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Do you find the HCA trade to be fresh and dynamic without becoming too routine/mundane with lots of tedious paperwork being the majority of the tasks? - These days with Health Services there is very little in the way of routine/mundane. There will always be paperwork, but I don’t find myself...

Med Tech is a trade that could easily be co-located with a weapons tech. You are right, you'd likely be away from each other for a while during your qualification training, the chances are very high you'll be posted together afterwards. It is normally more difficult for the system to post you in...

How about the fact we want our officers - no matter their trade - to have skills to be leaders in the CAF and we ask them to do roles that maybe are considered 'out of their trades'. Its all in the name of a strong, knowledgeable organization and for the better of the CAF. Perhaps if we allowed...

I deal with this question on a regular basis and you are covered with a signed CF100 (as mentioned above) - however there is no guarantee the international medical provider will accept the Blue Cross card (even here in the US with our CAF dependants, for the most part if a provider sees a...

During the recruiting process I too wrestled with going LOG O vs HCA. At the end of the day I ended up going HCA and am happy I did given my interests. If you have specific questions, feel free to drop me a PM, I've done a little bit of everything over the last few years (Field Ambulance...

Has anyone actually seen the report posted anywhere on-line or is it just in the hands of select media outlets? I think it would be an interesting read - much better than reading highlights from CBC, Globe & Mail, etc.

Deni Beauvais, she grew up in the North end, knows the area well and we've used her for 3 transactions - buy and sell our house in Edmonton and then buy a house in Wainwright. She also helped one of my MCpl's buy in Moronville. www.deni.ca.

I am in the process of finalizing my file with Brookfield and I'm wondering if anyone has any ideas on how to use up more of the custom fund? Last posting I used it against my CMHC insurance, however this time I had enough downpayment to avoid CMHC. Any ideas? It's looking more and more like it...

Sheep? I think you are way off base on that one and generalizing our whole province. I don't know you, so I'll give you the benefit of the doubt that you misworded your generalization of a place that has quite a few excellent leaders/business people (Danny, Rick Hiller, etc) instead of getting...

I pretty much did what you want to do - was a reservist during university and then DEO'd after I was done university. Here are some of the factors to think about before you get wrapped around the axel about starting at the roughly $42K DEO base salary (factors that made my salary a bit more than...

From someone who is 'navy' (in quotes because I'm a purple trade; in reality there are no jobs whatsoever on a ship for my trade) and working in an army world, doing all army courses - I won't be wearing the new slip-ons. I like my dress of the day just the way it is - with a tiny anchor on my...

Putting you down? My 2cents (coming from a Reg Force Field Ambulance), is that CDN Aviator suggesting you get an SQ course while you wait for QL3 is probably the best advice out there. Consider yourself fortunate that experienced people are giving you good advice. My advice for anyone waiting...

With the theme of TF3-09 - one lesson learned that we're seeing from some tours is that with the addition of reservists, we are having to do a lot of trg within the work-up that could be done before (meaning some of the valuable work-up time is spent doing crses for the tour). What I'm getting...

Ack. I've actually read that directive from LFDTS for musicians - but it doesn't make any mention of being equivalent to CFPLQ (as far as I remember anyway) - it's more or less a musician specific directive. If anyone knows whether or not it (meaning PLQ(L) mods 1-5 + 6pt1)may translate into...

Reviving an old thread I know, however I think it fits here as it's PLQ related. Questions: 1) Has anyone done mods 1-5 PLQ(L) and then tried to complete the remaining PO's from CFPLQ to get the CFPLQ. For example, does 1-5 + Mod 6 part 1 = CFPLQ? 2) Does anyone have any references to being...

If you got it from your fellow MOTPer that I know at UBC, then you actually got it 6th hand :) The above message was taken out of a regular email that goes around to CF MOs from the Occupational Structure Management Officer in Ottawa. We have 3 MOs from 1 Fd Amb scheduled to take the course...

Yeah, I wouldn't mind a large house backing on Baley Haley Golf Course with a view of Quidi Vidi Lake. Golf course + view + east end location + no worries for parking on Regatta Day = $$$$.

We were briefed about it 2 or 3 years ago when I was in the reserves (units were submitting space allocation requests to the the Base Comd). It's taken quite a while to action but it's much needed - who knows if the timing on this is political, but who cares - it's been in the works now for a...

For this tax year (meaning 2006) it's $250 and should go on line 363 "Canada Employment Amount" - next year (when you pay 2007) it is suppose to jump up to $1000. It's not specifically for military - it's a general tax break the gov't is giving to anyone earning income. My computer program...

Somewhere between 5-10 Dec 06 is when the amendment message was cut (print off is in my office at work). I waited until after Christmas leave to bug them about actioning it and from what I gather it will be march/april by the time it's actioned by Ottawa. The message was pretty simple -...