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The Canadian Armed Forces has received more than 21,000 applications from permanent residents eager to join the chronically understaffed military full time β€” but CBC News has learned that less than 100 of them have made it into the regular force in the year since they were allowed to sign up.

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[–] tooclose104@lemmy.ca 2 points 8 months ago

When I tried just a couple years ago it was 6 or 7 months before I got a follow up. It's also not intended for people with children, at all. They told me it would be at least 1 year of mandatory barracks living with multiple locations during that time, some for as short as 3 months.

Ultimately I decided against because I have young children and I didn't want to miss that much time, knowing I'd be physically and mentally drained on weekends which would possibly be the only time I might be able to see them.

Happy I didn't pursue it further because I landed the career change I was seeking in the private sector instead with a much higher starting wage and I'm home after work every day.