I am certain there must be other reasons for your application taking 2 and a half years. :
This isn't from application process. This is from the start when I ran into Highschool transcript issues. I was out of highschool for 2 and a half years, due to Surgery/Illness, and didn't meet the requirements. So I had to take the issue to the school board and they essentially judicated (pushed) me from grade 9 to 11. And just last September I was able to take the CFAT but failed because of the math. I was specifically told to come back once that was brought up to par. Going from grade 8-9 level math to 11-12 is extremely difficult. So much so I barely know Algebra and my Arithmitic is very scetchy. But since January I've been back takeing a grade 11/12 course of math but that only covers Algebra so I'm stuck reading GED books to cover my Arithmitic half on my own. How fun. But I'm makeing some progress but I am worried of failing the CFAT again.
As for a cluster.........Well, until you've served, reserve your comments about military cluster f*** situations until you've been in one.
I call this Civilian, I just can't wait for the military side of things.. how exciting ;D
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One thing I can proudly say is I'm takeing this all in stride and I'm learning a lot about Buacracy and it's showed that I have the detirmination to get through this crap. 2 and a half years just to get to the CFAT, you don't know how much of a milestone that was. I've made it this far, I'll be damned if I quit now!
But yeah everything has been taken care of pretty much. Medically I'm fit, I'm in excellent shape and I just had my last test run (civilian side) and that was my Asthma test - which I found out I no longer suffer from. So my last worry was pretty much obliterated there
. Now it's just the CFAT to get out of the way and I'm very confident nothing will get in my way after this. I run a mile in 7 mins 56 seconds (last time I checked, probably bring that down a lot lower) and I can run 4-5 km's Continuous.
I made a new years resolution, this is
my year. I'm getting into the Army if I hafto crawl from here to Ottawa to get in. I'm goen at it tooth and nail. So I'm sure I'll be seeing you guys soon enough
-Jason