Recent content by ejames

Because everything comes from CFLRS which is in St Jean. Our instructors have to train in St Jean before coming out to Esq. to run the reservist course and all of the wonderful power point slides (with wonderful English translation) are from St Jean. It was all any of the instructors talked...

- 5am wakey wakey and PT - PT - 45 minutes to shower, change, eat and get ready for inspection - 14k ruck march - blisters, shin splints, sun burns (esp. baret burns) - olive drab (if you are at Venture) - other candidates (keep those to yourself) - military tests (believe it or not some people...

I wrote my biography on the plane to BC from Ontario for my IAP/BOTP. It didn't hurt me in any way shape or form but a lot of people did have theirs typed. And don't think that it is just your instructors that look at your bio either. I ended up taking another course right after BOTC and the...

I just finished IAP/BOTP under the new program from CFLRS so if you have any questions regarding it please feel free to PM me. I am also looking for a thread to vent about the new IAP/BOTP program...anyone know of any such thread on these boards?

Recruting Center: Windsor, ON Regular/Reserve: Reserve Officer/NCM: Officer Trade Choice 1: MARS Trade Choice 2: INT Trade Choice 3: -- Application Date: October 17th, 2006 First Contact: October 24th, 2006 Med, aptitude completed : February 16th, 2007 (I had a personal family issue and had to...

I was reading an article online about the Conservative party's proposed plan to expand 14 more units across the country and perhaps bring back the airborne regiment and how Hillier did not agree. The article itself does not matter but in a summary at the bottom concerning Harper's plans for the...

I am in the middle of NETP-O training in Esquimalt and we just found out that for the sea phase of the course we will be taking out two ORCAs and a YAG. Part of me wants to sail in the new ORCAs so I can go back to my unit and brag about them but another part of me wants to sail the YAGs...