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    Why Not Canadian Amphib/Marine Capability? (merged)

    http://www.army.forces.gc.ca/en/news-publications/national-news-details-no-menu.page?doc=van-doos-keep-their-cool-in-brazilian-jungle-heat-at-unitas-2015/ijpbmxuz
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    BMOQ Regular Force 2014 - 2017 [Merged]

    There will be moments you'll barely have enough time to eat, but usually you shouldn't have issues getting seconds. Canex will be off limits during the first five weeks, but I've seen people getting care packages filled with protein bars. One guy managed to stash a full jar of protein powder in...
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    Friendly Advice for potential Infantry Officer candidates

    I'm an Asian Van Doo, go figure. Long answer: there will occasionally be a-holes who will cast doubt on your abilities and suggest that you got your position thanks to affirmative action.  You might feel that you don't have the "luxury" of mediocrity - that you need to put in extra effort just...
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    Friendly Advice for potential Infantry Officer candidates

    As a surviving candidate of the latest IODP 1.1, here are some scoops, tips and stats: 1) No more TEWT's: starting this year, TEWT's are no longer hard-assessed and are simply employed as teaching tools in helping us understand the estimate process.  Instead, assessments have become purely...
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    Friendly Advice for potential Infantry Officer candidates

    Here's an idea: why not come up with a Call of Duty that teaches you how to spend days and nights typing up CF98's and PDRs... probably more accurate than learning about "knifing, going prone and spraying" haha
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    Team sports in infantry battalions

    Yeah Dimsum, basically I was wondering how big of a deal is it for a platoon commander to not play hockey? How would soldiers and fellow officers see this, etc. Thanks
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    Team sports in infantry battalions

    As I see my buddies in DP 1.2 graduate this week, discussions have started to revolve around life in battalion. Many of my colleagues are avid hockey players and seem to suggest that hockey tournaments carry far more weight than I had previously imagined, at least it's the case at the R22eR...
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    Changing province of residence

    http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/tx/ndvdls/fq/txrts-eng.html A quick check at this link then some maths confirmed that I'd be saving about 5k a year in taxes in NB. Never underestimate the Socialist Republic of Quebec's ability to squeeze money out of you. Yeah thanks for the feedback, I'll head...
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    Changing province of residence

    I'm currently posted to CFB Gagetown, in line for the next Inf O training phases. Even in ideal conditions, assuming I pass all my courses in one go, which is far from guaranteed, I'm still going to be here for at least a year and half. So, I was wondering whether it'd be worth it to switch my...
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    Infantry Officers' regimental postings

    On PAT in Gagetown right now. From what I've gathered so far, people with just a moderate command of French are being shoved into the Vandoos. A couple guys are even hiding the fact that they speak French, just to avoid being sent there!
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    Infantry Officers' regimental postings

    Yeah indeed I'm still far too early in my training to need to bother I guess... Thanks for all the useful info though! This said, I was recently able to have a talk with a PPCLI captain who's in quite an interesting case; he is currently at the language school in St-Jean to undergo French...
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    Infantry Officers' regimental postings

    I'm an Infantry DEO candidate currently a few weeks away from completing BMOQ and am in line for BMOQ-L (aka CAP) soon afterwards. Now, to date I still have no clue which regiment I am to be attached to, and all my questions to my staff have been answered with "I have no idea" or "just wait and...
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    Making my application more attractive to recruiters

    I was in a similar situation not too long ago during my application for Inf O. By May of this year only about 3-5 direct-entry positions opened up and needless to say, it got pretty competitive. Anyway, at least from my experience with recruiters, the education level only gets you so far (I had...
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    Relationships in the Military

    um... I'm curious: should the OP decide to follow the Nursing Officer route, wouldn't marrying her NCM boyfriend be against fraternization policies?
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    Friendly Advice for potential Infantry Officer candidates

    I suppose the only way to really find out is to dive in head first. Much obliged for your feedback regardless :salute:
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