I recognize a lot of the names on the list from recruit camp at St-Jean last year. In addition, the majority of the people are too young to already
have a university degree. I think there are very few DEO guys, if any. It would make sense that the DEO guys are only on the winter courses, seeing
as they are available at that time and us ROTP guys are not. But, that's only a guess.
I'm surprised by how few combat arms people there are. If I counted correctly, there are 3 arty, 2 armoured (myself included), 1 infantry. There's also a few
combat engineers no doubt, but I'm not sure exactly what your MOS abbreviation is.
It's a bit unfortunate that our summer leave gets split into two halves, a week before BMOQ and a week after, giving us little time to travel. But it means
we stay focused and I'm sure everyone is doing all their last minute little preparations. Going over ranks, learning to sew properly, setting your biological
clock back to a 5 AM wake up, etc. Also, don't forget to bring your own Mr.Clean magic eraser. 1 box for 2 and a half sections is just not enough...
I also wanted to know if everyone here got the same instructions concerning the documents you need to bring. My joining instructions said to bring pretty
much everything that I first brought to the recruiting center while I was in the recruiting process. However, my ULO informed me that, since I'm already
"in the system" that the only documents that I need to provide are my leave pass, my travel pass and my reimbursement form. I want to know if anyone
else got these same instructions.
I'll see you guys when I get there next Saturday, last time I spoke with the other Montreal guys, they all intended to bring their cars too, so we'll have cheap
and easy transport to Montreal when our confined to base time is over.
P.S: To the Toronto lady who's doing this at the age of 46...Christ, good for you lady, I hope I have that kind of drive when I'm older.