Ok, so hypothetically, a 58 year old former soldier( Pres or reg force) with a bad ticker or shot lungs from smoking all his/her life,or some other affliction, could still get into the CIC if and only if they meet the current physical and medical requirements of the forces enrollment?Not flippin likely! It sounds like the CF is trying to get around the hiring of these types of individuals (older and not in such great shape) in favor of younger and healthier prospects. I was always under the assumption(we all know that rule,right) that the CIC would be staffed by everyday volunteer people( John/Jane Blow ) from the communities that the units reside, and commission them into a sub unit of the primary reserves ( to instill a sense of CF involvement) to eliminate the need for full time involvment of the CF( at the local levels). Am I correct in this assumption? When I was in the cadet program in the 80's, my CO was a mountain of a man, a smoker, probably loved his rye whiskey( who doesn't), and still found the time to sucessfully run a 55 member cadet sqdn. I guess all I am saying is that the general public has about a snowballs chance of ever being able to contribute to these organisations if they do not match the countries largest health clubs standards for BMI and C/V health, for starters. The cadets for me was the next step from scouts, and was the logical one for those of us who chose to pursue a career in this countries armed services. And now that I have the abilities to return the favors to this unit, I find that the corps needs live bodies in uniform and cant seem to find a suitable applicant due to some minor infirmity that would keep me off the battlefield sure, but why I cant teach cadets to march, or map amd compass, or shoot an air rifle while in uniform, is a little confusing to me. It would seem that the CFRC has finally found a way to keep mom and dad from helping little Johnny or Jane in a way like this. Sad really.. just my thoughts. Ubique