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Personal Experience: Handed in my documents a year ago (DEO) and needed a pre-secure check because I hadn't lived in Canada for 7 consecutive years. They called up all my references (It is a detailed check) and then it took them (CSIS, most probably )around 10 months to do a backcheck.  After...

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I think that a lot of youth have the wrong opinion that Canada is a top UN peacekeeper country. Yes, peacekeeping was a Canadian idea, but in the last 2 decades countries like Bangladesh have dwarfed Canadian contributions. We have only made token contributions to UN missions and never more than...

Yes I would say so. When I came to Canada my impression was of Canada being a soft power (and a leading producer of Canada Dry.. yeah go figure), very much like the Scandinavian countries. As time passed, I read more and more about the  country's military past and how badly it fumbled the ball...

Lockheed offering the F-35 to India can have some really complex repercussions. India is already in a JV with Russia for the Fifth generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA) that -may- be comparable to the F-35. Yes, while the F-35 has a significant developmental headstart, its induction into the Indian...

Hi, I have been a lurker at army.ca forums for quite some time and before I start detailing my application progress, I want to thank all the contributors and staff for providing all those nuggets of information that make understanding recruitment mechanics lot easier.  After months of...