Job offers started to come in when I was a MCpl. An aircraft manufacturer was the first to offer me a job at their plant. Then, as a Sgt, more offers came in. This kept increasing as I went up in rank. I have received job offers by contractors to work hands-on on military aircraft overhauls and...
Like you, I wanted nothing else than being in the military, so I joined with only a high school diploma. I have never continued my education but that never stopped job offers from civilian companies. I have always turned them down and now I have retired after 32 years of regular force. I am...
Friendly comment here. I have recently retired from the CF and it is true that for the final clearances you have to be in uniform, but any base can be more relaxed about applying those orders. Likely, Cold Lake won't, that is why a phone call would save you some troubles. If I may ask about...
Je me suis enrôlé dans la milice en 1973 avec la 8e Cie Médicale en tant qu'Assistant Médical. J'ai participé à quelques exercices mais mon employeur refusait d’ajuster ma cédule de travail pour m’accorder le temps nécessaire à l’entraînement et aux exercices. Étant trop limité, j’ai quitté la...
I always wanted to be in the airforce because I heard my dad talk about his wartime experience since I was a young kid. I knew I couldn't be a pilot because of my eye sight, but I still hoped to be aircrew. Forget being an officer too, because I wasn't doing all that well in school. So Flight...
That's an excellent explanation, Eye. My purpose for these separate topics remains the same. Combining them would change that purpose. If I'm not causing a bottleneck, I'll stick to that. If I am, maybe this forum has grown too large.
Il n'y a pas de quoi, quand on fait ce qu'on aime, on n'a pas l'impression de servir. Mais un service de 32 ans n'est pas à la hauteur du service donné par ceux qui sont allés au combat. J'ai eu beau me retrouver en zone de guerre pendant 6 mois, mais jamais en danger réel. Une seule journée...
MHO.....sorry but there are several terms like that that I'm not familiar with. That is a new one for me. About using more bandwitch, I don't know either but if you are concerned with it, maybe you should pass that on the the admin. And I don't mean that in a sarcastic way at all, just a...
Thanks PMedMoe, I suppose my intention was misunderstood. This isn't about a biography. That is about specific sqns hoping to generate stories by members on the squadron in the topic. This one is about 423 Sqn and should be limited to 423 Sqn. That is why I created separate topics for each sqn...
Bonjour à tous, je suis nouveau sur ce forum mais je crois être l'un des plus vieux.
Je me suis enrôlé en 1977 à Sherbrooke, ma ville natale. Je viens de prendre ma retraite au printemps dernier après 32 ans de service. Auparavant, j'ai fait 2 ans de réserve avec la 8eme Compagnie Médicale à...
J’ai été muté au 3 EMA à Bagotville le 6 sept 2005 à partir de Shearwater. Au travail, j’ai eu du bon temps et j’ai rencontré une foule de personnes que je tiens en estime. Mais j’ai quitté le 3 EMA en 2006 pour retourner à Shearwater pour des raisons familiales.
I was posted to 12 AMS on 08 Jul 1993. But in fact, I was there since 1992 when it was the CFB Shearwater BAMEO organization. I started on Sea King helicopters in PMO, later called ARO, then ASO HT followed by ASO HS when I did my sea tour on the Montreal and Algonquin HELAIRDETs. After a tour...
I was posted to 423 (MH) Sqn Shearwater from 12 AMS on 14 Jul 2004. That is when a major organizational change called OP TRANSFORM came into effect. For the Sea King maintainers, that change consisted in the ASO organizations from 12 AMS and 423 Sqn being reformed into a single one under the...
My third posting was to 414 (EW) Sqn North Bay on 22 Jul 88. This was my first posting in a Fighter Group Sqn, and I didn’t feel welcomed on arrival. Coming straight out of a Tac Hel, I couldn’t be trusted around jet airplanes, or so it seemed like. I worked as ASO Tech Admin for the first year...
My second posting was to 444 (Tac Hel) Sqn Lahr on 30 Aug 85. The Sqn was gone on FALLEX when I arrived and so was my sponsor. However, I was greeted at the AMU by a comrade from recruit training who acted as my sponsor since he was in the rear party. When the Sqn returned from FALLEX, I worked...
I share that feeling with you. I was posted to Bagotville in 2005 and posted out in 2006 at my request. I loved my job and the people in Bagotville, but my experience in living off base was a bad one. That is a story in itself that should not be posted here out of respect for our people in...
10 years isn't much time to dedicate to the CF when nearly half of that time and possibly more will be spent on training you. Your credits will speed it up but after 10 years, you will be leaving with only a few years having maintenance authorizations and at a time when the CF will need you the...
My very first posting was to 413 (TR) Sqn Summerside on 02 Mar 78. But on arrival, I was assigned to CFB Summerside BAMEO as all aircraft maintenance was absorbed by the BAMEO organization. An official posting message to CFB Summerside followed in 1981. Physically, nothing changed, I worked in 1...
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