Recent content by TCM621

I found the old stuff was great for sentry duty. As long as you didn't move around D much, you stayed dry. The new stuff breathes better and as long as you aren't standing around in the rain it functions ok. For armyman, wash it in accordance with the directions for gore-tex, it will increase...

I don't know if you are East or West Coast but using Halifax rates, promotion to S1 is now 200 300 dollars because your increase in pay is cut by a 550 450 dollar drop in CFHD. That's not included all your Jr Ranks that are taking a 861-631 dollar pay cut because they live in PMQs. None of...

That isn't true. Every dollar above that 25% is considered a taxable benefit. So while they won't pay more than 25% in shelter costs, they will pay more come tax time. It still helps but it isn't the benefit some think it is. Even in Esquimalt, everyone over Cpl/S1 makes more than enough pay the...

I think we need to recruit young people and start letting people go after their first contract. Not everyone is suitable, in temperament, resilience, etc for a long term career in the military. Give everyone the chance but let's not hold on to people who will struggle to meet the minimum...

In the aviation world, it is expected techs question fixes that don't make sense. I lot of it is knowing your people so you can tell when a why is an honest attempt at understanding or an attempt to get out of the work.

There is a big difference between "Go change the widget" and "Take out the garbage". If I get asked the former, why is an appropriate question. If I get asked the latter the answer is because I said so. Context is everything.

This is the thing that the CAF seems to be missing right now. The CAF can never be corporate Canada, people don't join the military for a job if they have other options. They choose the military because they want to do Military things and there isn't any other game in town.

I remember one year they were surprised by Easter.

While I do actually subscribe to the idea that there is a lot of truth to the idea that everyone [can be] a rifleman if required, there is some merit to element specific BMQ. An element specific BMQ would allow the services to do away with courses like NETP, SQ and BAEQ. They would start...

While to a certain extent people complaining about being yelled at, being posted or working late hours make me wonder just what organization they thought they were joining, no one is saying we should double down on those things. The problem is that the military is an inherently shitty job. The...

That's typically the preferred CoA for these kinds of things.

That's awesome if you are posted somewhere you like. A bad 3 posting is easier to swallow than a bad 10 year posting. If you can't afford to live in Victoria, keeping you there will only mean the release is your only option. A better solution would be to ensure people can actually afford to...

To be honest, I would be afraid for our sailors at this point in time. Most of the sailors I have known couldn't fight their way out of a wet paper bag. To be fair to the sailors though, the idea of some in the military being tough is pretty much a myth at this point. I'm amazed at how many...

On the first point, the reason the ResF got a pay raise was because they held so many RegF positions. My old man was complaining about the Military using the ResF as a discount military rather than a surge force more than 2 decades ago. As for the second point, I think I might disagree to a...

That would take effort that DGMC does have the people or inclination to do anymore. I remember early in my career my unit had a rash of releases right around the same time (IIRC it was 3 or 4) in my trade and the CM made a visit to my unit to figure out what the hell was going on. He talked to...