Recent content by Steve031

Ack.  Looking forward to the response.

I'm being loaded on DP1.1 this summer, and looking at the national course calendar the course is divided into 5 mods.  Mod 5 includes ffq, but in the past this was not required for reserve officers.  I have gone through my unit OpsO but have yet to receive a response, so I am hoping someone on...

It actually is possible to have the military pay for your legal education.  However, you can only apply for it from within the forces and you have to already have an undergraduate degree.  I'm a school with someone right now who's doing that, and I have to say that as an impoverished student I'm...

I had the unenviable experience of not being paid for 3 months this summer while on Class B training.  Despite the system's best efforts, all that could be accomplished for me was for a cheque to be deposited in my account (without notifying me) 2 weeks before training ceased.  I got the $5000 I...

What I said means the benefits of being an NCM will be offset by the loss of career opportunities and the time wasted re-learning stuff you already know how to do because you learned it as an NCM.  If he went officer right away, he would miss out on some benefits but also avoid re-learning this...

It seems like the potential applicant here is thinking about joining the reserves rather than the reg force.  However, I don't think my experience is inapplicable to the regs.  I do know the differences between the reserve and reg training, but having completed all the pre-deployment stuff, a...

I went through this process last year, and I can tell you that it is definitely easier to become an officer as a civilian coming off the street than as an NCM.  When you've been in the army already for a while you'll have accumulated a large number of documents outlining your successes and...

In the modern Canadian Forces, the use of post-nominal letters to identify branch, corps or regiment is no longer in style.  In fact, I believe it is not even authorized.  Following the unification of the army, the RCN and the RCAF into the CAF, there was no longer a reason for post-nominal...

I completed my basic mountain ops course using the CADPAT gloves throughout.  No problems at all, and I did numerous rappeling descents from 200 metres as well as climbing and various other rope related tasks.  Dexterity was fine, even with a liner glove beneath them.  Good piece of kit in my...

I shaved with an electric razor every morning of BIQ, right before PT.  It takes about 3 minutes which left 2 minutes to make it outside.  i slept in my PT gear on top of my bed as often as possible.  Keep the electric razor in your civvie locker and have an inspection set of shave kit just in...

Try a 200 foot rappel down an actual cliff, on a rope tied off to a couple trees with no brakeman at the botttom.  Now that's taking your life in your hands.  It's even better when you're going back up.  If you get a chance, take a mountain operations course.  Nothing teaches you to trust your...

They were free votes, as in members of parliament were allowed to vote however they wanted (without influence from their party).  That is the definition of a free vote, and that is what occurred.  So it would be more than appropriate to "equate a vote in Parliament" to a free vote if it was one...

The last execution in Canada occurred in 1962, but the law remained on the books until 1976.  Are you telling me that nobody was sentenced to death during that time period?  Canada had an appeals process that took more than a couple months.  Two of the more famous executions in the 1950s (as...

From a purely economic standpoint, it is actually cheaper to incarcerate criminals than execute them.  The reason for this is the lengthy process of appeals that are mandatory in order to carry out a death sentence.  So if the death penalty is not deterring anyone, and if it costs more than...

The needle is sterilized in case of a last minute reprieve.  It has happened where the needle was in the criminal's arm and the execution has been stayed.  They pulled out the needle and sent him back to prison.  It only makes sense to avoid an infection that would cost taxpayers money in...