40
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swagger like us posted:lol gently caress issued boots. Been wearing Magnums now for about a year, and lovin it. Gonna pick up some SWATs for my next boots. Don't get SWAT's wet. loving worst boots ever wet. Mrk III's are the best field boot, ever. Except in winter when your feet freeze.
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Apr 9, 2010 03:07
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I loving hate poppies. gently caress wearing them.
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Nov 8, 2010 03:06
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It sounds retarded, but all I want for Christmas is my comms course. Failing that, I don't want 522's no more. I'm not a greedy person.
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Nov 28, 2010 14:07
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My three years is over in a little over a month, and then my next three year contract begins! I was sorely tempted to change my new three year contract to a 25 year because honestly I like my infanteer job a lot.
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Apr 15, 2011 19:22
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mdivi posted:There isn't any benefits to signing a 25 year other than less paperwork, right? Right.
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Apr 18, 2011 01:09
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Flanker posted:I want to share your enthusiasm. But it's kinda just depressing. Oh god you reminded me I am jumping out of them in July in Halifax. That's gonna be scary. Not the jumping or heights part, those are awesome, but the feeling the bloody thing is gonna crash while I am on it. In fact, once I jump out of the helicopter I will be most calm.
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Apr 20, 2011 00:47
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Wohoo Infantry School! GD on BMOQ-L! My summer is ready for fun. To be fair, it's not a bad go so far. Since there is nothing to do while the course is in garrison, it's been show up at 9:30 leave at 10:00 for the day. Not too shabby.
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May 31, 2011 11:28
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My Spirit Otter posted:Also LDA, they're always threatening to scrap it and go back to field pay LDA will be gone. Lt. Gen Leslie I believe come in and speak to us. It's gonna be scrapped, they are just working on how to implement its replacement.
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Jun 5, 2011 17:28
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MA-Horus posted:Hahaha that thread about US Army dudes being forced to claim baggage costs for travel reimbursement in GBS makes me laugh. Has anyone here EVER been given travel claim money up front? hosed if I ever have. All the time? You put the paperwork in before you leave and you get the money as an advance. At least that's how its always worked for me.
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Jun 9, 2011 08:32
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Cojac posted:Does anyone have any insight on what kind of direction the infantry is going to be taking now that Afghanistan's winding down? Maybe less? With 2RCR at least, right now our workup training doesn't start till after Aug and summer leave is done. And we are supposed to be heading over in Feb/March next year. I'm still amazed you somehow managed to get in the infantry. They are basically throwing soldiers offers to leave all the time, and kicking out problem soldiers easier to try and get our numbers down. And at least for rifle companies, field ex's are usually pretty loving lovely and never that fun.
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Jun 22, 2011 10:50
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acumen posted:
On CATCC this year, Lt. Gen Lesie spoke in front of the entire 2RCR battalion and said it's as good as gone, they are only trying to figure out how to implement old school field pay again.
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Jun 23, 2011 21:10
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Samu where you posted? I'm of high morale myself!
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Jul 6, 2011 01:54
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Mantle posted:After three long years of BS, I am finally booked for my interview and PT test for the reserves (artillery). How should I prepare, both physically and for the interview? Be honest. It's really hard to be turned down. Physically, it's pretty easy, but all the Army cares about is your running time, pushups, situps and pullups. So work on those.
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Jul 12, 2011 12:38
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mdivi posted:I love how Canadian flags at the QM are always hush hush. The supply clerk passed me a couple today like they were illegal drugs. I wanted ten yesterday, because I seriously need them. She told me she couldn't hand so many out. I told her was a storeman for a course(and its true I am right now). I now own ten flags.
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Jul 14, 2011 17:31
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On the BMOQ course I am a storeman for, we had a 'infantry officer' cry for being yelled at due to the candidate improperly doing his c7 drills. In fact, he cries any time he is confronted. He's still on the bloody course despite the course staff's best efforts to get him off.
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Aug 8, 2011 21:28
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Flanker posted:Hahahha He failed the course on the last day. I knew my staff had it in them. I'm pretty sure he was a reservist. All is right in the world. Summer leave, bitches!
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Aug 12, 2011 22:05
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Ghost of Castro posted:Thanks for the responses, it's really appreciated. I have been feeling the need to re-orient my life and career so maybe the reserves will be an opportunity to challenge myself. My cousin just finished Basic Military Officer Qualification and he's going RN. But, unfortunately he knows basically as much as you do about what it will be like. I can help answer questions you may have, but he probably does not know much.
