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Re: Army Courses List
« Reply #50 on: February 07, 2007, 18:04:07 »
  Oh yeah, RMSS is fun because you have to hump all the kit 200m away from the vehicle and they love to set them up on high ground. Great kit though.  :salute:

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« Reply #51 on: February 15, 2007, 16:09:21 »
I've gone through that whole list, and i was still left without an answer...is there a specific course that an infantry soldier needs to take to become a breacher or is this a position that everyone is supposed to be trained on how to do?

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« Reply #52 on: March 25, 2007, 11:24:28 »
The list in the original post was the list of course controlled by the Canadian Army at the time it was posted.  It has not been amended for any changes since then.  It does not include all possible courses a soldier or officer might attend in their career.

Michael, thanks very much for this.  I'm wondering if you (or anyone else in the forum) could enlighten me on who would teach (on what course) a particular subject - combat/tactical (aka man)tracking?  I presume some of this content would be included on both the Recce Patrolman, Basic Sniper and possibly (?) the Patrol Pathfinder course...  Any and all insights welcomed!

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Re: Army Courses List
« Reply #53 on: October 10, 2007, 00:00:31 »
Does the NCM/Officer column mean that an officer cant do the Patrol Pathfinder Course?

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Re: Army Courses List
« Reply #54 on: January 05, 2008, 20:09:47 »
Patrol Pathfinder is open to Officer's, just as the Ranger course run in the US is as well.  This was told to me by a former Sgt I was on Phase 3 with.

Unfortunately some of the courses listed haven't changed that much in course material, but they have in name.  ie.  QL3 infantry is now DP 1 Infantry, and it's not just run at the infantry school, but also at LFCA TC Meaford (Land Force Central Area Training Centre) and WATC (Western Area Training Centre).
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Re: Army Courses List
« Reply #55 on: January 05, 2008, 20:14:30 »
Patrol Pathfinder is open to Officer's, just as the Ranger course run in the US is as well.  This was told to me by a former Sgt I was on Phase 3 with.

Unfortunately some of the courses listed haven't changed that much in course material, but they have in name.  ie.  QL3 infantry is now DP 1 Infantry, and it's not just run at the infantry school, but also at LFCA TC Meaford (Land Force Central Area Training Centre) and WATC (Western Area Training Centre).

Don't forget LFAA TC DET ALDERSHOT but I think the Centre of Excellence for the course would be The Infantry School.

You will note that the list was post 20 May 2005, there have no doubt been changes since.  I no longer have access to a current source document for the list and no other member has produced one either.
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Re: Army Courses List
« Reply #56 on: January 05, 2008, 20:28:54 »
Yeah but like what Mr. O'Leary said, this is a 2 year old thread that hasn't been updated.  :cheers:
... but if you did want a list which can be updated, it would be here:
Another source to search (& update): http://army.ca/wiki/index.php/Army_Courses

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« Reply #57 on: March 18, 2009, 14:07:46 »
I tried doing a search, but didn't want to start a new thread as this was close enough.  I know the Basic Intelligence Officer Course is run at CFSMI in Kingston, but does anyone know the approximate length of this course?

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« Reply #58 on: March 18, 2009, 14:44:53 »
Basic Intelligence Officer PT 1(DL)   1/Sep/09      11/Sep/09
Basic Intelligence Officer  PT 2   20/May/09  14/Aug/09

Current dates for the course.
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« Reply #59 on: March 18, 2009, 15:01:49 »
Thank you very much Sapper - but I believe that must be the PRes course?

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Re: Army Courses List
« Reply #60 on: March 18, 2009, 15:03:44 »
Can you access the CFSMI website?

They post the Crses there.

Pt 2 is 5 Jan 10 to 8 Apr 10


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« Reply #61 on: March 18, 2009, 15:11:14 »
George, I cannot access the site as I'm not around a DND comp but regardless, thanks a lot to both of you - the more you know!

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Re: Army Courses List
« Reply #62 on: March 18, 2009, 15:21:15 »
but I believe that must be the PRes course?

What leads you to that conclusion ?
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Re: Army Courses List
« Reply #63 on: March 18, 2009, 15:23:00 »
And the follow up.....

