Recent content by Ambrivian

If your CO says you can wear it, you can. I have PPCLI shoulder flashes, a white belt, a red sash and a green/red lanyard.

Sergeant Section Commander Fitness and Sports Instructor - 2011 Basic Expedition - 2010 Basic Marksman - 2009 Distinguished Marksman (IV) Emergency First Aid Silver Fitness Gold Star (Training Master Cadet next year!) I also have a red sash, white belt and red/green lanyard for my uniform, so...

We played paintball as a corps two years ago funded by the Sponsoring Committee, we got written up for it but still managed to get best cadet corps in BC that year...

Acer Acerpori translates to "As the Maple, so the Sapling" which means lead by example. This is one thing that I've definitely experienced in cadets. Every cadet event, I do something myself the first time, and then I get them to do it. I've been told I have a hands-on coaching style of...

Yeah, my Dad just loves the program and what it does with today's youth. He can barely remember being in cadets himself, but he can certainly remember being a private at sixteen. The fact that he was CFR may have made him a better officer in the long run. You'll have to thank my AP English...

I've been a follower in cadets for the past four years. I know this is nothing compared to how long many soldiers are followers in the reserves or regular force, but it's a start.

I'm well aware that there is always the NCM path, but I come from a military family, and some would say it's in my blood. Every person on my dad's side of the family has been an NCM, but they see in me the ability to be the first officer of the family besides my father. I'm talking uncles...

Of course. By taught, I mean that we get experience with leadership. As a sergeant I'm in charge of a section of eight cadets, but I also run the Friday-night sports for my corps as the fitness instructor. Next year I'll hopefully be a platoon warrant, and I'll be responsible for three section...

Well, the training that I would receive as a Pte. in the Reserves wouldn't even be the same thing I'd have to do again when I would want to start my ROTP. As a cadet, we might not do that much military stuff, but the one thing they do teach here is leadership, which is one of the three aims of...

I have all the time in the world, because I know that eventually I'll be in the military, it's just a matter of when. As for the army reserve units, there are three (maybe four?) here in Victoria, and I'm sure that at least one of them is recruiting. I've come to the understanding that you need...

I never said he was, I said that's what we decided on. I know that their trafes aren't full though, because they'd be doing the same job, still working for my dad. Would it be worth being a reserve NCM for only two years, or would cadets look better then?

Actually it won't, because this was one of my initial concerns. My dad (CFR Air Force Captain) said that the transfer process in the forces is terrible, and he has B class reservists that would be doing the exact same job in the regular forces but their paperwork isn't going through. I don't...

First of all, I'm sorry if these questions have been answered somewhere else, but I've had a really hard time finding them. Before I contact a recruiting center, I'd like to know if anyone has any further information regarding my situation. A bit about myself; I'm only fifteen (birthday is in...