Recent content by Gus

Transferring over: - as mentioned, get the MPRR up to date - most junior officers, up to the Lt(N) rank, keep their rank.  What has to be done is based on experience - the more shipboard experience, the "less" has to be done on transfer.  Getting OOD and BWK are requirements for a new class of...

Venture posts their training schedule, but only available on the intranet, not the internet.

OPV = Offshore Patrol Vessel (not Operation/al). Whether there will be a new class of ship to replace MCDVs is unknown, and whether the MCDVs will have a mid-life extension is also unknown.  What is known, right now, is that there is not a plan (to do anything); the fact that there is no plan...

Last time I used a Navy Lodge was in August 2006, in Everett, WA.  No hassles.  As long as there is space Cdn Military can get in.

As the adage goes, "fitted for, but not with"

Australia has built their own ships, but I was thinking of these ships in the RAN --  http://www.navy.gov.au/fleet/amphib.html (originally built for the US) and http://www.navy.gov.au/ships/sirius/ (built by Hyundai)

Interesting stuff.  Funny thing about WMG, they have shipyards, but don't build large ships here; they have focussed on small-build, large-repair.  For the BC ferries latest large ships, they noted that the contracts went overseas (Germany), but they could have built them, but in their own...

The NOAB will be doing an alongside tour aboard HMCS YELLOWKNIFE, and Navymich's observations are excellent advice, at sea and alongside.

It's not so much a liability issue, there are forms and forms to get around that.  It used to happen with fair frequency in the past, but as navymich righty points out, the hiccup isn't the reg force keeping out the reserves, it the reserves putting up barriers.  I have spoken to several RN...

I disagree that all deadweight ends up in Int and TDO.  I see a great deal of it inside the MARS world; I've heard, first hand from very senior officers that "we'd rather have someone mediocre than no one at all"; in general it is usually the full-chested huffers-and-puffers that bring down the...

Well, in terms of "missing" anything by doing reserve training, you shouldn't.  I was an instructor at NOTC when we fully integrated the reg and res training into one standard.  so, here is my take on your questions: 1) right up to the end of MARS IV, there is no difference in training standard...

It's a tricky proposition.  For good or bad, RecDiver has pointed out the cornerstone of the issue, that the training is set up for a young(er) university/college student.  Is this the best way ahead?  Well, I could write volumes on this, but the short version is that the HQ focusses on a...

I agree, Collision Regulations holds many people back, and in my experience for two reasons: 1) people don't use the resources available to improve comprehension 2) people study just for the exam, and of course when in the ship they cannot answer even the most basic of questions...good ol'...

As Htongs pointed out, the math is generally pretty basic stuff, but when someone is staring at you waiting for an answer it can seem like doing complex calculus. Here's a few things to get comfortable with: - getting the reciprocal of a compass bearing.   E.g. - 000 is 180, 090 is 270.  ...

When I worked at NOTC, I saw both admin processes.  In general, your file gets reviewed by the same folks in Ottawa who review the NOABs right off the street.  So, you may not have to attend NOAB, but a NOAB file on you would be created, and reviewed with a corresponding offer of transfer. Now...