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At 31, I am starting the reserves a little later in life than some other people.
I started the application almost a year ago and got caught in a snag, because I had a family member teaching english in Japan, so I had to get secret clearance prior to proceeding with my physical and medical. I was slow submitting my security clearance form, and had the recruitment centre lose some documentation. After resubmitting some paper work a couple months back, and the recruiter sent it to Ottawa for some sort of exemption. A week ago I got the call to come in for my physical. I was able to surpass the prescribed benchmarks but need to lower my heart rate, meaning I gotta double up on the cardio and do it again in 3 weeks.
At first I met a lot of resistance from my friends and family, but over the year it has turned to a mixture of admiration and fascination.
Its been a long road, but it finally seems like I may be able to make it in for Fall, or at least Winter training. And I have to say, I am pretty psyched.
I started the application almost a year ago and got caught in a snag, because I had a family member teaching english in Japan, so I had to get secret clearance prior to proceeding with my physical and medical. I was slow submitting my security clearance form, and had the recruitment centre lose some documentation. After resubmitting some paper work a couple months back, and the recruiter sent it to Ottawa for some sort of exemption. A week ago I got the call to come in for my physical. I was able to surpass the prescribed benchmarks but need to lower my heart rate, meaning I gotta double up on the cardio and do it again in 3 weeks.
At first I met a lot of resistance from my friends and family, but over the year it has turned to a mixture of admiration and fascination.
Its been a long road, but it finally seems like I may be able to make it in for Fall, or at least Winter training. And I have to say, I am pretty psyched.