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Just as an aside:  Steve Jobs stole the use of a Graphical User Interface from Xerox on a tour of the Xerox labs... at the time Xerox hadn't patented the idea because they didn't see a demand for the concept - one of the biggest corporate mess-ups in business history... second or third to the...

Roger that. ...but is a $40,000 receipt required to show that in the CF? Not necessarily.

...as I read this thread, I think to myself that it's the powers-that-be that desire the Officer corps to have a degree. Amongst all the different recruiting options for every officer trade (CFR notwithstanding), there is a requirement to either have or work on (in the case of CEOTP) a degree...

Further evidence of proactivity: Getting on the case of my Course Training Officer to bug CFRG about the status of my VOT resulted in my message being cut and sent within 24hrs. So, things can get done if enough noise is made to make it happen. And it starts with the person who wants/needs...

...update to my last. And another reason one may want to be proactive about their careers. Fourty-eight hours after expressing my concern for the lack of information with regards to my VOT after four and a half months of being told to standby, lo and behold, I get an eMail from CFRG saying that...

I'm hearing free colonoscopy

Still trying to figure out the physics of it should that phone be a flip-phone... hmmmm...

Ringtone: "Good Vibrations" - Beach Boys

If in doubt, call the SISIP folks. They'll know what to do with regards to the specific cases for military personnel and tax implications. Of course, every case is individual. And as for the mess kits... I never even considered the implications of shelling out close to a grand for Mess Kit...

Alright, here goes... 1) Line 9270 of Form T4044    - Enter in the value of receipts for miscellaneous costs that are incurred as a result of earning your primary income. THAT value gets placed on: 2) Line 229 of the T1 General    - Continue filling form as per normal, and see the (small)...

Mess dinner fees are tax deductible too... as is dry cleaning and a few other "business expenses" that we are "required" to do as part of our job.

Anyone know if a metal cap badge exists for Public Affairs Officers? It'd make a great gift for a friend of mine, should I be able to acquire one... Cheers

"Shake That Ass" by Eminem?

yes, understood. from Infantry (Army) to MARS (Navy) and ATC (Air Force)

...a couple of guys in my platoon did a transfer from Infantry into MARS and ATC during basic training. I'm not sure what they put into the memo or request, but it was granted pretty quickly.