June BMQ- 2009
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My 5x7 in Cornwallis was outta Hustler magazine 8)
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I wouldn't be surprised if one of your instructors offered to give you a picture of him/her if you don't have a picture of anyone else.
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hanson1636 said:
After we were let loose from the Mega, one of the girls on our course replaced the picture that she had with one she had taken of our course's MCpl. He found it rather amusing the next time he went to do a room inspection.
...man thats so soon...bet i get heat stroke first...i should have waited for a winter course, lol...hope to meet some of you there....im going in for armoured.
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Anyone starting there basic on the 20?
According to my ULO I'll be starting basic in St. Jean on June 22nd. Hopefully I'll get to meet some of you guys there.
I understand there might be a better place to ask this, but I'll do it here anyways to prevent spamming posts; should I bother bringing any personal possessions? Would it be a bad idea to bring a laptop, some running shoes, maybe a set or two of civilian clothes?
I understand there might be a better place to ask this, but I'll do it here anyways to prevent spamming posts; should I bother bringing any personal possessions? Would it be a bad idea to bring a laptop, some running shoes, maybe a set or two of civilian clothes?
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Jcam said:
Have you tried the "newest" function on this site, the search bar. There are at least a few threads on what to and not to bring to BMQ.
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Best part about my weekends in Green sector is watching new recruits roll in. I was terrified when I got there, and most people are. My advice is have a very positive attitude and do exactly as you are told, and you won't have many problems. Yes, the PO is going to rip your faces off but its part of the game. You're going to hate, and be scared sometimes, of your platoon staff. I'm going into week 8 now and once you finish the first few weeks you start to see your platoon staff as mentors instead of monsters. Oh and no matter how sick you are, you're not sick enough, suck it up. You will find out first hand what happens when people go to the MIR (clinic on base), they get recoursed.
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stefwills said:
This is pretty close to the worst advice I've seen yet. If you are ill, go to the bloody MIR. If it's not too big of a deal, they'll give you some medication to help you deal with it. One of the guys on my course had a nasty infection that caused his nose to swell up about twice its size, and he shall be henceforth known to everyone else in our platoon as Typhoid Murphy. He was not recoursed. Had he not properly dealt with his illness, it would have very likely gotten much worse (As basic is hard enough on your system to make dealing with infections more difficult), and very likely would have been once he fell ill enough. Worse, not dealing with illnesses properly could cause you to inadvertently infect other members of your platoon. I'm quite sure that they'd appreciate it if they ended up being recoursed because you felt it best to "suck it up".
Even more important is to deal with injuries in a timely fashion. Yes, you may very well be recoursed if you go to the doctor when you are injured during basic. Not doing so, and continuing through the pain will mean that you may aggravate that injury. Possibly you'll do so to the extent that instead of spending a couple weeks on PAT platoon, you'll be spending a year. Or, even better, you'll render yourself unfit for further service in the Canadian Armed Forces. It's just not worth it to try and avoid a delaying your graduation of BMQ or BMOQ by a month or two, considering the risks.
