Hi, I want to join the military

[baron]

Hello, I'm quite new to this site and I'm looking for any tips on what I should look out for when I join.
For certain reasons I don't want to give out my exact name or location so please refrain from asking.
I'm looking to join basic infantry when I'm 16 or when I graduate grade 10, I'm 14 currently so I wanted to get all
The information I can about the military before I join. Anything that regards this matter will be greatly appreciated.

 

[Conz]

Try the search function. There is an abundance of information on threads that already exist.

 

[Shamrock]

Hello, I'm quite new to this site and I'm looking for any tips on what I should look out for when I join.
For certain reasons I don't want to give out my exact name or location so please refrain from asking.
I'm looking to join basic infantry when I'm 16 or when I graduate grade 10, I'm 14 currently so I wanted to get all
The information I can about the military before I join. Anything that regards this matter will be greatly appreciated.

Finish high school before you join the army full time.

 

[baron]

Finish high school before you join the army full time.

For certain reasons I want to get out of home as quickly as possible.

 

[Scott]

For certain reasons I want to get out of home as quickly as possible.

Well then hit the CF recruiting site and take a look at minimum requirements. At 14 you're years away from meeting them, sorry. And just meeting minimums is not always going to be a ticket in these days.

 

[Kat Stevens]

Hello, I'm quite new to this site and I'm looking for any tips on what I should look out for when I join.
For certain reasons I don't want to give out my exact name or location so please refrain from asking.
I'm looking to join basic infantry when I'm 16 or when I graduate grade 10, I'm 14 currently so I wanted to get all
The information I can about the military before I join. Anything that regards this matter will be greatly appreciated.

Avoid the breaded veal cutlet.  The cooks frown on you using a dog bowl in the field.  Always use a condom, in Fredericton, use two.  Officers don't like the term "sniper check" when being saluted.  Gun tape and WD-40 can fix anything. That's about it, everything else will take care of itself.

 

[baron]

Avoid the breaded veal cutlet.  The cooks frown on you using a dog bowl in the field.  Always use a condom, in Fredericton, use two.  Officers don't like the term "sniper check" when being saluted.  Gun tape and WD-40 can fix anything. That's about it, everything else will take care of itself.

That all seems useful, gotta save that somehow.

 

[dimsum]

That all seems useful, gotta save that somehow.

Not sure if serious or sarcastic.  I hope it's the latter, since sarcasm might as well be one of the pillars of the military (ironically, not sarcastic.)

 

[baron]

Oh and one more thing, how far does weapons and customization go? I know this is kind of irrelevant to the topic.

 

[Scott]

Completely irrelevant.

You have much more to focus on before you consider something like that.

Simple.

 

[baron]

Completely irrelevant.

You have much more to focus on before you consider something like that.

Simple.

Thanks for the advice.

 

[BeyondTheNow]

For certain reasons I want to get out of home as quickly as possible.

I'm sorry that your family experience may not be very positive right now.

I don't know if you've considered what ALL your options might be if things are that overwhelming at this stage. I'm not going to tell you that everything will be fine if you just stick it out, because I don't know your personal circumstances.  But staying in school, as Shamrock stated, until you graduate is extremely important.  I'm sure you know that--Not just for CF purposes, since it's very difficult to get into practically any trade right now, but in general. (There are several applicants who have tons of life experience, post-secondary education, excellent references, who are very qualified [myself included] etc., etc., but have yet to secure a job offer after well over a year.) After you do some more reading/searching of the site, you might change your mind anyway.

Best of luck to you, I hope you find a good support system to help you through things during this time.  At 14 you have YEARS to decide what you want to do with your life. I'd hate for you to think that trying to join might be a quick fix out of something that seems downright awful only to be disappointed when things haven't worked out as you were hoping.  As others have mentioned, there's a ton of useful information on this site...

 

[jwtg]

Hello, I'm quite new to this site and I'm looking for any tips on what I should look out for when I join.
For certain reasons I don't want to give out my exact name or location so please refrain from asking.
I'm looking to join basic infantry when I'm 16 or when I graduate grade 10, I'm 14 currently so I wanted to get all
The information I can about the military before I join. Anything that regards this matter will be greatly appreciated.

Straight off the recruiting website:

To apply to the Canadian Forces, you must:

    -Be a Canadian Citizen.
    -Be 17 years of age, with parental consent, or older, except:
        Regular Officer Training Plan – Junior applications must be 16 or older.
    -Have completed at least Grade 10 or Secondaire IV (in Quebec).
        Certain entry programs and occupations require higher levels of education.

You'll have to wait until you're at least 17 to join and have parental consent.

I won't pretend to know your family circumstances, but I will go ahead and say that getting into the CF is competitive, and these days, many applicants have completed high school, and often some post-secondary as well.

Finishing school is a good idea.

 

[Eye In The Sky]

Avoid the breaded veal cutlet.  The cooks frown on you using a dog bowl in the field.  Always use a condom, in Fredericton, use two.  Officers don't like the term "sniper check" when being saluted.  Gun tape and WD-40 can fix anything. That's about it, everything else will take care of itself.

:rofl:  Ahh that was a good one!

 

[P_Laurin]

Avoid the breaded veal cutlet.

I wish you had told me that a month ago 

 

[jeffb]

At your age have you considered the Cadet program? It's not the Army but it is a good primer on some basic military skills and a great opportunity to get away from home doing some army-like training. Best of all, it is free.

The Cadet Program is the largest federally-sponsored youth program in Canada that includes the Royal Canadian Sea, Army and Air Cadets. It is a national program for young Canadians aged 12 to 18 who are interested in participating in a variety of fun, challenging and rewarding activities while learning about the sea, army and air activities of the Canadian Forces.

Check out http://www.cadets.ca/

 

[brihard]

Finish high school, whatever else you do. And straight through- don't leave it til later in life.

 

[Cdnleaf]

In addition to the gun tape and WD40 mentioned above, here's a little gift to get you started:

 

[greenmachine]

Good luck getting into RegF infantry with only a Grade 10 education.

As stated before, FINISH HIGH SCHOOL.

 

[Hax24]

Have you thought about applying to the Reserves? If you stay in school, you're allowed to apply at 16. At my recruiting office there was a big to-do about the fact that I was 16 and my application was being processed, but a recruiter looked it up and determined that it is okay as long as I remain in highschool and have parental consent. Not sure about that for Regular Force, though. And keep in mind I haven't been accepted yet, I'm at the end of the application process.