my girl freind just got acepted in the army as a navy electro tec.
is there some one of you that are or was in army know anay thing about the basic training i'm open to hear stories.
she is starting on jube 23th so wish her god speed :P
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my girl freind just got acepted in the army as a navy electro tec.
is there some one of you that are or was in army know anay thing about the basic training i'm open to hear stories.
she is starting on jube 23th so wish her god speed :P
Yup I'm ex forces
Basic is nothing like it was when I went through. There is no more yelling and screaming. no more physical or verbal abuse....They even get to keep and use their cell phones:icon_rolleyes:
wow Grats Karine you been waiting on that for many years now, good for you.
the basic is alot cooler now. they are *****'s now day's , not like the old days when they made you men even the women came out strong like men.
were will she be going? NB/BC/QC ?
I will be in Quebec on the 22-23-24th I will be there with my wife we are celebrating are 25th wooot we got there fast. we never been to Quebec, I seen it from the hyway but not been in it.
basic is at st-jean sur richelieu, then it's BC or NS
ah ok you go with her and stay on the base and be the kitchen biach or ?????
Good for her, not so good for you unless you want to go to BC or NS !
where ever i don't mind as long as i'm in a ruaal place
Congrats to her!
When you have a rural place you can invite us for a shoot! :biggrin-new:
Do you think she could borrow the St-Bruno shooting range? Now THAT would be an awesome place to host a shoot LOL
Congratulations to both of you!
Tell her to JUST PLAY THE GAME.
You won't see much of her for the next couple years, but a career in the Forces can be a rewarding one indeed.
The worst for her will be the BMQ, (basic Military qualification) phase.
She, (as well as her comrades), will be given impossible tasks, asked unanswerable questions, and get generally just plain ol' dicked around.
(This one time at band camp)....One day I'll always remember is getting woken up @0530, than having to shower, shave, eat, and prepare the room for inspection all in the dark. (The course staff informed us there had been a power outage). :icon_confused:
Then, magically, at the very moment the MCpl darkened our already dark doorway for room inspection, the power came back on.......it's amazing how many hairs you miss shaving in the dark, and how many dust bunnies you can miss sweeping in the dark. :hopelessness:
New troops get messed with mercilessly, as BMQ is supposed to be a stressful experience that either prepares you for your upcoming career, or makes you realize it's not for you.
Just make sure to tell her it WILL BE OVER eventually, and nothing sucks nearly as bad as BMQ.
Best of luck to her!
So what you're saying is (to use a more modern term) they're trolling them!?! Hmmm that really wouldn't be a career for me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hammer Sandwich
Holy sh!t.......I guess so!!Quote:
Originally Posted by DocGadget
Never looked at it that way, but yeah.
Oh, and Poil, tell that lady to prepare for the fact that 90% of what the recruiter told her was a half-truth, or downright lie.
It may sound harsh, but it's just the name of the game.
Cheers,
HS
Hehehe yes indeed. I've got a story to vouch for that
I joined as a cartographer (officer trade, ordinance map maker) on my way to basic training I was told "We don't have a course running through Regular Officer Training Program for a few months so we're going to send you to do your basic in Cornwallis then you'll just need the extra 4 week "officer part", then off to your trade
Well.....After spending three years in PPCLI and 2 CUDO and doing a tour in Gulf 1 and Bosnia I retired....The only time I ever saw a map was when I was trying to figure out where the bullets were coming from.
what you guys mean by that?
she is semi qualified for the field she chose (collegial degree)
Another example:Quote:
Originally Posted by poil27
I joined as a Reservist.
I was told that I would take my courses, (Basic Military Qualification, and Soldier Qualification), over weekends, (as in, you show up Friday night, and go home Sunday evening....or so the recruiter told me.
Fast forward to the phone call I get at work one day,
SGT Clerk: "Private Sandwich?.....Yeah, your BMQ/SQ starts in Aldershot in 9 days. You'll be there for 7 and 1/2 weeks, so you'd better notify your employer."
ME::eek-new:
Not to mention I went unpaid for a portion of that time, due to my unit's pay rules being different than other unit's rules.
And once I got back to the unit in Halifax, (1 Thursday a week, one weekend a month), the trade-specific course I was to take was six weeks long, in Aldershot, NS.....not great, but do-able.
I get to work on Thursday night, and get this;
Company Warrant Officer: "Private Sandwich......your trade course starts next Monday.....it's three months, and it's in Borden, Ontario. So you'd better make arrangements".
ME::eek-new:
And so on, and so forth.
It's a great career, and my favourite job I ever had, but my life lacked the flexibility necessary to progress.
This is from a Reservist's perspective, mind you. The Regular Forces are often more stable.....BUT NEVER PREDICTABLE. :)
Cheers Poil, and don't hesitate to ask any other questions, (although maybe not of SeanMP....(he was an officer, after all....):icon_razz:
Cheers,
HS
Reservists...sheesh...Cant even read correctly :awink:Quote:
Originally Posted by Hammer Sandwich
I never got the course Hammer...actually I don't think they ever intended to give me the course. I was private ground pounder/private jumper thumper
I think, in summary, that everyone is basically saying that the armed forces will own your ass (or your girlfriend's in this case) and do whatever they please. DND and its setup is a funny place- a number of years ago I was given an offer to go work there as a civilian manager, and in the course of deciding if I wanted the job, I found all sorts of odd things- the funniest of which was that, in this position, in a meeting with Operational personnel, I would be granted the "rank" for the purposes of the meeting of "Lt. Colonel". Forget the silliness of such a concept- I did not take the job and always think of the MASH episode where everyone walks around addressing each other by title "Colonel. Doctor. Doctor. Colonel. Major. Doctor. Doctor..." Anyways, fact is, and I'd heard this many times in the past- recruiters will say just about anything to get a signature on paper- some of it true, maybe some of it not-so-true, but they do indeed "own you" once you've signed up. I knew a guy a number of years ago who signed up to be a Reservist (or so he thought)- turns out he had signed up for full-time service by not reading the form they stuck in front of him- and they wouldn't let him out of it easily when he discovered the error. He eventually said to them "f-you" before any sort of training or such, then was threatened with arrest for not complying with his training deployment orders. Last I heard of him (25 years ago) he was on hbis way to a bus station to take a trip to training camp...Quote:
Originally Posted by poil27
Aw jeez!.......I dunt reed so goud........:emmersed:....Quote:
Originally Posted by SeanMP
In my defense, I was a Reservist....I only read 85% of a message! (oh how I crack myself up!)
But thanks for you service nonetheless Sean MP!!!
It is a life like no other...and I miss it terribly.
I often think of putting my papers back in to try and re-enrol before I hit 40.
Very true, especially with the regulars.Quote:
Originally Posted by AirGunEric
The troop gets sent wherever, whenever.
Now that the combat role is over, pretty much every job is cake, but you still hafta roll with whatever hand you're dealt.