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Thanks for sharing.

Sadly, I heard that Colonel Jim M Jeffries passed away yesterday.  He spent time in the Royal Winnipeg Rifles, 26 Field Regiment and (I believe) the Fort Garry Horse.  He ended his career as the Commander of Manitoba Lakehead District.

If you look at my post from November 2009, you'll see my experience.  I elected to buy back even though I was leaving the military and did not have enough service to collect a pension.  I recently received my decision letter related to my pension.  I choose to keep the funds in the pension vs...

So did you not buy back your previous service prior to 2007 or you just did not use your RRSP to buy it back in a lump sum?

Tim is very good people.  Good on him.

We did this quite a bit back in the 80s and it was a very good experience as c/s 4 with 3 RCHA. 

The Alberta legislation a couple of years ago for specific cancers thought to place firefighters at higher risk, as well as the recent PTSD for first responders is based on the presumption that it was caused by their employment.  Both were previously covered by WCB but the onus was on the...

Send me your email by private message and some information about yourself and I'll pass it on.

Everyone knows its a BFA - Blank Firing Attachment.  How else does the auto loader work when you use the magazine option for large FFE?  ;)

RIP Ken. 1000s of soldiers benefited from your efforts in ensuring deployment support.

Here is my story: I submitted my paperwork for my buyback in October 2007 and have been paying monthly installments (~$500/month).  My submission provided the following estimates: Past Service Election - Cost $92,129.87 Top Up Election - Cost $13,424.09 Estimated Total Cost - $105,553.96 I...

Future Pensioner, read the freakin link I provided and it tells you exactlywhat options are available to you.  You're confusing pensionable service with CF service.

Guys, Just go to the CF Modernization Website as it spells everything out quite well: Reservists in part time plan: http://www.forces.gc.ca/dgcb/cfpmp/engraph/resforce_plan_e.asp?sidesection=5 Reservists in full time plan...

Tours are tax free meaning you are not paying any taxes on your income while in theatre hence your refund is not as much as you think it may be.  The amount you actually get is dependent on what other sources of income you have, what taxes you paid on it, and what deductions you have. It's not...

Solid companies are solid in good times and bad.  I'm not concerned and, as are many, waiting to take advantage of the firesale prices.