Will be gone at end of June

[thecdn]

What were you before you were a Signaller? Were you the Strat?

That would be me. Two years reserve (inf and sig), then four years reg armour, 85-88, tp ldr and lo with the Strats. Followed by 2 years in Calgary Militia Dist HQ as a recruiting o then 7 yrs with 746 Comm.

Little bit of everything to keep things interesting :lol:

 

[thecdn]

Re: RE: Will be gone at end of June

Good Lord, I train armoured car company employees......ALL (even office staff) must qualify twice a year, and you are expected to be armed at ALL times you are on the clock........

When I got out of the reg force and before I went back to school I worked for a small armoured car company in Calgary. The manager had us go to a local shooting club and have someone there give everyone a 1/2 hr lecture on the pistol and then fire about 50 rounds. That qualified us to carry pistols in public as armed guards :roll:

Luckily I was comfortable in my knowledge and experience from the military but I wasn't too confident in the skills of those around me with loaded weapons 8O

 

[Finder]

Re: RE: Will be gone at end of June

Sadly Colpy, no, we're not kidding. I'm not trying to say that Officers aren't weapon competent. They are, but only in a limited number of weapons. Everyone in the CF, Army, Navy, Air, must qualify at least once each year on the C7A1 (fitted with 3.4x opitcal sight) assault rifle by taking; weapons handling drills, firing the Personal Weapons Test Level I, firing the Personal Weapons Test Level II, and firing the Personal Weapons Test Night Shoot, all of which are scored. If you're a Sgt or above you must also take the same tests on the 9mm Browning.

Sadly, when some units go to the field, especially in they're a reach echelon unit (i.e. 1 Field Ambulance) they don't play like the front line units do (i.e. 3 VP). So they tend to get lax and just neglect some of the basic elements of getting the job done. It doesn't mean they're bad units, or put out bad soldiers, it just means they put their focus on other things (i.e. medical skills).

I don't know... When I was in the Armed forces, the officers in the Queens Own seemed pretty capable with most rifles. One of the officers I trained with was actually pretty good at firing his little pee shooter too. lol