Heh, funny story. I originally applied back in November last year, did my testing this February, was told that I'd probably hear something in March. I called a few times to check on the status of my application, and was mostly told that they were waiting for my medical paperwork to get processed. Anyway, hadn't called for a couple weeks, so Monday, March 27th, around maybe 10:00AM I pick up the phone to ask, again, the status of my application. "You've been merit-listed," I hear, so I think,
home-run, at least that's taken care of. Maybe 12:30 PM the same day, I get a call back. "We've been
really busy down here... but do you think you can make it down here to Victoria this Friday?" I was a little taken aback, but I said, of course. Next day I was formally offered a position, and three days (and ten hours driving) after that, I was sworn in. A guy at our swearing-in ceremony that Friday left the next day to start his BMQ on Monday. Just goes to show that it pays to check in, and that government bureaucracy can, on occasion, move swiftly.
Hope to see some of y'all May 8 at St. Jean. Name's Luebke, feel free to look me up, doubly so for any other prospective infanteers.