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So, I've been told that all reserve BMOQ courses are full this summer.  This really sucks; I had a civi job lined up for the summer and I declined it after being told I would be on course in the summer.  And I don't think I can go on the weekend course thing in the fall cause of other...

I applied about March '07 and I'm only just about to get sworn in.  But that is going Officer not NCM, so maybe based on that it'll be faster for you and you'll get in for the summer course.  From what I understand if you do the summer course, it's one night a week (thursday around here at...

I'm getting sworn in soon, and although I still haven't heard of an exact date for the BMOQ, I've been told "late May, early June" by some of the officers.  But who knows.  I don't finish at school till the end of April, so hopefully it's not any sooner than mid-May.  I could really use a week...

I'm going to throw in my two cents here. With current towed and SP artillery theres about 8 gunners per howitzer depending on the gun system.  That's 8 soldiers that can defend themselves as infantry if needbe, right? With the FCS NLOS-C , theres a crew of 2 - driver and operator.  The...

Apparently the NLOS-C and the other similar vehicles will be equiped with the 'XM307 Advanced Crew Served Weapon': http://www.defense-update.com/products/x/xm307.htm http://www.ws-wr.com/redwood_dev/content/BAE/NLOS_ipk_06/UserFiles/File/FCS_BCT_White%20Paper.pdf

I'm getting conflicting messages here.  One fellow tells me Arty can be in the thick of things and is often faced with defending itself in the modern theatre.  And now you're telling me other people do the defending for the Arty?  I'm lost..

I wonder how successful the small crew size will be considering there will be a need for seperate support and maitenance personnel.  I remember reading somewhere that they had made the rearming process completely automated as well - that you just connect up the support vehichle and it throws in...

There are obvious advantages and disadvantages to self propelled artillery or auto loading artillery.  I'm no expert... but I'm joining the artillery reserve so this stuff interests me. From what I understand, the issue with self propelled artillery is flexibility.  They're a more specialized...

I remember hearing somewhere that the Cougar could survive the equivalent of two anti-tank mines. There's a picture of a cougar that survived an IED attack relatively intact here: http://www.defense-update.com/products/c/cougar.htm So is it only being used for mine detection/removal or are...

That might be so, but I think it's silly to dismiss UGV technology.  Maybe it won't completely eclipse manned recce in 15-20 years time, but unmanned vehicles will become the mainstay of reconnaissance in the not too distant future - just the same way unmanned missions are now the mainstay of...

I might know jack all, but the trend -- especially for recon -- seems to be unmanned vehicles.  Recently, I was watching an episode of 'future weapons', and they featured a 6 wheeled unmanned ground vehicle (in fact it had the option of being completely autonomous) about the size of a car called...

Well, I did make up my mind, but now that I have more time to think about it, and double check to make sure I don't have any misconceptions, I thought it'd be prudent to do so.  To be quite honest, I should have spent more time initially thinking about my decision and doing more research back...

Shucks, I missed this.  Hmm.. I don't suppose there will be any other symponsiums will there?

Thanks guys!  I completely forgot about the AR15 option...

I've gone through as much information as I could find concerning the different roles of the occupations available in the CF, however, just to reassure myself, I thought I'd just post the reasoning behind my choices and see if people think I made the right choice.  I have passed my CFAT, medical...

Sorry, I should have specified I'm going Artillery.  I figured that as such I wouldn't get as much practice as say, Infantry. In any case, thanks a lot! Very informative. :D If it really comes down to it (like a few years from now) and I felt I wanted more practice I'm sure I could pick up an...

I have a question about rifle training.. going to the range.. etc. I've currently passed my medical/aptitude/interview and should be going to BMQ this summer as reserve OCdt.  As an officer I have read, or heard a lot of people saying that after your basic training and such, you do not get to...

Oh ok, I guess that makes sense.  20 days / 4 weeks isn't that much.  I'm sure it will seem like a lot once I'm there though! Still, does anyone know when the reserve courses are in the summer?  I have May-August off school... and that leaves another 12 weeks of free time... I suppose I would be...

Hi I'm new! I'm a student and have been going through the enrollment/application process the past few months.  I have passed the aptitude and medical tests, and have gone through a few interviews now.  To get to the point, I'm a bit confused at the duration of the training that I will...