Hello, my name is Brian and I'm very heavily considering joining the Forces. This would be a major paradigm shift for my life at present and I need to look at a number of aspects before I'm able to fully commit myself. I understand I should go to the CFRC and I plan to do so when I have a day off.
First, a little about myself. I am 25 years old, going to be 26 in April. I have a common-law spouse whom I've been with for nearing 7 years. We have a one year old daughter. I was affected by the current financial troubles but that is not my main reason for considering the Military. In fact, I've been considering the career for a while. While I was working for the Railway, I had been close to seeing about signing on for the reserves but my lack of schedule prevented me from being able to do so. I've currently got an office job that I'm working to support my family and while it affords me the luxury of free time while at work, it is not really what I want.
My motivations for joining the Forces are a strong desire to learn, a yearning for travel and the hope of bettering myself through structure and discipline.
I'm physically unfit right now, worst shape of my life in fact, and am going to be starting to change that. Got a long way to go but I know that I can do it.
So now... why am I making this post? I have a few questions I was hoping to get answered.
1) Any of you join when you are parents to a young one? How was it? After training, was military housing adequate?
2) I'm very interested in looking into going the officer route but I currently have no post-secondary education. I have a GED currently (99th percentile on the battery of tests). I did not have proper motivation in school and am suffering for it now. I assume the answer is no, but I'll ask anyway. Do you think there is any chance of being accepted into a ROTP with less than stellar academic history? Would scoring well on an aptitude test have any bearings on that? I'd be fine with going the NCM Route because that interests me too but I'd much prefer looking at becoming an Officer.
3) If I joined as a NCM, say looking at Med Tech, is there a chance I could train to become a Doctor eventually? Does any of my training act as some sort of pre-requisite or am I looking at completing both an undergrad and then going to Med School?
4) I understand that certain Laser vision correction techniques will allow someone with less than stellar vision still become a Pilot. Is it possible to enter the Forces in some other discipline and then after my first period of service is up, to apply then to become a Pilot?
5) If I did get accepted and was attending the RMC in Kingston, is there housing available there for my family?
Thanks in advance. I did search and answered a number of my questions, but these ones I was having trouble finding. Perhaps my searching skills were weak.
First, a little about myself. I am 25 years old, going to be 26 in April. I have a common-law spouse whom I've been with for nearing 7 years. We have a one year old daughter. I was affected by the current financial troubles but that is not my main reason for considering the Military. In fact, I've been considering the career for a while. While I was working for the Railway, I had been close to seeing about signing on for the reserves but my lack of schedule prevented me from being able to do so. I've currently got an office job that I'm working to support my family and while it affords me the luxury of free time while at work, it is not really what I want.
My motivations for joining the Forces are a strong desire to learn, a yearning for travel and the hope of bettering myself through structure and discipline.
I'm physically unfit right now, worst shape of my life in fact, and am going to be starting to change that. Got a long way to go but I know that I can do it.
So now... why am I making this post? I have a few questions I was hoping to get answered.
1) Any of you join when you are parents to a young one? How was it? After training, was military housing adequate?
2) I'm very interested in looking into going the officer route but I currently have no post-secondary education. I have a GED currently (99th percentile on the battery of tests). I did not have proper motivation in school and am suffering for it now. I assume the answer is no, but I'll ask anyway. Do you think there is any chance of being accepted into a ROTP with less than stellar academic history? Would scoring well on an aptitude test have any bearings on that? I'd be fine with going the NCM Route because that interests me too but I'd much prefer looking at becoming an Officer.
3) If I joined as a NCM, say looking at Med Tech, is there a chance I could train to become a Doctor eventually? Does any of my training act as some sort of pre-requisite or am I looking at completing both an undergrad and then going to Med School?
4) I understand that certain Laser vision correction techniques will allow someone with less than stellar vision still become a Pilot. Is it possible to enter the Forces in some other discipline and then after my first period of service is up, to apply then to become a Pilot?
5) If I did get accepted and was attending the RMC in Kingston, is there housing available there for my family?
Thanks in advance. I did search and answered a number of my questions, but these ones I was having trouble finding. Perhaps my searching skills were weak.