Recent content by armchair_throwaway

Excuse me, a female ex-CF member coming through to give you her valuable opinion from a woman's point of view. If a woman had made the same comment as Eye in the Sky, would you have called it Womansplaining? Do you have issue with people explaining things to you in general? If so you may...

http://www.forces.gc.ca/en/about-policies-standards-medical-occupations/officer-ncm-minimum-medical-standards.page http://www.forces.gc.ca/en/about-policies-standards-medical-occupations/cf-visual-acuity-testing-instructions.page...

ACISS is a good choice for equipment tinkering. Lots of comm equipments that need setup and troubleshooting. You'll get to set up basic computer networks as well. Not so much math or languages with ACISS however, but sometimes on the radio it's like trying to decipher a foreign language. Are you...

Then you may be even more surprised that many departments have been subjected to paid parking for years already, and Taj will not be the exception. In fact, There's such a lack of parking some people are willing to pay more than market price just to get to work by car.

Write down a list of most appealing/least appealing things about each trade. If you still can't decide, flip a coin and see if you're disappointed with the result.

I thought this was going to be a Ryan Gosling meme.

Use the Browse job filters: Gr 10, Gr 10 with math/sc, Highschool Part time MP shows up only when you have "Tech Sc/Col" selected as well.

BEW are issued to everyone, but if you don't ask to get prescription inserts (ie. talk to your unit chain of command, make the eye exam appointment), no one's going chase you down. I've been on a couple reserve courses and not everyone who wore glasses had inserts. Those who didn't, the staff...

Be proactive in getting your ballistic prescription inserts before the course or you may have to wear your own glasses. Also make sure the ballistic eyewear fits your face properly. I've had issues with ill fitting glasses (my own fault) that would slide down or get knocked out of place when I...

Have you done your 5000km ruckmarch yet? If not, I would be interested to know if your feet will remain blister free afterward.  :nod:

If you currently wear glasses, you should have an idea of your prescription. See this link for estimate prescription to vision category. Other links of interests: Medical Standards (CFP 154) Minimum Medical Standards for Officers/Non-Commissioned The links above will also explain the standard...

When I was in university I used to carry both my regular civie backpack and smallpack (stuffed with uniform and boots) to school on the day of parade night. Unit was close to school, which was 2hrs commute away from home. So I was definitely seen on campus in civies and wearing a smallpack. ...

Do you have nothing to do because you're an untrained private? If so just stick with it until you get your trade courses done.  See if the QM or OR need any help on your parade nights. Review your drills, weapons trg. I'm not actively parading right now, but in my unit, parade nights are almost...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coral_Content_Distribution_Network Using the CDN, by adding .nyud.net at the end of the url, prevents the site from getting 'slashdotted' (reduces load). Running Whois on shitharperdid.ca Domain name: shitharperdid.ca Domain name status: registered Creation...

While there's nothing wrong with joining CF primarily for job security and a salary, as your first post suggests, you will however be competing with many others whose dreams and aspirations have always pointed them to CF. Do you have the right attitude, initiative, leadership skills to be an...