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Watch the first few minutes or so of this Coach's Corner. I don't think I need to say anything more about my institution's greatness.

http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/hnic/coachscorner/2007/11/defensive_turnovers_are_killin.html

À la base des Forces canadiennes Trenton

So here I am in Trenton! 3 Navigator tests and 2 simulator sessions down. I only have 2 more sim sessions left and hopefully after that I find out that I passed both my nav and pilot tests. If that's the case then it's all up to my eyes after that!

I'm loving Trenton. I've got my own hotel room, the food here is restaraunt quality despite being massed produced. Probably, because military cooks put max effort in, otherwise they would be blading their buddies. I look out my window and I get more excited then I would be if I was walking into a room full of girls. All I see from my room is hangars, Hercs, and the C17 Globemaster. It's more beautiful then anything I've seen before. 4 jet engines and the capacity to move a lot of stuff. Let's just say Dad would be out of a job with Millers if I had one of those sweet birds. Shoal Lake would have to beef up their airport and someone might have to donate another quarter section for it. I can also see from my window an Antonov. Not sure if it's a full blown Antonov or just a baby, either way it's awesome. To bad the CF won't spring for a couple of those. Other things I can see are the Challenger (the kickass private jet that MPs, ministers, the prime minister, Governor General, and other people get to fly around in), the Polaris (Airbus transport plane used to transport troops back and forth between Canada and Afghanistan) and the CF Land Advanced Warfare Center, which is just a building but from what I can tell is the home of the jump school. I'm pretty sure I was disturbed from my sleep at about 0600 this morning by the jumpers doing pushups in the parking lot. It's safe to assume that they weren't doing normal pushups either. I'm going to assume they were doing airborne pushups, which is an excercise in teamwork. What I mean by that is that the platoon, flight, section, or what ever the unit maybe called lines up. The only person with their feet on the ground is the guy at the back. Everyone else's feet are on the shoulders of the person behind them. If you don't all push up at the same time then it's a difficult excercise for the entire team.

All in all I would love to be posted to Trenton in 4 years time or for On the Job Training. The simulator sessions are going good or so I believe from what I understand from the readouts it gives after each session. The Navigator tests were easy but because of the time restriction, nearly impossible. So hopefully I made it through them! Anyways I'm gonna head off for some lunch before my next sim session, then I think I'm gonna take a walk around to see what else is kicking on base.

Trenton

So next week I'm off to lovely CFB Trenton or at least I hear it's lovely. The point of my week long trip?! Drum roll please........Aircrew Selection or for those of you not in the loop with all the military jargon/lingo a week of testing for anyone trying to get a position as a member of an Aircrew on a Canadian Forces aircraft. What this all means for me: I know for sure I'm going to be tested as an Air Navigator but it sounds like I'll have a shot at being tested for pilot!! Though if I make it through the testing for pilot I still have to pass the vision test, which most likely will be a problem but hey you never know there's a possibility. Then again I could be going to Trenton just for the Air Nav test. But let's hope it's for both, that I pass the sim tests, and that through some miracle my eyes are on their game the day of the vision test.

Remembrance Day Video

Well I'm not sure if anyone watches the videos I post. But here's another one, obviously in relation to tomorrow. So hopefully you watch it and appreciate it. It was made by Global News in Edmonton. I'm pressuming it's a year or maybe two years old. Either way it's a good video and hopefully you all appreciate it as much as I do.

Little comic

My friend sent me this. Not sure if it was because of the Top Gun theme to it or the fact that my love life has gone that way before.

The Weekend

Well not much to say about the weekend. Friday night after my work out at the gym, I went back to Yeo and ate. Then I pretty much just hung out and watched movies with the 2nd and 3rd years.

Yesterday was decent. Slept in until noon. Struggled with some homework, gave up on aforementioned home work(getting tutored on it tonight thankfully). Then I decided to help a brother out in the romance department. I bet you're all saying whoa, I bet that guy isn't going to get far with his love life. Did I mention I helped him out with buying a gift to?! I forgot to mention to him that most of the gifts I've ever bought for my girlfriends were guided by a) my mother, b) my ex-gfs (very smooth I know), c) or other girls. But anyways he got dressed up in his scarlets and I took his picture with my great photography skills and then I helped him photoshop and develop it, and get a frame. Then we went and watched fencing, which isn't as exciting as I imagined it to be. So went to the mess and hung out. Today is home work day, and getting ready for the next 3 days of inspections! Which is crazy, because I have two midterms this week and one of them I'm toast in. Oh well.........

Do any of you associate songs with certain memories? Or am I the only one. For example when I hear Pink Floyd's "Money" I remember a past lady acquaintance of mine. However that's not what I want to talk about. This week my room mate got me hooked up to his network so I can access all of his music and movies. So I was listening to some of his music when I heard some songs that triggered some memories. Eve 6 "Here's to the Night" and Dave Matthews Band "Crash into Me". I know one of those songs was in the grad slideshow and possibly both of them. But now everytime I hear that song I remember being up on that gooseneck trailer in the Shoal Lake Community Hall, watching my past and the past of my friends. So needless to say "Here's to the Night" makes me all nostalgic and wishing life had a rewind button so that I could enjoy it over and over again.

Short News

Well this will be short and sweet. More will most likely follow after I sleep this week off. The low down on the past few days.

-Monday: I rewrote my CFAT (Canadian Forces Aptitude Test) so that I could qualify to switch trades to Aerospace Controller aka Air Traffic Controller military style!

-Tuesday: Went to class. Had some quizzes. Not really a great day, but I made it through in once piece and it's all behind me. Had an oppurtunity to get off the fitness program I'm stuck on. I once again flunked my pushups. Should have had them but on the brightside at least I still get to work out lots and improve my fitness.

-Wednesday: Talked to my Captain. Found out I blew the CFAT out of the water. Supposedly I did so well I was off the chart but somehow I find that impossible. But I'll go with it. Did my Medical Part 1 for Aircrew Selection so that I might also have a shot at applying for Air Navigator (as a back up to ATC) and getting myself into a job more related to airplanes. Also found out my school marks and discovered the only one worried about them is me. No surprise that didn't make me feel better about my marks. I'm doing much better then I thought I was but still not good enough in my books.

-Thursday: Here I am, alive and healthy. A little tired and I think I'm developing a cold.

-Tomorrow: Civie Friday!! Most likely going to watch the Paladins play Ryerson.

-This weekend: Sleeping

-Next week: Soldiering on and counting the days until my return to the Keystone province! Oh and did I mention it's my birthday next week?!