Recent content by Rigger7710(F)

Job offers started to come in when I was a MCpl. An aircraft manufacturer was the first to offer me a job at their plant.  Then, as a Sgt, more offers came in. This kept increasing as I went up in rank. I have received job offers by contractors to work hands-on on military aircraft overhauls and...

Like you, I wanted nothing else than being in the military, so I joined with only a high school diploma. I have never continued my education but that never stopped job offers from civilian companies. I have always turned them down and now I have retired after 32 years of regular force. I am...

Friendly comment here. I have recently retired from the CF and it is true that for the final clearances you have to be in uniform, but any base can be more relaxed about applying those orders. Likely, Cold Lake won't, that is why a phone call would save you some troubles.  If I may ask about...

Je me suis enrôlé dans la milice en 1973 avec la 8e Cie Médicale en tant qu'Assistant Médical. J'ai participé à quelques exercices mais mon employeur refusait d’ajuster ma cédule de travail pour m’accorder le temps nécessaire à l’entraînement et aux exercices. Étant trop limité, j’ai quitté la...

I always wanted to be in the airforce because I heard my dad talk about his wartime experience since I was a young kid.  I knew I couldn't be a pilot because of my eye sight, but I still hoped to be aircrew.  Forget being an officer too, because I wasn't doing all that well in school. So Flight...

Oh merci. Et j'apprécie vraiment ma retraite. Pas de 2eme carrière, je n'en veux pas. Je garde mes bon souvenirs et maintient contact avec mes amis. 

That's an excellent explanation, Eye.  My purpose for these separate topics remains the same.  Combining them would change that purpose.  If I'm not causing a bottleneck, I'll stick to that.  If I am, maybe this forum has grown too large.

Il n'y a pas de quoi, quand on fait ce qu'on aime, on n'a pas l'impression de servir.  Mais un service de 32 ans n'est pas à la hauteur du service donné par ceux qui sont allés au combat. J'ai eu beau me retrouver en zone de guerre pendant 6 mois, mais jamais en danger réel. Une seule journée...

MHO.....sorry but there are several terms like that that I'm not familiar with.  That is a new one for me.  About using more bandwitch, I don't know either but if you are concerned with it, maybe you should pass that on the the admin. And I don't mean that in a sarcastic way at all, just a...

Thanks PMedMoe, I suppose my intention was misunderstood. This isn't about a biography. That is about specific sqns hoping to generate stories by members on the squadron in the topic.  This one is about 423 Sqn and should be limited to 423 Sqn. That is why I created separate topics for each sqn...

Bonjour à tous, je suis nouveau sur ce forum mais je crois être l'un des plus vieux. Je me suis enrôlé en 1977 à Sherbrooke, ma ville natale.  Je viens de prendre ma retraite au printemps dernier après 32 ans de service.  Auparavant, j'ai fait 2 ans de réserve avec la 8eme Compagnie Médicale à...

J’ai été muté au 3 EMA à Bagotville le 6 sept 2005 à partir de Shearwater. Au travail, j’ai eu du bon temps et j’ai rencontré une foule de personnes que je tiens en estime. Mais j’ai quitté le 3 EMA en 2006 pour retourner à Shearwater pour des raisons familiales.

I was posted to 12 AMS on 08 Jul 1993. But in fact, I was there since 1992 when it was the CFB Shearwater BAMEO organization. I started on Sea King helicopters in PMO, later called ARO, then ASO HT followed by ASO HS when I did my sea tour on the Montreal and Algonquin HELAIRDETs. After a tour...

How about that?  I made an error and I'm the one who picked it up.  Did I mention that T_Bird 410 crashed landed?  It was 625. I believe it was in 1990.

I was posted to 423 (MH) Sqn Shearwater from 12 AMS on 14 Jul 2004. That is when a major organizational change called OP TRANSFORM came into effect. For the Sea King maintainers, that change consisted in the ASO organizations from 12 AMS and 423 Sqn being reformed into a single one under the...