Recent content by Sam 45

Heavy I'm going in as Combat Engineer, and I'll look around for that Facebook group. Anybody else leaving out of Ottawa? Don't need a ride or anything just curious to see if any other Ottawans heading out to July BMQ. Looking forward to  seeing you all there.

I'm going to the July 12 course.  Swear in on the 6th.

What I'm doing to get ready for basic (and because I've always wanted to) is training for the Ottawa half marathon on May 30th. The training is pretty hard on my body but by June I know I'll be in great cardiovascular shape and probably cut a few percentage points off my body fat %.

My career counsellor called me around a week and a half ago saying that I'm going to offered a job for 4 years Combat Engineer ect. and that my basic starts on June 10th. I haven't signed anything or gone to the CFRC since then so I don't really don't know what happens next. I applied last June...

I got a call with a job offer and I think the guy handling my case said June 11, but now I think I might have misheard him and my basic is July 12th. Oh well.

Amen to that. Thanks a lot for all the advice you guys have given us new guys who can't seem to tell their ass from their elbows. Even when some of the members on this board seemed condescending, I'd look over my post and realised I didn't need to ask that question. Good job guys.

I'll take the heat and the rain over the cold and the snow any day  :P . The only reason I said that thing about the heads up is that it would have been nice to know my odds you know? My interviewer told me there was "lots" of spots open, and then the trade closes two days later. That's the...

Well, what I heard from a buddy of mine who changed trades is it's really hard to remuster unless you are moving to a high demand position, so I wouldn't take Armoured with the goal of changing trades. Plus 36 months is a long time to wait. Is it true that I will be offered trades that aren't...

Well I guess I'll start looking for a McJob to pass the time untill April. At least I wont have to do basic in the winter I guess. You'd think that the recruitment centre would have given me a heads up that Combat Engineer was almost full when I had my interview and all that jazz... :crybaby:

Oh man this is really horrible news. So as it stands anyone who has not been offered the Trade yet has no chance of being a combat engineer unless they wait untill april?

*Update* Recruting Center: Ottawa Regular/Reserve: Regular Officer/NCM: NCM Trade Choice 1: Combat Engineer Trade Choice 2: Armoured Trade Choice 3: Infantry Application Date: August 8th, 2009 First Contact: August 6th, 2009 Med, aptitude completed : August 22nd, 2009 Interview completed: Sept...

Plus, if the American media caught wind of this they wouldn't shut up about it. It's be like all those "Canadian Navy = my buddy Steve and his canoe" but with donkeys. They'd really make us look like asses.

Like I said in your topic, I'm probably going to be going on that class too. Out of curiosity, when did you do your CFAT? We might have met, I was the idiot who showed up in a T-Shirt, Leather Jacket and Baseball Cap. I'll add you on Facebook.

Aw man, if there's rugby in the army I might as well sign a 25 year contract now  :salute:

I don't wanna derail this any further, but I think the key difference you are missing is that unlike Napoleonic France or Nazi Germany, to conquer Afghanistan is not our end goal, and our main challenge is of a different nature(pun intended). Modern warfare in the middle east is drastically...