Recent content by TRYHARD2001

I'v been checking online for the CF Diver's Express Test standard but I haven't been able to find it. Out of curiosity, is someone here aware of the standard as it stands in 2011? Cheers.

That's exactly what I was looking for. I now see that the blueboat doesn't come to said Naden dock after 1545. Thanks for the help, my friend.

Well, I'll soon be done my QL3's and am going to be moving my family out to Belmont Park (in all likelihood anyway) and was just wondering if anybody here had experience dealing with the Blueboat and if they found it to be a better alternative to the highway commute. If so, does anybody know the...

Based on what I've seen on Truth, Duty, Valour and what I heard from the Reserves, those MCDV's look like pretty impressive, highly maneuvrable (SP?) ships. I guess I wouldn't be put on one in the summer if I haven't done my  NETP , though :'(

Strictly out of curiosity, what exactly are you referring to by AOPS, Pat? I've never heard that term bandied about in my admittedly short time in the Navy and I'm trying to soak it all up like the proverbial sponge. Also, what is the likelihood of the reg force getting our hands on some of the...

Fair enough, folks. I decided I'll ask for the CPF's if only cuz there're so many more of them and it looks like they're the future of the Navy for the time being. However, I'lll obviously go wherever I'm sent. I'm just praying for the West Coast now...

Hey all, I've just begun my Stoker QL3 Course and they are already asking which type of vessel we would prefer to work on. As I understand it, once you are slotted into a certain class of ship, it can be a very long and painstaking process to learn on an entirely different platform and is not...

How does one go about breaking both heel bones? I've heard of it happening in IED incidents overseas, but never civvie side.

Just to add to the discussion, you can expect a damn sight more sailors coming over in the next year as many of us grunts leave the Infantry and see what life is like on the sea. Are the staffing issues still as bad as they were a few years ago?

This leads me to ask two questions... First, what is the PT situation like onboard a ship? Keep in mind I'm an ex-grunt and have been conditioned to spend any free time pumping iron or running/snowshoeing/x-country skiing when it's so cold the local wildlife is shuttin' 'er down cuz you NEED...

Sometime in January I'm gonna escape the purgatory that is a Nval Reserve Unit and actually get on with my newfound occupation of MarEng Mechanic out in Esquimalt. The reason I'm making this thread is twofold; 1. To figure out what the pace of the course is gonna be like from Stokers who've...

Absolutely not. I'm currently reg force but have just transferred over to the Navy from the Infantry in the past 3 weeks. I found out a few days ago that I won't be posted to Esquimalt till January for my various courses so I'm stuck at HMCS Nonsuch (cuz there's Nonsuch thing as a Navy in the...

So to be put on your ship's diver course, do you absolutely have to have completed your environmental and trades training? I only ask because I just OT'd to the Navy and have a fair amount of time to kill before my training begins. Would it be realistic or even possible that I would be course...

Just out of curiosity, it sounds like we have some fairly experienced Mar Eng Mech's in here and I was wondering if any of you can offer up any links to course packages or specific recommended fields of study prior to going on course? I'm asking here because I was just transferred from the...