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Heh... I've heard stories about other basic courses in Wainright and Dundurn when it comes to the showers... On my basic, we had one shower stall that was maybe 5 x 6 with two shower heads. For the first few days, we'd allow 2 minutes in the shower per person (two ppl in the stall). By the end...

Hrmm....  :-\ I don't think that's such a good idea... There are a lot of people from my highschool classes that I would never want serving beside me or on course with me. Trev, you woulda given them all a good ass whooping but it wouldn't have done them any good. There are a LOT of people who...

If you really want to make use of your diploma, go tech. Sig Ops don't fix their radios or any other equipment by themselves - our purpose in life (wrt equipment) is to just use the stuff we are given. Techs work with the stuff every day (repairing equipment, setting up computers or video...

For a toilettries bag or a shoe polish kit, you don't need anything fancy. On basic, I used a large ziploc bag with my name and last three written on it for my shoe polish kit and same for a toillettry bag in the field (for the females, throw in a few pads and however many Tampax compacts or...

Just to further drive home the importance of looking over those credit reports... It's a nasty surprise to be told that your app is delayed because of some little payments. When my ex-bf went reg force, he got the results of his credit check from the recruiting centre and found that there were...

And a point of note - If you plan on applying for entrance into RMC, make sure you start your application ASAP. RMC chooses its new students way before any other university. I found that out the hard way and was left without RMC as an option as a result.

I was watching Seinfeld on my computer in my residence room at Carleton when my roommate rushed through the door and dragged me into the TV room. A small gaggle of people had gathered to watch CNN. We watched as the 2nd plane crashed into the towers... watched the tower start to crumple before...

This probably shows my greenhorn nature, but I think I would have pounced on that girl (quietly and verbally of course) after her show of such blatant disrespect to the uniform and disregard for everything else. I'm still a bit too hot-tempered for my own good I think... After thinking it over...

PMQs in Ottawa, for MCpl and below cost $450 a month plus heat and hydro. Not bad for a 3 bedroom townhouse, especially in Ottawa. The detached homes for MCpl and below cost $1000 a month plus heat and hydro. I don't know what you need to get those - you're most likely going to be looking at the...

:P Well I've definitely got enough time over here to learn to like it, but for now I liken it to a dark murky sludge...  :skull:

I suppose when you get into the higher ranks, we get less than our reg force counterparts. But I am currently deployed and I'm being paid the same as the Reg Force Cpl beside me doing the same job. Same rank, same IPC, same job, same pay. How about CAN'T go? Many reservists appreciate the...

No demotion point. It was a good gag, but god!!! How on earth would you expect me to operate??  :crybaby: Oh wait... There's no Timmies where I am... Just Turkish coffee  :blotto:

Now I am just guessing... Any Supply Techs help us out here!! But I would say that anything on your personal clothing docs (ie all the stuff you got at the ASU) you get to keep. The fleece and Gortex... If it was a temporary loan card then I would say that you are SOL unless you clarify with the...

The point is not to sleep IN your bed, but ON your bed ;) You have two fire blankets. One gets tucked in over top of your white sheets, and the other is either folded neatly (and exactly) at the foot of your bed or over your pillow. Use the fire blanket that's been folded up as your cover and...

That's a really good route too. And the best route in my opinion. But Bograt isn't going to be doing that so... any other advice?

La-dee-dah  ;) Fair enough, but in your unit do your RMS Clerks wear the uniform with the chainmail and the yellow stripe and such? If they don't there should be no reason for things like uniforms or boots to be returned. As for the cap badge, do you guys get to keep that if you leave? Like say...

The best officers listen to the voice of experience. And those voices come from the seasoned Sgts, WOs as well as junior NCOs. Oh, and careful of the ever present power trips some officers love to take. It usually doesn't fly.

When I transferred reserve units a few years ago, I had to give back my ruck, sleeping bag and accessories, bivvy bag, mosquito net, and of all things, the 2 mag pouches off my webbing. Anything that I had gotten from the losing unit's QM had to be returned as part of the out clearance process...

Sniper?   ;) Hmm... Anyway, in answer to your question, if this project is done correctly, there should be some leeway for that. By now we all know that one soldier typically has more than one job, especially class B junkies like myself (and you too TR, don't kid yourself) ;) This code is to...