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Download the pre-employment polygraph questioinaire; one of the questions concerns lying about medical conditions. Even if you make it to the end, you will fail there.

From the people I've spoken to who've done both, the only things they really have in common are inspections and drill. Depot is geared towards adults and you're not treated like child like you are in basic.

I know what you mean, I've been thinking of doing this myself.

Ok, I admit, I did skim over some of it and I'm doped up on sinus meds and cough syrup. Anyway, my previous post clarifies what I'm trying to say. Edited to add: I think I misunderstood some of what was said. See reference to sinus meds and cough syrup  ;)

Did you even read my posts? To sum it up: 1) Remembrance Day as a national holiday where stores are closed (like Christmas) = Good, great, the way it should be, and the way should always have been. 2) Forcing Canadian television networks to broadcast only approved content on that day =...

In principle I agree with you, in practice it won't happen because they would lose advertising revenue; mid-Afternoon is when all the soap operas and talk shows are aired. Besides as much as I want people to want to go to ceremonies and remember, the government can’t make them nor can it force...

In Quebec it's not a holiday, but I usually take the day off and got to ceremony in Montreal. I work as software contractor, so it's usually at my own expense to. While I agree with what has been said, I think it’s infeasible to block all television programming. Networks should be encouraged...

I was just about to post this. The numbers are manipulated statistics and the article is sensationalistic bullshit. Oh, and I love the "108 more will die" line. With his prescient predictive abilities, this guy should be playing the lottery not writing for newspapers  ::)

Something is either standard or it isn’t. A uniform Nazi will no sooner let you wear this (the MODCAN vest) then any other non-issue vest. If you happen to be in a unit that allows non-issue kit in the field, then I can think of better ways to spend your $600+ ($300 for the base vest, without...

I was looking through the new PSP site (does anybody know if they still make crap for the CF?) and found this page about Zylon. PSP armour contains Zylon. For those who haven’t been keeping track, Zylon was found to rapidly degrade and most manufacturers in the US who used it issued a recall (it...

The US National Guard/Reserve system works the way it does because of a few things: 1- The contracts are binding, of a limited duration, and require you to train and/or deploy when ordered to do so. Not doing so is a chargeable offence. 2- Members have their jobs legally protected to support...

Actually, as far as I know Nevada does it, but it's still illegal in Vegas (the Bunny Ranch is right outside city limits ;)) Just "right" and "left" is not usually enough to describe a person's political beliefs. You have to use those to characterize specific areas, such as: foreign policy...

Friends don't let friends take arts  ;D

Let me preface what I'm about to say, by stating that YES I do think that PTSD, when real, is a grave problem. Ok, now what I have to say: I knew some people both before and after they were diagnosed with "PTSD", and I'm sure these people have been misdiagnosed. If a person liked to get...

Ding, ding ding ... we have a winner. I think everybody has heard some of the horror stories. Personally, I've seen instructors tie a candidate to a chin up bar and leave him there "until he manages to get himself up", I've seen candidates made to puke by forcing them to have alot of food for...

How about: Soldier screws up = negative reinforcement (physical punishment and/or remedial training) Soldier does his job properly = no punishment Soldier excels at his job = positive reinforcement

You're right, they didn't and that's because they didn't need to. It was understood that jobs like the infantry were typically "testosterone fuelled" environments. Men of that era had not yet been subjected to the emasculation efforts that men in our times are subjected to (did anybody back...

I was thinking more along the line of an extra piece of baloney from the haybox ;D

This has turned into the typical discussion of degraded standards and I think one of the core issues of the article has been missed in this discussion. The CF has dumped any kind of "warrior culture" from its recruiting and strongly discouraged it in units in order to make a career in the CF...

Canadians do that to: I've had to do it on every tour I've been on. For some srew ups, their just isn't any corrective action that works better then the negative reinforcement of push-ups. When someone keeps missing timings, making them strip and assemble weapons isn't corrective action since...