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Lots of people laid out $40-50 on Under Armor running shorts when I was in St Jean and it was frequently a stolen item in the laundry facilities. I picked up some tight athletic boxers at Walmart - less than $10 each. They came in a variety of lengths and I went for the shortest ones. They were...

One benefit to this policy is that there is quite the disparity between platoons in training at the Mega.  Some platoons show up on day one and can keep electronics, others have them removed immediately, etc.  There is no policy in place to ensure equal treatment between platoons.  On my latest...

I'm one of those failures.  I was recoursed twice.  Not because I couldn't hack the mind games or the drill or the tests (I was the top academic candidate in my course when I left)... not because I was sent to Warrior for failing the initial test... but because of bad luck.  I got sick on my...

They're not allowed to put a hand or anything under your chest. You really only have to go to 90 degrees - that is, your elbow forms a 90 degree angle - but the PSP staff so all over the place on how they count that if you can do 40 pushups where you touch the ground, even though it's...

There are two payphones in each elevator bay of the Blue Sector - depending on where his platoon is, and how they are spread out, there could only be two phones for about 45-60 candidates.  If he's lucky they may have access to four phones (if they are spread out into two elevator...

Just make sure you can get down to the floor - and know that if you're retested, someone else will count your pushups.  I was touching the floor on my first test and the guy only said I did 1 and when I said "seriously?" ask I kept touching the ground, he cut me off entirely.  When I did the...

WFT (Warrior Fitness Training) has been out filling sandbags for the past two days!  One of them even made it into La Presse. The Mega has the RMC students and is starting to get some other personnel in to assist.  So far the lines in the mess for the recruits etc. haven't been too bad - there...

I suppose I am getting to used to life "on the inside" while waiting for this course.. A is AWT which is "Adapted Warrior Training" - they are the folks you will see with A's on their combats.  People on A are those who were injured during training and are "medically unfit" to continue with...

They will throw L courses into the Green sector as well... the R course, as far as I understand, means that it will have staff that normally work on recruit courses but the Chain of Command of the Leadership courses is going to be implemented (meaning a Capt/Lt(N) will be leading)... again, not...

The schedule we have posted on the wall (the internal schedule which is constantly changing) still shows a 15 week BMOQ.  Don't get your hopes up for a shorter course just yet!

I've been told one of the May courses is set aside for DEO.  I'm waiting to get loaded back onto a course because I was recoursed in January after getting super sick and developing asthma (seriously - I've had no breathing issues before, but I couldn't walk outside for 100m without wheezing and...

I would have liked to have been back earlier too - but basic did a serious number on my immune system.  I've never been so sick in my life!  I've definitely needed the time to sleep...

We did our swim test a few weeks ago - wore combats over the issued bathing suit... we had some debate on whether t-shirts were required or not since they never specified but we had some people do it while wearing combat shirts and some do it without.  Don't forget to tie up your strings (the...

It was a great day.  I volunteered in the Recovery Tent and it was amazing to see how many people came through - it was one of the first times I've volunteered somewhere that people were so thankful to see someone out and helping (and actually expressed that thanks).  It was an incredibly...

I do believe that this is CFRC dependant - my file manager told me that they didn't set the enrollment dates until a month or two before the departure for Basic.  I was given my verbal offer in August and promised a phone call in mid September (which I received this morning).  I am dealing with...

I was at the most recent NOAB (July 5-9, 2010) in Esquimalt and our experience was very similar with only a few small changes.  I'll do a summary of the week so that people know what to expect. Day 0 (Sunday) We were met at the airport by the Chief Petty Officer who had organized all the...

Again, depending on your firm, you may have trouble attending trades training in the summer.  It was always a struggle for us to get time off in the summer because of quarterly reviews - junior staff picked up most of the work here as there was usually a cohort of seniors on study leave for the...

CA Magazine (which you will receive as a CA articling student once you are employed by a firm) actually had an article about a CA who joined the military on a full time basis because he had a "taste for adventure". Here is the link: ...

I'll be there as well - going for MARS Officer!

I registered for my fall classes because I kept hearing a lot of different things about dates.  It will only cost me $20 to drop it so I'm going to hold on until the drop date in case something changes again.  You should look into your school's dropped class policy if you're really concerned...