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  1. Blake Castelein

    Navy to consider gender-neutral ranks

    Currently on ship we are using "Sailor Bloggins, 257, Sailor Bloggins". Same with being piped to spaces it's just "Sailor Bloggins, Coxn's Office" . There's no 1st, 2nd class, etc, being used on pipes. Sent from my SM-G975W using Tapatalk
  2. Blake Castelein

    RCN Weapons System (historical, current, planned)

    There are x4 NRWS in the GP 1, 2, 5, and 6 positions. Its operated down in laundry flats, there are screens on the bridge and in Ops to view what they're looking at though. It's a huge improvement over manually firing the .50's forsure. Sent from my SM-G975W using Tapatalk
  3. Blake Castelein

    Van attack in Toronto [Merged]

    Yes, sorry I should have clarified. I was referring to the driver. Sent from my SM-G930W8 using Tapatalk
  4. Blake Castelein

    Van attack in Toronto [Merged]

    This guy was in my sister platoon, never sat at his platoons table at meal times was always bouncing around different groups. Thought he was pretty weird creepy dude. Can't believe this garbage made it in at one point. Edited for spelling and to add that I am referring to the driver.
  5. Blake Castelein

    BMQ / BMOQ - Medical, Dental, Mental health questions [Merged]

    Yes it's true, happened to couple people on my course. Stops people from going to the MIR to skip out that's forsure. Sent from my SM-G930W8 using Tapatalk
  6. Blake Castelein

    What not to do - No excuse BMQ tips [Merged]

    You still carry a 32.5lbs rucksack, you march 3.5km to the range, 5 shots standing, 5 kneeling, 5 prone. Then put back on your gear and march 3km back to a field to do a 25m casualty drag, 50m army crawl and a 200m stretcher carry. Then put your gear on and go the last .5 to the gym where you...
  7. Blake Castelein

    Cutting the CF/DND HQ bloat - Excess CF Sr Leadership, Public Servants and Contractors

    I was reading again about Gen.(Ret) Leslie's plan of a force of 50,000, maybe he meant that he wanted to cut 18,000 staff/HQ positions? ๐Ÿ˜
  8. Blake Castelein

    Cutting the CF/DND HQ bloat - Excess CF Sr Leadership, Public Servants and Contractors

    Better than working at a tree nursery thats for sure ๐Ÿ˜
  9. Blake Castelein

    Cutting the CF/DND HQ bloat - Excess CF Sr Leadership, Public Servants and Contractors

    I just got accepted as a bosn so looks like I picked the wrong career ๐Ÿ˜‚
  10. Blake Castelein

    What does the Canadian Navy exactly do? And more specific questions...

    I am currently waiting to do my medical and interview in the next couple weeks here to go in as a boatswain so I am not very qualified to speak forsure, but a good start would be to go on forces.ca and look at the current operations. It should give you a good idea of what's going on for the...
  11. Blake Castelein

    CFAT Exam

    Good luck man! Its the start of a very loooonnngg process, my advice is to find yourself a good full-time job in the meantime. It will take close to a year to eventually go off to BMQ. It will be very frustrating at times but don't give up!
  12. Blake Castelein

    CFAT Exam

    No they treat everyone the same, buddy of mine had the same issue and failed the first time. Not sure if he re-tested or not yet.
  13. Blake Castelein

    Cutting the CF/DND HQ bloat - Excess CF Sr Leadership, Public Servants and Contractors

    Starting to get the idea that it's best not to question anything and keep my head down [emoji16]
  14. Blake Castelein

    Cutting the CF/DND HQ bloat - Excess CF Sr Leadership, Public Servants and Contractors

    Okay, that makes more sense than before (still pretty confusing), thank you!
  15. Blake Castelein

    Cutting the CF/DND HQ bloat - Excess CF Sr Leadership, Public Servants and Contractors

    Edited for spelling, sorry it posted twice I hit reply instead of edit initially.
  16. Blake Castelein

    Cutting the CF/DND HQ bloat - Excess CF Sr Leadership, Public Servants and Contractors

    I realize this is an old thread, but it seems to be the best place to ask this. (This quation has been on my mind for some time). So on the forces.ca website it says there are roughly 23,000 pers in the army, 8,500 in the navy, and 13,000 in the airforce. That adds up to around 44,500, but the...
  17. Blake Castelein

    CFAT Exam

    To me there's 3 things you can do to best prepare. Number 1: Verbal As you probably know it's all based around finding synonyms for more complex words. My best advice is to review all your "fancy" word trivias you learned through highschool, particularly grades 10 through 12. This was my worst...
  18. Blake Castelein

    New Canadian Shipbuilding Strategy

    I bet if we did what the Aussie's are doing the navy might just get 15 CSC's with the extra cash. Just myย  :2c: ;D
  19. Blake Castelein

    Blake Castelein - Blake C.

    Figured I don't want my full name on hereย  ;D
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