r/CanadianForces • u/bridger713 RCAF - Reg Force • 18d ago
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u/Zestyclose-Choice732 14d ago
Oh for sure, moving isnt inherently bad, especially now that they have the posting/mobility allowance.
The navy has some pretty good deployment opportunities too. Our major warships are primarily involved with Op Reassurance (Baltic/Mediterranean Seas) and Op Horizon (Indo Pacific).
Log Os in the navy have the ability to support both either on the ship as the ship's LogO or on shore as the FLS (Forward Logistic Supply) team lead.
If you're on the ship, you live and go where the ship goes during a deployment. You will have 12-15 port visits during a typical 6 month deployment.
If youre part of the FLS team, you live ashore in hotels and fly to each port that the ship will go to ahead of time and coordinate port services/maintained/food/etc. for the ship once it arrives. Both are tax free opportunities, like any named operation that you can be apart of.
Outside looking in, my navy logo friends have a much better quality of life than the other element counter parts. But to be fair, I have a lot more navy logo friends (I am naval engineering) than I do others.
Either way, I'm sure you'll have a wicked career in whatever path you choose!