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Both you, benny88, and Intelligent Design make some very good points.
I can definitively see how someone with their heart set on a certain trade can hesitate now that they won't know for sure what MOC they'll get until 2nd year. And how this would probably discourage some potential cadets from taking a more secure option elsewhere. As well as OCdts doing ROTP at a civi u. not getting the same exposure to the MOCs as RMC cadets.
I also understand that we're not necessarily "locked in" to our assigned Operational Grouping and Element. I, for example, was given Sea OPS (I'm currently a Naval Reservist so I wonder if this had anything to do with this selection and if they decided to "keep" me as Navy because thats my current element) but this wasn't my 1st choice, in fact this was my 3rd choice. Nevertheless if I perform well at school and demonstrate myself to be suitable for my 1st choice (INT), then I can get my 1st choice which is Land Support... and just change my DEUs. Anyone else heard of this? As in not being locked in to your occupational grouping?
As for IAP, everyone seems to have a different idea on what it'll be. The only thing that I'm sure of is that we're not going to St. Jean and the recruiting center told me that I have no training before I must report to RMC on 03-AUG-08.
I assume the first bit of authentic actionable-intelligence (can you tell I want the INT MOC? ;D) will be when we receive our Joining instructions/ 'welcome package' in the mail. Has anyone received theirs yet? The Recruiting center told me they'd be sending them out "soon" and that was 3 weeks ago.
I can definitively see how someone with their heart set on a certain trade can hesitate now that they won't know for sure what MOC they'll get until 2nd year. And how this would probably discourage some potential cadets from taking a more secure option elsewhere. As well as OCdts doing ROTP at a civi u. not getting the same exposure to the MOCs as RMC cadets.
I also understand that we're not necessarily "locked in" to our assigned Operational Grouping and Element. I, for example, was given Sea OPS (I'm currently a Naval Reservist so I wonder if this had anything to do with this selection and if they decided to "keep" me as Navy because thats my current element) but this wasn't my 1st choice, in fact this was my 3rd choice. Nevertheless if I perform well at school and demonstrate myself to be suitable for my 1st choice (INT), then I can get my 1st choice which is Land Support... and just change my DEUs. Anyone else heard of this? As in not being locked in to your occupational grouping?
As for IAP, everyone seems to have a different idea on what it'll be. The only thing that I'm sure of is that we're not going to St. Jean and the recruiting center told me that I have no training before I must report to RMC on 03-AUG-08.
I assume the first bit of authentic actionable-intelligence (can you tell I want the INT MOC? ;D) will be when we receive our Joining instructions/ 'welcome package' in the mail. Has anyone received theirs yet? The Recruiting center told me they'd be sending them out "soon" and that was 3 weeks ago.