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Age Limits to Join

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1.  Get into shape.
2.  You have to pick the reserve unit before you get accepted.
 
Do they give you any time or does the choice have to be made by application hand-in time?
 
does the choice have to be made by application hand-in time

Yes because you apply at the reserve unit.
 
I'm going to be 16 years old on July 8th and will have the minimum 15 high school credits required for the Reserves. I live in Toronto and recently called the nearest recruiting center (Keele & Sheppard) and they told me i could apply only when im 16 and i'll be applying for a Sept-Oct opening (Infantry,Combat Engineer or Amoured Reconnaisance).  I have a couple questions tho:
1) When will they make me do the physical part of the recruiting....same day i apply at the recruiting center? I already know you have to do a minimum of 19 pushups, 19 sit-ups, and 9 pullups (ill have no problem with this). Only problem is that I havent been training for running. Will they make me run for recruiting?
2) How long does it usually take to get accepted? And how hard is it to get in?
3) For Reserve Infantry:
i) What kind of stuff do you do? Whats an average day?
ii) What days do you work on?
4) Do you have to do stuff like marching?
5) How will this change me as a person?
 
I can tell from your questions that you have not yet found the search page or the FAQs.

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jerv41 said:
5) How will this change me as a person?
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5) For the better.


To summarize. Welcome to Army.ca, start reading.
 
So I was thinking of joining the Regular Force (Infantry)
I know what the Military age requirements are but I'm
35 and was wondering how may guys are in the Infantry
that are around that age or older, I realise this is a younger
man's profession but realistically can someone with a few years
on them hang out with the Infantry and be a functioning and useful
member of the team?
P.S. I did try to search this but could find nothing related to this question
Hope I posted it in the right area.
Thanks to all who can help. :cdn:
 
There's probably a lot of guy's who are over 35 in the infantry, but I can't say how many of them are recruits.  10 years ago on my battleschool, we had one guy who was in his mid- to late-thirties with two others in PAT who had been given battleschool bypass (previous service, including an RCR Sgt).  A few years later, we had a few guys show up at the regiment in their mid thirties and did just fine.  That said, the jobs are as different as they are the same.

I doubt your ability to function as a team member will be hampered by your age.  If you're out of shape, it'll be a hard job regardless of age.  At 30, I'm starting out anew as an officer.  I'm going on course and competing with kids who treat PT as a passtime and have "healthy" and "responsible" diets.
 
Hello

I have not an answer to your question. A while back during this tour. A Toronto Star reporter was embedded with my Husbands platoon.  Here is a part of the article that you will find interesting.

http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1142118641265&call_pageid=1140433364397

The pups of Alpha Company call him "Pops," or sometimes "The Old Man." To glimpse at his grey whiskers, it is easy to imagine Cpl. Erik Hjalmarson is a lifer with decades in the Forces.

Not so. Though Hjalmarson turns 55 this month, he didn't join the army until age 49, making him an extraordinarily mature recruit to Canada's front-line combat forces.

What drove the Duncan, B.C., native to call the Canadian Forces Recruitment Centre six years ago? In part, Hjalmarson explains, it was his last chance to share in a family heritage that dates back to World War I.
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I am currently thinking of joining the Forces. i am in excellent heath, good shape. But what i am curious about is my age. I am 35, is that too old for enlisting? I was thinking of the infantry.
 
Hi,

I'm 36 and starting my IAP/BOTP in a week...  ;D

Will I have problems following the young wolves ? Probably but I'll give it my best and see what happens

To join or not to join is your decision but if you're in good health and shape don't let it stop you...

Best of luck
 
Had a women in her mid to late thirties on my GMT, and she placed third on the course. She was a machine.

DSB
 
short answer: "no", with a "but"; long answer: "yes", with an "although". It's been covered a few times on here. Try a few Searches, see what you come up wth. You don't find what you'er after, specifically, pm a mod, and we'll see about re-opening the thread for you.

In the meantime -
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Recruiting FAQ - http://forums.army.ca/forums/threads/21101.0.html

Infantry FAQ - http://forums.army.ca/forums/threads/21131.0.html

Canadian Forces Aptitude Test - http://army.ca/forums/threads/21101/post-103977.html#msg103977

Fitness requirements at enrolment, see page 12 of this brochure:
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To summarize. Welcome to Army.ca, start reading.
 
Hi everyone, I am thinking of joining but I am 29. Do you think this is a good idea or not?
 
If you want to do it.....then do it.

I know of a few guys who got in when they were in their mid 30s.

Regards
 
I had a 49 year old candidate on a basic trades course once....lots older than you are.
 
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