First off, I would just like to introduce myself. My name is Jody, I live in a rural town in Ontario, Canada and I am 18 years of age. Right now, I'm in grade 12 (held back a grade), however, I am taking a "victory" lap, which is basically grade 13. I'm doing this to save money, and buy a car, and if need be, pay for college (if I don't plan on joining the CF, but my preferred choice is the CF ).
I would say I am relatively fit person. I can do around 40 push ups in a minute, 40 sit ups in a minute and can do at least 15 pull ups in a minute (not the best at that ). I can push myself to the limit if I have to, I usually don't go for the bare minimum. For example, at my school, we do beep tests, and for grade 11 I had to get above 7, but I pushed myself and went to 8.5. I do tend to eat a lot of junk food, but I am trying to cut back! xD Anyway, I hope I can even do better in terms of my fitness, but it will be tough.
So, I want to join the CF, but when I turn on the news, or go on a news site I'm always seeing headlines like "Budget Cuts Hitting Deep into the CF," or "Military is cutting back" and that is very discouraging. So, would you say that getting into the CF will be tough for me? I do realize there's competition, so I know that I'll have to push myself to the limit. I have a couple of friends who plan on joining the military. One is planning on going into the air force, currently he's applied for Loyalist and got accepted for welding. My other friend wants to get into the infantry, and he tells me he can get in no problem (for whatever reason). My preferred branch is the navy. I've always had a fondness for the navy. And I just love ships. And appears from reading over the internet, that the navy has a shortage of sailors (correct me if I'm wrong please). Would you say that the navy would be the easiest to get into?
Here's some trades I'm interested in (not all in the navy):
Electrical Technician
Marine Engineer
Combat Engineer
Naval Combat Information Operator
Infantry
PS: My step sister is in the navy as a cook. She was over weight and pretty disrespectful, so I don't know whether to take that as a good sigh all get in, since I'm the complete opposite.
Oh, I do plan on contacting a recruitment centre, but I wanted to inquiry here first.
I would say I am relatively fit person. I can do around 40 push ups in a minute, 40 sit ups in a minute and can do at least 15 pull ups in a minute (not the best at that ). I can push myself to the limit if I have to, I usually don't go for the bare minimum. For example, at my school, we do beep tests, and for grade 11 I had to get above 7, but I pushed myself and went to 8.5. I do tend to eat a lot of junk food, but I am trying to cut back! xD Anyway, I hope I can even do better in terms of my fitness, but it will be tough.
So, I want to join the CF, but when I turn on the news, or go on a news site I'm always seeing headlines like "Budget Cuts Hitting Deep into the CF," or "Military is cutting back" and that is very discouraging. So, would you say that getting into the CF will be tough for me? I do realize there's competition, so I know that I'll have to push myself to the limit. I have a couple of friends who plan on joining the military. One is planning on going into the air force, currently he's applied for Loyalist and got accepted for welding. My other friend wants to get into the infantry, and he tells me he can get in no problem (for whatever reason). My preferred branch is the navy. I've always had a fondness for the navy. And I just love ships. And appears from reading over the internet, that the navy has a shortage of sailors (correct me if I'm wrong please). Would you say that the navy would be the easiest to get into?
Here's some trades I'm interested in (not all in the navy):
Electrical Technician
Marine Engineer
Combat Engineer
Naval Combat Information Operator
Infantry
PS: My step sister is in the navy as a cook. She was over weight and pretty disrespectful, so I don't know whether to take that as a good sigh all get in, since I'm the complete opposite.
Oh, I do plan on contacting a recruitment centre, but I wanted to inquiry here first.