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Sep 6, 2011 04:27
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My Spirit Otter posted:I'd like to know the same think about razor blades too. And boots. I'm learning Russian hardcore now because I hate knowing only one language and I don't think french is cool. Anybody know anything about embassy / overseas jobs where knowing a foreign language is a prerequisite? How many are there for Canadians? I already know about the extra points you get for the merit board, and in a year or two I am totally challenging their Russian test for it.
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Sep 20, 2011 22:02
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Samu posted:I'm pretty sure I'm going on a CQC course, a snowmobile course, and I got my name put in for a US Army Ranger course. Snowmobile qualifications own. I love when I get asked what vehicles I can drive and I always say Snowmobile/ATV first. I'm always asked, "You seriously have that course?" Literally all you do on course is bomb around driving snowmobiles.
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Oct 14, 2011 18:07
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Mazari Sharif looks pretty in photos. I wonder how much of it I am going to be able to see with our new tour structure.
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Nov 1, 2011 20:22
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WAFFLEHOUND posted:They cannot handle my paperwork unless there is an existing opening. I see nothing wrong with this. Seems like the CF is working as intended.
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Nov 15, 2011 02:07
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Okay, asking if you need to bring the gas mask is legit funny. I just got my Logistic Unicorp shipment today and it sadly does not have my FUR HAT, YUKON STYLE. All I want is a fur hat. Please tell me the FUR HAT, YUKON STYLE is every bit as awesome as it sounds and looks.
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Dec 14, 2011 21:31
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I go back to work monday. All pers with 5+ years in come back the following week, except for a few Mcpl's. Basically giving us another week off! Also, my distance learning PLQ course got jacked up... By the course WO... On the course message board.
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Jan 5, 2012 21:44
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Mr.48 posted:
Its mods 1 to 5, after which you do residency, and the practical of teaching drill, lessons, pt. The online course is a million powerpoints followed by tests, then the homework assignments of creating lesson plans, memos, and PDRs.
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Jan 6, 2012 15:27
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How the gently caress does a distance learning PLQ course even work?
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Vadoc posted:And getting chits so that they can request Gucchi comfortable boots. Is this still an issue anywhere? In 2RCR if its black (or tan for tour) wear it.
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Jan 10, 2012 01:02
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stevobob posted:SWATs kick so much rear end. Not one blister after my last BFT with them. Garrison boots though, they have no durability, walk through a few rivers and they are ruined forever.
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Jan 10, 2012 12:50
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Regarding OP ATTENTION, my job has changed three times and my destination in Afghanistan has changed three times. In the last two weeks. Still a month away from deploying.
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Jan 28, 2012 13:58
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Flanker posted:I was the first to go, with literally no training and no practice. I did some remedial training, hard assess shouldn't be a big deal. Downhill from there, I have no problems teaching lectures. I'm literally the worst dress, deportment and drill soldier in battalion and I scored a 99 out of 100 on my drill assess. It's just knowing the sequence and the words of command and you score 90's on every assess.
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Feb 21, 2012 13:54
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After watching some videos on the various trades from the forces website, I came to the conclusion that a lot of the jobs don't look that bad all. Then I watched the infantry one. Oh god the lies.
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Mar 8, 2012 16:01
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swagger like us posted:That's what I wish the militia was sort of like. I wish we instituted a militia that's primary goal would be to wage guerilla warfare in the event of an invasion, like the Venezuelan or Swiss military's reserves. That'd be more fun to train in than the 50 billionth time i've assaulted a trench. I can not even wrap my head around this. Your argument is 'More fun for training'? Seriously?
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Mar 30, 2012 20:16
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My Spirit Otter posted:I thought the meth lab was in a pmq. How did they find that one out again? Probably because it's a Meth Lab in a PMQ.
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Mar 31, 2012 05:13
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Why am I being tasked with enemy force for the upcoming Jamaican exercise, and they are sending people from India Coy to stand up as a recce section? That's like total army logic to me.
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My Spirit Otter posted:The worst I had was 6 people in a 4 man recce tent in October in Shilo. All of our 5-man/10-man tents were busted. Thank gently caress it was seasonably warm week and a half. Why would you not just sleep outside?
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