Recent content by AshleyK

A few recommendations: RubA535 or something of the like. It works wonders after a ruckmarch / just a general day of hauling ass. GoldBond. On my BMQ/BMQ-L we were given GoldBond within the first week but you might not be as lucky. Might also want to consider bringing some medical tape to help...

On my BMQ/BMQ-L I was at LFAATC Aldershot. Technology was allowed on your free time from the very beginning of the course. A new feature that had been recently installed in barracks and the junior ranks mess... Wifi! It was surprising, but not a luxury you had much time to enjoy. The barracks...

My ROTP road has been a long one. I first applied for ROTP for the 2010-2011 year - and didn't make it in due to the large numbers of people who applied, and also due to the fact I was going to be a high school graduate going up against people with university degrees and prior military...

By the time I do reapply for ROTP, I will have just over seven months in by then, including basic training and working Thursday nights at my local armory. Although I don't know if that would be considered long enough or not. If things go well, I should be halfway through my second year (out of...

I'm going to apply for a component transfer once I complete basic training this summer. I plan to switch from Army to Navy, Reserves to Regular force, and NCO to Officer through ROTP. I originally applied for ROTP right off the bat, but due to the large competition, wasn't selected. A kindly LT...

I was nervous for a while, but I think as time grows nearer I'm becoming more excited than anything. Of course a part of me just wants to get it over with already! Couple of friends I've spoken to who were in Aldershot for BMQ said it was fun - that was strangely the word I heard most - which is...

Recruiting Center: CFRS Halifax Regular/Reserve: Reserve, Applied for Reg, advised to do Reserve first Officer/NCM: NCM Trade Choice 1: RMS Clerk (Reserve) Trade Choice 2: Trade Choice 3: Application Date: December 2012 First Contacted: January 2012 CFAT completed : April 2012 Medical...

I'm simply glad to make contact with someone else in the forum community that is going to the same camp as I.

Guess so! Interesting to find someone else who's going to Aldershot -- from the reading I was doing on here, Gagetown and St. Jean seem to be the most commonly mentioned bases. Small world, isn't it?  :)

I'll be heading to camp Aldershot, just outside of Kentville, NS.

I'm heading to BMQ/BMQ-L in 10 days myself, but I was able to work a couple nights at my armory beforehand. My fellow Private who works there as an RMS Clerk and has been in the Reserves for a couple years now, came over to my house the day before I showed up to work to help me with my uniform...

I don't know if BMOQ/BMOQ-L would be different dates from BMQ/BMQ-L, but the dates for BMQ/BMQ-L in Aldershot are July 3rd-July 27th for BMQ and July 28th-August 24th for BMQ-L.

Thanks everyone for the replies! You've answered my questions. And take it easy on the makeup question, eh? They say "there's no such thing as a stupid question", figured I'd better ask it on a forum as opposed to my CO. It hardly matters, anyway. From what I've read on here and heard from my...

I've been recently enrolled as a reserve RMS clerk in the 1NSH, and been to a night of training in that trade at my local armory. I've been given July 3rd as my start date for BMQ/SQ. As far as I know, I will be completing this at Camp Aldershot, just outside Kentville, NS. I don't know if...