Recent content by Dark Chivalry

The minimum standard is not adequate preparation for course, at all. As previously mentioned, TRP platoon is a constant institution at CFLRS. It is designed to get candidates fit for the next session of BMQ/BMOQ that they will be medically cleared for. You workout twice a day, and depending on...

During Indoc you are not allowed to access your civi lockup bag(s) except during specified times. The more junk you bring with you, the more stuff you have to hide, and meticulously keep hidden from staff. Stuff like ghost kit may save you time, but no one should feel like Basic is impossible...

I've applied for ROTP, but cannot get the link provided by my CFRC to work. It worked once, and I downloaded the required forms. Those forms are now ready to submit, but the link has been giving me a "database error" for the past 36 hours. This error is the same for multiple browsers, PC...

I have a current file open with a CFRC. I am awaiting my trade to open as an NCM on Apr 1, or after the new budget and recruitment goals are set. I want to take a shot at ROTP, with plans to attend RMCC. I applied to this last year and was deemed academically unsuitable. Since last year, I have...

I have received an offer for my second choice on my application form. All the trades I applied for are interesting to me, however I did carefully rank order them. I inquired about my first choice trade and was informed it is closed until the next budget is released (Apr. 1). If I decline this...

I'll post a few questions that perhaps anyone could answer: Do you need a weekend pass to leave campus? (post-FYOP) Since OCdts do not need jobs while studying, are weekends devoted mostly to self-guided study and free time (assuming no organized event is occurring)? Is the social scene...

I tip the scales at 30 years, and am looking again with interest at ROTP. I have a myriad of relevant experience, including a few different uniforms and chains of command. I'm a great candidate for the CF and leadership in general. I'd go for DEO, but I simply lack the degree. I went to Civ U...

Going straight from RMC to MOTP would be a puzzling thing for the CF to allow.  Forgetting for a minute that the CF needs physicians, it would be akin to a bank allowing a second loan to be taken out.  RMC grads owe service, and putting it off for medical school just puts them further in the...

In order to get into the Ottawa U program I want, I have to wait for my 'mature student' status to take effect.  This would mean a Winter term entry, or RMC in Fall 2010. Carleton has a great campus (I went there for a year), and easy bus access.  Ottawa U is a little scattered across the...

Aye, don't worry about spots.  I was accepted to RMC last year and my application was dropped off literally 20 minutes before the deadline, to CFRC.  All they do is check off all the files that are ready for the selection board, then hold them until after the deadline when board reviews will...

ROTP/REOTP is for training you up to become an Officer in a variety of trades.  Based on what you're studying, you're kind of in between ROTP and MOTP. What trades are you looking at with interest? PS - the reason for the 2.5 year subsidized requirement is likely due to the commitment they'll...

Neat story!  I particularly like his mention of 'two kinds of medicine' in the Vancouver (civilian) setting versus Kandahar.  Different concerns, priorities, and generally different patient conditions.

Have you tried applying to a university?  If your goal is Log Officer, why not bypass the NCM experience in favour of CF sponsorship through ROTP?  If you haven't got any schooling since high school you can still apply as a mature student if you have a GED or HSD.  You might have to take some...

It looks like Med Techs are trained in a lot more on the RPN/clinic/hospital care end of things. PCPs in the civilian setting encounter so much variation in what they are permitted to do across the country.  CMA-approved courses are not required to be PCPs in all provinces, ON being one.  This...

Could it not be suggested however, that SOF are a response to a change in warfare? Take for example, a trebuchet, or the Roman phalanx.  The trebuchet was a response to enemies building walls too high and thick for archers to shoot over, or with any effectiveness.  The phalanx was built around...