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It was within the first 20 minutes of the initial debreif interview. It is not his place in a professional session to voice his personal feelings on the issue with so little information gathered (refer back to the hole in the ground). It would have been a different story if the eval had been...

Another kick at the cat for me.  It's a long story, but hopefully someone may get some handy info from it. I received a letter stating that I was unfit for service, the reason given was that I had been diagnosed with "recurrant depression", which was not exactly the case. I had seen my GP in...

My husband was gone from Dec to July of this year and it was hard on the 4 and 7 year old. We made good use of MSN video chat of course, and my husband took lots of pictures of the surrounding area to send back. We did this because my youngest thought he was just on base at work, and not on the...

I'm concerned about this as well. Is your husband military? Mine is, and is very good with the kids, so I have no worries when I go away to train. Well, I'll always worry, thats what moms do LOL! From the information that I've gleaned from other moms in the military, most tell me that its the...

Just my husband. But he's also usually right. Oh, and I beleive it was you that said to suck it up and call the CFRC. You were right too. We were actually talking about this subject tonight, and he said not to forget "service before self" which is apparently a common doctrine in the military...

Sure. With a detriment to your career. Once upon a time, I know that you could claim hardship if both partners were working and pass on a posting, but from what I understand now, if you say no, your option is to go IR. That's harder on the family in my opinion. I know quite a few families here...

Met the husband in Borden when I was 14, he was a reservist when I met him and went reg force when I was 19. Of course this is after being a base brat and the daughter of a base brat...so REALLY the military has been in my life for the last 35 years. Oh yes, and the husbands parents are also...

Says the guy who can simply go to the MIR any time his ass itches. I'm in Greenwood Nova Scotia. The place where in order to get a family physician, you pretty much have to have grown up here, or be coffin chaser and hunt down the Doctor that just lost a patient. Otherwise, it's the ER. Lovely...

I've been reading this site for a while, and making use of the search function. I have read what people have done in the past in various situations - from sending in a letter to some unknown person in Ottawa to getting a psych eval. What I will do, is contact the medics and ask *them* what I...

So, the letter came today, it was for "recurrent depression". Which I plan on addressing. The first bout was 10 years ago. The second was hormone induced (PPD), which isn't the same type of depression at all, in fact, I was more a raging bitch than depressed - they just classified it as...

Well, after much telephone tag, I got in touch with the Captain managing my file. I should expect a medical letter soon, it was mailed out on the 11th. The medical section couldn't tell me what for, as they hadn't received it yet, so I have to wait for the letter itself. The W.O. I talked too at...

To be frank, I'm afraid that they will tell me that I've been found unfit. I don't deal well with rejection. Once I set my sights on something, I go after it until I meet my goal. I'm a type "A" personality on steroids. Well, not literally steroids. I'm already prepared to fight as much as I...

*snort* You're channeling my husband again. He said that it was best that it takes a while because it does weed out the bodies who "jest wanna go kill dem bad guyz". It doesn't sound bad, it sounds like my FIL (ret. 33 years in) who echos those sentiments. I'm used to it. I didn't know that...

Thanks for your response, I'm applying for DEO log officer. I have a degree in psychology, and each and every time we get posted I have a hell of a time finding work in my field. I figure if I can't beat em, join em. LOL! Plus, I run a business, which goes a very long way in the LOG world...

Oh yes, I'm well aware, my husband was on PAT platoon in 1993 for 5 months in Borden before his training course started (3's??). That was fun! With a husband currently in, and the inlaws currently on standby to come help if needed (he is currently MSS and then a deployment in Dec), I try to...

Thank you. Just wondered if I needed to prepare my family for additional time away, and want to ensure I am as prepared as possible.

No, he waited until two months before he turned 65 (as he was told to do). He was doing just fine on his pension and his PT job with the commissionaires (where all Soldiers seem to go...). Ok, I'm just unclear on this issue, and thought that it was unfair in general. I still don't get why some...

We took advantage of this last year, so our rate is low, but hell if it couldn't be lower. I think we are at 3.85% (this was before the interest rates started to drop). The 25K thing isn't a loan, you just don't pay interest on your mortgage for that portion. Have a 100K mortgage, and pay...

Can I ask what IAP is? Congrats to those going in August! I'm (almost) envious! I'm going Log DEO, but I'm not sure if I've passed my medical as of yet, so I know I have a long wait. Thats OK with me though, it gives me lots of extra time to get into shape so I can survive being loaded with a...

Love this thread. I really wish that I could do the pill or shot thing, but my hormones are wacky enough. So I can't go sans period. And tampons don't work for me, two kids, tilted cervix = uncomfortable PITA. Already starting to cut my hair shorter, cannot be bothered with the whole long...