Recent content by flames9

Congrats!!  I was an NCIop on the West Coast then Went Aesop..was on the first BAC course in Winnipeg..what was that 2002 or 03?  Only in for a few yrs then moved to the USA..damn women,lol  I wanted nothing to do with Helos......quite glad I ended u going Auroras!  Congrats..its the best trade...

Did nearly 10 yrs as a NCI op before going Aesop and have been a civy since 2005.  Lot of changes in the NCI op world since I departed, but it was a fairly decent job. Lot of time spent staring at a radar screen, which can get old pretty quick! 1 can expect to spend a lot of time at sea.  For...

Been nearly 10 yrs since I lived in Vic,but rented  an apartment on Gorge rd WEST!!  Some parts of gorge rd EAST can be a bit rough!  The place I rented was close to tillicum rd and that small shopping centre that on Gorge rd west/Tillicum rd.  Ran to and back from work with ease! Rented a...

Ya, if your near, Shearwater, Greenwood NS, or Comox, Pat Bay BC, too easy to find a willing AES op to brag about the trade.  And will look good in the eyes of the PSO that you researched the trade.  Most likely arrange a famil flight if you talk to the right people.

Nciop doesn't even come close to AES op. I didnt go the SAC route --did the pre sac and was to do the SAC course but thought better of it,lol And that I had to do Westploy and then immediately after that do the sac course while the officer that was son the pre sac was going to get landed, no...

As a former NCIop, any amount of hassles to get into the AESop world is worth it.  Best job in the Forces. Each day as I'm studying in school, i shake my head why did I leave,lol  Damn women, but she is worth is,lol  Check out  http://aesoplounge.com/  1 of the chiefs dropped a bit of info on...

We just went to the school and did the map work there.  I'll take Winnipeg any day over DC,lol

BAC really has very little to becoming an AESOp, more of a filter course.  Good attitude and study skills gets one through BAC

Lots of good advice already.  For one, pick a trade YOUR going to enjoy. Who knows, you may not want to remuster, and if you pick a trade you enjoy, your more likely to excel at it. Thus if you still want to remuster you can get a great write up.  AES op seems to take people from all trades...

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2007/10/31/weisgarber.plane.crash.ctvnetwork Was on CNN.com. 

Hope u go through with ur re muster to AES op, loved my time in the trade. best job going in my little opinion!!  At one time they used to get quite a few applicants and was quite competitive, but in the past yrs that has changed, so I have been told, as I'm no longer in the Forces. Best of luck

I was an NCI op, didn't go the SAC route, almsot did, but thats another story, the remustered to AES op.  ya most of the better SAC's around were LS/MS, by the time u got to PO2, more concerned the ORS'ing, and PO1 was too busy, in the mess,lol  At the LS/MS level was was still getting a lot of...

Thats hilariouis!!

Congrats!!  We had a few North bay  guys come sail with us yrs back on the Algonquin from North Bay, I'm sure they were Air Defense fellows. Was neat to meet them as I had chatted with them on the phone many times to set up "link'  1 fellow spent the week talking to the toilet. He was in...

Congrats. i was a NCIOP prior to going Aesop. Boatswain is a rewarding career. Enjoy basic, its a blast!