Basic Intelligence Officer PT 1(DL)   DP1   REG/PRES   1/Sep/09   11/Sep/09
Basic Intelligence Officer  PT 2   DP1   REG/PRES             20/May/09 14/Aug/09
Basic Intelligence Officer  PT 2   DP1   REG/PRES   5/Jan/10   8/Apr/10


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Re: Army Courses List
« Reply #64 on: March 22, 2009, 13:33:35 »
What exactly do TOW Gunner's do?
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Re: Army Courses List
« Reply #65 on: March 22, 2009, 13:43:26 »
They TOW guns clearly....  ;D

TOW is a wired guided anti-tank missile.
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« Reply #66 on: March 22, 2009, 13:47:20 »
Oh alright I thought it was like an abbreviation for something lol, yea I definitely don't want to TOW gun's....
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Re: Army Courses List
« Reply #67 on: March 22, 2009, 13:48:38 »
Be advised TOW has switched over from an Infantry task to an Armoured task, so as an Infantry soldier the chance of getting a TOW course in the future is very small.
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Re: Army Courses List
« Reply #68 on: March 22, 2009, 13:56:20 »
What about Reconnaissance Patrolman, what is your view on that, I've heard it's a pretty hard course but what do they exactly do, I know they like gather intel and like scope out the areas but I'm sure there's more to it..
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« Reply #69 on: March 22, 2009, 14:07:21 »
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I am sorry the first part of my answer above was a joke. a TOW gunner is the person who fires and guides the TOW missile onto the tank to kill it. I thought that the second part of my reply would have cleared that up but I guess it was rather vague.

Recce Patrolman are generally the best the Battalion has to offer and it takes a lot of hard work just to get slated for the course let alone passing it. I would suggest to you that focus more on BMQ and BIQ and less on the future. What comes, comes but you have to work to get to the point where anything cool will come to you.

For the record a Recce Patrolman work in small teams behind the enemy or at least in front of the advancing Battalion and gather Int and provide situation updates so that friendly forces do not walk into something they did not expect.

NOTE: This is a very generalised description and no means all encompassing.
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« Reply #70 on: March 22, 2009, 15:02:43 »
What leads you to that conclusion ?

Sorry about the lateness of my reply - I was led to that conclusion by the recruiter who had told me that the INT-O course was much larger.  I believe I was inititally told that it was in the order of 8 months, so I had to assume that the course being described here was the shorter, PRes version as that is generally what is done in order to accomodate the time that most PRes types have to go on course.  I say this as a former Mo!

That said, the info provided here has been as ever, spot on.

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« Reply #71 on: March 22, 2009, 17:06:33 »
SITM

I am sorry the first part of my answer above was a joke. a TOW gunner is the person who fires and guides the TOW missile onto the tank to kill it. I thought that the second part of my reply would have cleared that up but I guess it was rather vague.

Recce Patrolman are generally the best the Battalion has to offer and it takes a lot of hard work just to get slated for the course let alone passing it. I would suggest to you that focus more on BMQ and BIQ and less on the future. What comes, comes but you have to work to get to the point where anything cool will come to you.

For the record a Recce Patrolman work in small teams behind the enemy or at least in front of the advancing Battalion and gather Int and provide situation updates so that friendly forces do not walk into something they did not expect.

NOTE: This is a very generalised description and no means all encompassing.


No worries about the TOW answer you gave me, I should have realized after the second part you said, I guess I'm a little slow lol but yea I agree I'll just concentrate on getting my BMQ and my BIQ finished and go from there. Thanks for all the information though I appreciate it.


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Re: Army Courses List
« Reply #72 on: March 25, 2009, 14:18:29 »
Was wondering  about unarmed combat instructor?? Is there no coarse for that? What qualifications do you need and how do you go about it?

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« Reply #73 on: March 25, 2009, 20:10:32 »
Was wondering  about unarmed combat instructor?? Is there no coarse for that? What qualifications do you need and how do you go about it?
The course is CQCI (Close Quarter Combat Instructor) and the prerequisites are you have to be PLQ qualified, as for how you get it like most courses you are selected by your chain of command or they ask if anyone is interested in it.
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« Reply #74 on: March 26, 2009, 09:34:24 »
Awesome. Thank you for your help. Whats PLQ though? Sorry, i'm very new to this.