Steiner's Story, split from Re: General Questions regarding your application

[steiner0400]

I was a lucky one. God graced me with one thing that will never be taught to anyone. Size. I currently stand a 6'5, 290lbs. Back in my football days before my injury I was able to bench press 305 3-4 times on a good day and 225 14-16 times. Now I'm trying to slim and trim down from my football playing days. I was just lucky to be born big and have parents who had some money to pay for all of us(3 boys and 1 girl of which I am the oldest at 19) to play sports, go to private school, go to good universities. My parents, both of a Ukrainian background also pushed all of us to be active within our community, and with regards to jobs. Just because we had money didn't mean they were going to pay for everything, and we learnt the importance of earning our own money. 


I wish you luck with the rest of your application, hopefully in a few years time we bump into each other wearing CADPAT.

Maybe in a few years it'll be a more... transparent... camo pattern. 

 

[steiner0400]

FINALLY!

Today I received the call for an interview. I know I'm not finished with my application yet, but I feel I can knock this interview out of the park!

1 MAY 2014 is the date. However, that is the day that I move from my current location to one just an hour down the road.

In other news, just a few weeks ago I found something special out... I'm going to be a father!  As far as this goes, I was wondering if anyone knows anything about emergency leave whilst in basic? I mean if my fiance went into labour while I was in basic would I be able to leave for a day to experience the birth of my child without serious reprocussion?

Any help on that matter would be awesome.


Now I get to study up on my trade choices so I can have a successful interview.

 

[steiner0400]

EVERYONE!

It's been a while since I've posted, I know. But guess what? I killed the interview (good thing). My interviewer said he can't see any reason for me not to be merit listed.

Now, I called my file manager last week and found out I've been merit listed.

Since selection dates for this month are the (27th? correct me if I'm wrong, or let me know I'm right..) and there are over 700 positions between my three current trades I'm hoping, borderline expecting, to be called with a job offer by the 30th...

I've been training daily at the gym with my buddy trying to get back in shape for this experience of a lifetime.


How long after the job offer should I expect to be travelling to CFL-RS?

Let me know please

 

[sarahsmom]

The time between swearing in and starting BMQ will depend on when they  load you on course. I remember being told they don't like to have more than 2 weeks between those 2 dates to minimise what could happen and because that time counts as unpaid leave, or Leave without Pay. But I believe I have also seen on here people with up to 6 weeks between those dates.
Just relax, you will be at CFLRS soon enough. At least there is less "shack hack" in the summer.
Good luck!

 

[steiner0400]

The time between swearing in and starting BMQ will depend on when they  load you on course. I remember being told they don't like to have more than 2 weeks between those 2 dates to minimise what could happen and because that time counts as unpaid leave, or Leave without Pay. But I believe I have also seen on here people with up to 6 weeks between those dates.
Just relax, you will be at CFLRS soon enough. At least there is less "shack hack" in the summer.
Good luck!

"shack hack"? I'm intrigued now...

Inside joke, or something disgusting? haha

 

[Bird_Gunner45]

"shack hack"? I'm intrigued now...

Inside joke, or something disgusting? haha

Shack hack= passing colds and other illnesses to everyone in the shacks due to the close proximity

 

[sarahsmom]

In the summer, people tend to open their windows more, allowing fresh air in and icky germs out.
In the winter, especially in the green sector where it's basically one big room with cubicles as sleeping quarters, if you open your window, the recruits that sleep within a few bedspaces of you will complain that they are cold, etc. So the windows rarely get opened, and the only fresh air you end up getting is when you march outside, to get to the HD4 for example. I remember entire weeks (work weeks; Monday to Friday) where we didn't go outside at all. Morning PT had been done in the gym, and everything else took place in the Mega. No reason to go outside.

 

[steiner0400]

In the summer, people tend to open their windows more, allowing fresh air in and icky germs out.
In the winter, especially in the green sector where it's basically one big room with cubicles as sleeping quarters, if you open your window, the recruits that sleep within a few bedspaces of you will complain that they are cold, etc. So the windows rarely get opened, and the only fresh air you end up getting is when you march outside, to get to the HD4 for example. I remember entire weeks (work weeks; Monday to Friday) where we didn't go outside at all. Morning PT had been done in the gym, and everything else took place in the Mega. No reason to go outside.

Gotcha... haha, well, with any luck (which my bloodline doesn't seem to posess as we are likely the most unlucky people on the planet even though were Irish..) I wont have to deal wit shack hack.

But on the plus side, I can be the "cool" recruit and know what shack hack is and inform my brethren before hand

 

[Bird_Gunner45]

Gotcha... haha, well, with any luck (which my bloodline doesn't seem to posess as we are likely the most unlucky people on the planet even though were Irish..) I wont have to deal wit shack hack.

But on the plus side, I can be the "cool" recruit and know what shack hack is and inform my brethren before hand

what you just said there.... dont do that.. at all. Unless you want to get grouped in with the former cadets who brag constantly about knowing how to do drill. That gets old REALLY quickly

 

[Jayjaycf]

"Expecting" a call, doesn't mean you will get one there are a lot of people who are merit listed, so just don't expect anything until you get THE call because the wait might be longer than you think, whoever I wish you luck for the selection dates and wish you get called soon just don't stop anything as of now because you may be in for a longer wait than you think. Good luck, wish you get the call 

 

[steiner0400]

So my fellow army.ca-ers, I got my call today around 1330.

My file manager gave me a call for an offer of employment as an infantryman. My swearing in date is on 16 JUL 2014 and BMQ starts 26 JUL 2014 ends on 17 OCT 2014...

The anticipation and waiting has been killing me and now I can relax... Not really, all core workouts from now until basic.

Best of luck everyone!

 

[Flavus101]

Excellent to hear!  :nod: