It appears that I'll be a part of the CF come January! I was merited listed late September and the following week, my application was selected and with less than a month notice for BMQ, it just happened a little quicker than anticipated. I am a mom of 2 children and due to my husband's work schedule I just couldn't find reliable childcare before the new year. So I asked to be deferred to a later BMQ date and it has been approved and I will now be in St. Jean on January 11th. I'm pretty excited to be prepping myself these next couple months, lots of running planned.
I currently run a 5k in 27 minutes, too slow? I'm not a speedy runner by any means, I cannot fathom that I'll be able to shave another 2 minutes off my time. I already do interval training, long sloer run days and speed runs, anything else to try? I'm fairly fit, I can do triceps pushups, usually up to 20 but I'm trying to increase that. I'm an older applicant so I worry that this old mom won't be able to keep up but I'm determined to do my best. My biggest fear is falling asleep; seriously I can fall asleep standing up if I'm that tired...
A question regarding purple trades though. So I was offered Navy which is fine (not what I wanted but that's life) and I completely understand that I will be posted where I am needed and not necessarily on my environment or preferences but I was wondering if I am able to request a different environment base should there be positions available? For example, I will be RMS Clerk - navy, at the time of posting preferences, can I select army or air force bases instead of navy bases or would they prefer to send me to my environment should there be postings available? Many thanks! I'm looking forward to one of the more challenging years of my life but gratified to be a part of it all!
I currently run a 5k in 27 minutes, too slow? I'm not a speedy runner by any means, I cannot fathom that I'll be able to shave another 2 minutes off my time. I already do interval training, long sloer run days and speed runs, anything else to try? I'm fairly fit, I can do triceps pushups, usually up to 20 but I'm trying to increase that. I'm an older applicant so I worry that this old mom won't be able to keep up but I'm determined to do my best. My biggest fear is falling asleep; seriously I can fall asleep standing up if I'm that tired...
A question regarding purple trades though. So I was offered Navy which is fine (not what I wanted but that's life) and I completely understand that I will be posted where I am needed and not necessarily on my environment or preferences but I was wondering if I am able to request a different environment base should there be positions available? For example, I will be RMS Clerk - navy, at the time of posting preferences, can I select army or air force bases instead of navy bases or would they prefer to send me to my environment should there be postings available? Many thanks! I'm looking forward to one of the more challenging years of my life but gratified to be a part of it all!