Recent content by dangles

Hi Nick, As the others have noted, you should remain focused on your thesis first and then worry about the military after. That said, is there a specific reason why you want to join the infantry as an NCM and not as an Officer? You may regret this decision in the future. I also recommend to...

I'd have to agree, although maybe counter-intuitively you can do Mods 1-5 (excluding Mod 6) prior to trade qualification, but I doubt it. For that matter, why would you be able to do any other career course before you are even qualified in said career? Many people can fail and release or move...

I understand that you are trying to be optimistic and support the person who is in a time of trouble, and I appreciate that you took the time to do that for a random stranger. However, in your original post you said things like "I'm sure they [recruiters] won't look at your grade 11 marks too...

Ah yes, good call on the tax returns, I will definitely try that. I know my first jobs and my last jobs, I just would hate to leave one out in between/get the dates completely wrong.

Thanks for the advice, I thought there would be a tool that would help me find them (especially the start and end dates) but apparently this does not seem to be the case.

Hello, I am applying to a position that requires you to list all of your previous employment in a detailed manner with dates outlining when you started and finished employment. I was wondering if anyone knew of a way to obtain a detailed employment history record which would state all the...

Hi Cameron, It seems that you are on the right path to becoming an Infantry Officer. That said, ROTP (the training program to get you a subsidized education at RMC) is a very competitive program. Focus on keeping your marks in the high 80's and 90's, and start volunteering and working for...

Roger, my mistake.

Why do you want to join through ROTP? You said you intend to complete your degree prior to joining. With your degree you can apply for an officer position through the Direct Entry Officer route. What trade are you interested in?

If you know you want to someday join as an officer, make it easy on yourself and go get a degree first. You can even do what I did, which is join the Reserves while doing an undergraduate degree. It gives you an insight into the military life, and the ability to better assess if this is the...

I appreciate that your muscles are important to you at the moment and I get that, but your career choice should be more important and as such I wouldn't focus too much on your loss of gains. I found basic hard to keep any gains I had made partially due to being too tired to workout whenver we...

Second Lieutenant is nothing if he joined as an Officer originally.........if he joined as an NCM then it is quite a stretch. As mentioned earlier I would ask for an MPRR. However, a very simple way to test him would be to ask for his service number. The format of a service number is 9 digits...

Thank you for the help. I wonder what the percentage split of those attending OPPBound will be between reservists and full-time members of the CF.

Hey there, Did anyone else receive an invitation to OPPBound this July 5-7? It was for past or present  members of the CF this year only. I am wondering if anyone has more info on exactly what OPPBound involves? I know certain specifics of what we will be doing, physical activity, lectures...

Thank you very much, this helps a lot.