Recent content by stabmasterarson

I have a dumb question. If you join the navy or air force, you don't take any kind of soldier training, after basic do you? I'm trying to get in the navy, and I think I would go to basic, then to the naval 5 week course, then onto trades training right? I know it's dumb, I just wanted to...

UPDATE: I was able to speak to my career officer today, and I found out that the academics problem wasn't with my first 2 choices for trades, MAR ENG MECH and Hull tech, it was for my third choice, Naval weapons tech. I needed a grade 11 science that was "math based". I took earth science in...

I honestly never thought seriously about the military until a few months ago. I always assumed the pay and lifestyle were things I couldn't handle. I just got tired of the rat race in a serious way and wanted a change. When I looked into the CF I found a job that I really want to do, and was...

thanks for the replies I tried to contact the med tech and recruiting officer in charge of my file today but had no luck. I'll keep trying to get a hold of them and see what they say when I do. It just sucks when you feel good but are held back. I guess if it's meant to happen it will, in the...

The 25 year full term issue is one that I'm worried about. If I can make a career out of the forces I would like to. I am afraid, if I have to wait until June to get a job offer, that I may turn 36 (november)by the time I am officially commissioned and not be eligible for a pension. If you pay...

I can do 3 sets of 75 pushups in a row within about 10 minutes, so 225 pushups in 10 minutes. I love doing bodyweight exercises, comes from years of brutal martial arts workouts. I know my calisthenics will pass the test if I get a chance to display them, but my lack of grade 10 physics is...

I Yeah, I know about the hull tech, but that trade is closed  so it was my 2nd choice. I also based my decision on the CF recruiting site where the Stoker trade listed millwright as a related civilian occupation. I also am interested in prime movers, motors, bearings, everything to do with the...

Hey guys, I'm going a bit crazy,  I have 2 weeks off here at christmas and my mind is racing a bit. I'm trying to become a stoker. I got my ACL reconstructed (hamstring graft) at the end of August. I applied to the forces in October, got in for my testing and part 1 medical at the end of...

Thanks for the info guys. I have the beep test but I can't run it yet because my surgeon told me I couldn't sprint then come to a dead stop just yet, it would be too hard on my hamstring graft. I think I can start doing that stuff in February. The way my application is proceeding I think it's...

Hey guys, not to hijack, but I have a running question that I haven't found the answer for in a search, and I don't want to get in trouble for starting a new thread. I looked at the fitness prep pdf for the passing times for the 2.4k run, and I was wondering if you had to run constantly for the...

Thanks for the insight. I attempted to talk to the officer who is in charge of my file yesterday, but with the christmas holiday didn't get through. I guess I will wait until January and see what they say.

thanks for the reply KinCanucks, Sorry, I may have been a little unclear in my first post. The recruiter I talked to was basically on his way out the door for his christmas holidays, and was looking at the note on my file. I don't think he understood exactly what was wrong with my application...

I am in the process of attempting to become a MAR ENG MECH. I called the recruiting office today to find out when I could book my part 2 medical and interview for the position. I was told on the day I took the test that I passed the CFAT with a high enough score to qualify for the position. I...

I'm not going to do anything that my surgeon says I shouldn't do. He told me that I am healing up really well though. I have no swelling, no cartilage damage,  very little pain and have good muscle tone in my leg, can do many body weight and weighted squats, lunges, skip, plyometrics etc. I...

Thanks for the info people The med tech wanted me in for my part 2 physical and interview a week after I passed my part 1 physical and cfat. The problem is I got my ACL reconstructed at the end of august. I told her that, and she recommended I wait until the new year for the interview/part 2 so...