Recent content by greentoblue

First off, assuming that you are even successful in getting your wings - which takes about 3-4 yrs to get from enrollment - you automatically incur 7 years of obligatory service so the government can get its money back from training you.  So really you are looking at 11 years in the RCAF. ...

The numbers for recruiting vary year by year.  However, back during the summer I did see the numbers for the current year (as you know infantry is closed now):  only 4 infantry officer DEO positions were available.  That was better than the artillery which had only 1 spot.  Quite simply the...

And we would like to know the same thing!  Unfortunately - and I am not being sarcastic - we have no ability to forecast the future with 80, 90 or 100% accuracy.  (Famously wrong military predictions include "the machine gun is overrated"; "airplanes will never be a decisive instrument of war"...

Yes that is exactly what I am saying.  Shinseki testified that "I would say that what's been mobilized to this point — something on the order of several hundred thousand soldiers are probably, you know, a figure that would be required. We're talking about post-hostilities control over a piece of...

The idea that former PM Chretien acted out of principle in keeping Canada out of the Iraq War is false both in theory and in fact. Chretien was a consummate politician that willing sent Canadians into battle when it was convenient for him to win favour with the general public. In Kosovo in...

First step in being an officer: learn to write in proper English! (Or French.)  Seriously, you may only be in Gr 11 and are just thinking about a career in the Royal Canadian Air Force but I can assure you that poor writing skills will be a severe impediment in both successully gaining admission...

Here are some preliminary answers below your questions.  Please note that my information is stale as I've been outside the training system for awhile and you should talk to a recruiter. 1. Is it possible to go to university full time and join the army at the same time? Yes - its called the Army...

I wouldn't get too excited - we allow 16-year-olds to apply and be enrolled into ROTP primarily for Royal Military College.  This is due to education standards differing between provinces.  Normally these 16-year-old officer cadets are packed off to the prep school in St-Jean before going on to...

You're right.  Come to think of it I haven't seen anyone recently (last couple of years) wear those tabs in the TW combats.  But I have seen it continued to be worn on the arid combats such as on Athena Roto 6.  Best example is this photo of LCol Mills wearing his tab and attached US unit patch.

RHIP (Rank Hath Its Privileges) - on Unified Warrior last month, MGen Fraser wore his arid combats with the 10th Div patch.  I believe he said he was going to theatre on a TAV that night or next day which was why he was wearing it.  Other than that, Army guys who have graduated from the US...

Greetings All, I am going on tour again this year (MTTF) but the neighbour from whom I rented a place to store my car last time I was on tour is now retiring and moving to Vancouver Island.  Does anyone have any recommendations for a car storage place in the Edmonton - St Albert area? Thanks...

Okay this is a hypothetical situation so giving a straight answer is impossible.  You have to talk to your recruiter as they will have access to all the latest Recruiting Group directives and can consult the specialist Personnel Selection Officers and Career Counsellors.  I can say that...

The Cdn military is not the French Foreign Legion and the days when judges gave the option between jail or the Army ended long ago.  You must be free of all legal obligations prior to joining the military.  You can still apply but your application really won't go anywhere until the legal process...

For NCM Combat Arms a degree or post-secondary diploma is a "nice-to-have" but not necessary.  Most likely the recruiters will ask you why you want Cbt Arms with a Crim diploma or degree instead of Military Police.  Now if you wanted Military Police then the Crim diploma or degree becomes a more...

I can testify to that.  Having proctored and marked a number of CFATs and PO checks I was constantly surprised and horrified at how many applicants and recruits had problems with spelling, grammar, basic math and Canadian history.  The number of applicants who didn't even know July 1st was...