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I've got a few questions regarding BMOQ, and specifically post-BMOQ, that I haven't really been able to find answers for through in-board search or Google search.
So as a single guy with an apartment, before I leave for BMOQ, the military will be sending movers to put my furniture and some of my possessions into storage. The instructions I was given by the CFRC was that this is long-term storage, and so I will not have access to it until I'm posted somewhere for a decent amount of time. I.e., if I'm sent to OJT after BMOQ, I likely won't be able to have it sent to me (nor will I likely have anywhere to put the stuff anyways) potentially for a year or more, so only things I won't need/want immediately after BMOQ should be placed in this storage.
That leaves me wondering what to do with the stuff that I will want after BMOQ, and how to go about getting it afterwards?
1) Is there any period of time in between finishing BMOQ and being sent off to where ever it may be they're going to send you, in which I would have time to return home to Toronto, buy a car, and pick up my stuff before heading off (on the road) to wherever I'll be required to go? Or is a "congratulations on graduating, now get the hell out, your flight leaves tomorrow!" kind of thing more common?
2) If I won't have any time to return home to pick up stuff I'd like to bring with me as I embark on my career, but can't bring with me to BMOQ, is my only option to have family or friends ship anything I want, or is there some mechanism the military uses for people setting off on their careers to get stuff from back home that they'll need but wasn't a candidate for long-term storage?
3) If there isn't any time after BMOQ for this kind of stuff, is taking leave shortly after BMOQ in order to take care of this kind of thing normally doable, or are they hesitant about granting any leave to someone shortly after BMOQ? (Sort of how a new employer in the civilian world isn't likely to grant vacation time to someone who has just recently started).
Sorry if these are silly questions, and I'm certainly not trying to look past BMOQ, but this is just a logistical issue that I haven't really been given any information on from the CFRC, and I'd prefer to have it figured out as much as I can before I leave rather than be trying to figure it out on the last day if course at St. Jean.
Thanks,
Ryan
Addition: I don't know if trade has any impact on the answers to these questions as far as post-BMOQ timings or processes go, but in case they do, my trade is pilot.
So as a single guy with an apartment, before I leave for BMOQ, the military will be sending movers to put my furniture and some of my possessions into storage. The instructions I was given by the CFRC was that this is long-term storage, and so I will not have access to it until I'm posted somewhere for a decent amount of time. I.e., if I'm sent to OJT after BMOQ, I likely won't be able to have it sent to me (nor will I likely have anywhere to put the stuff anyways) potentially for a year or more, so only things I won't need/want immediately after BMOQ should be placed in this storage.
That leaves me wondering what to do with the stuff that I will want after BMOQ, and how to go about getting it afterwards?
1) Is there any period of time in between finishing BMOQ and being sent off to where ever it may be they're going to send you, in which I would have time to return home to Toronto, buy a car, and pick up my stuff before heading off (on the road) to wherever I'll be required to go? Or is a "congratulations on graduating, now get the hell out, your flight leaves tomorrow!" kind of thing more common?
2) If I won't have any time to return home to pick up stuff I'd like to bring with me as I embark on my career, but can't bring with me to BMOQ, is my only option to have family or friends ship anything I want, or is there some mechanism the military uses for people setting off on their careers to get stuff from back home that they'll need but wasn't a candidate for long-term storage?
3) If there isn't any time after BMOQ for this kind of stuff, is taking leave shortly after BMOQ in order to take care of this kind of thing normally doable, or are they hesitant about granting any leave to someone shortly after BMOQ? (Sort of how a new employer in the civilian world isn't likely to grant vacation time to someone who has just recently started).
Sorry if these are silly questions, and I'm certainly not trying to look past BMOQ, but this is just a logistical issue that I haven't really been given any information on from the CFRC, and I'd prefer to have it figured out as much as I can before I leave rather than be trying to figure it out on the last day if course at St. Jean.
Thanks,
Ryan
Addition: I don't know if trade has any impact on the answers to these questions as far as post-BMOQ timings or processes go, but in case they do, my trade is pilot.