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Recruiting Nightmare
About 31/2 years ago after I completed BMQ and SQ in the reserves, which I loved, my wife and I decided that Reg Force was for us. So I put in my Component Transfer. It took a very long time for recruiting to do anything with my application, so long in fact that they told me to redo my CT. So I did to the inconvenience of my unit and me. This time I took more initiative to gather information on my file and phoned once a week, however, this second attempt resulted in recruiting losing my file. For the third time I re-applied. My CO at the time convinced me to go DEO, however still being in my last year of University, and not having a degree yet, recruiting told me that my file would be open for too long waiting for my degree. However, I completed my degree within a couple of months but they closed my file with out my knowledge or consent. Finally I got fed up with the recruiting process and quit the reserves because of it.
A few months later, my wife and I moved from Victoria to Calgary (a nightmare in itself). Having a few career paths that I could take, none really got me as excited as serving my country. My wife being behind me 100% and I desired to give it a shot as a civilian. Hoping it would be faster and easier, I applied again for the fourth time. On 05 March 06 I applied for amour. 23 May 06 I had my CFAT test, and passed with no problem. 04 June 06 I had my interview and it went very well, so well that the interviewer told me that the army needs more people like me. In addition, on that day I had medical pass, but they could not clear me because they needed my precise service medical records. At one point no one knew where they where. Recruiting finally attained them. 21 July 06, after getting the runaround and being flat out lied to by my file manger, I was given a form for my doctor to fill out regarding my previous medical issues which my service medical records had already cleared me of. 18 Sept 06 I had a meeting with Med Tech just to tell me that she could not clear me based on her rank and that she was sending my medical records to Ottawa and it will be a minimum of three weeks before hearing the results. That is where my file stands now.
I have provided documentation of my cleared medical condition from the doctor who treated me when. I have been vigilant when asked to complete a task and have put my life on hold for the past 3 years waiting for an answer from recruiting.
The purpose of this post is two fold. First, get my situation know. Secondly, get any help or suggestions. I think my wife and I are going to send a copy of this letter to our Parliament member (we live SW area of Calgary), and as well go to recruiting and talk to the CO. Any suggestion or comments are greatly appreciated.
Thank you
About 31/2 years ago after I completed BMQ and SQ in the reserves, which I loved, my wife and I decided that Reg Force was for us. So I put in my Component Transfer. It took a very long time for recruiting to do anything with my application, so long in fact that they told me to redo my CT. So I did to the inconvenience of my unit and me. This time I took more initiative to gather information on my file and phoned once a week, however, this second attempt resulted in recruiting losing my file. For the third time I re-applied. My CO at the time convinced me to go DEO, however still being in my last year of University, and not having a degree yet, recruiting told me that my file would be open for too long waiting for my degree. However, I completed my degree within a couple of months but they closed my file with out my knowledge or consent. Finally I got fed up with the recruiting process and quit the reserves because of it.
A few months later, my wife and I moved from Victoria to Calgary (a nightmare in itself). Having a few career paths that I could take, none really got me as excited as serving my country. My wife being behind me 100% and I desired to give it a shot as a civilian. Hoping it would be faster and easier, I applied again for the fourth time. On 05 March 06 I applied for amour. 23 May 06 I had my CFAT test, and passed with no problem. 04 June 06 I had my interview and it went very well, so well that the interviewer told me that the army needs more people like me. In addition, on that day I had medical pass, but they could not clear me because they needed my precise service medical records. At one point no one knew where they where. Recruiting finally attained them. 21 July 06, after getting the runaround and being flat out lied to by my file manger, I was given a form for my doctor to fill out regarding my previous medical issues which my service medical records had already cleared me of. 18 Sept 06 I had a meeting with Med Tech just to tell me that she could not clear me based on her rank and that she was sending my medical records to Ottawa and it will be a minimum of three weeks before hearing the results. That is where my file stands now.
I have provided documentation of my cleared medical condition from the doctor who treated me when. I have been vigilant when asked to complete a task and have put my life on hold for the past 3 years waiting for an answer from recruiting.
The purpose of this post is two fold. First, get my situation know. Secondly, get any help or suggestions. I think my wife and I are going to send a copy of this letter to our Parliament member (we live SW area of Calgary), and as well go to recruiting and talk to the CO. Any suggestion or comments are greatly appreciated.
Thank you