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“FOR THE LOVE OF GOD,” he wrote Gordana Aleksic, file manager for the CF recruiting centre in Vancouver, on June 29.

“I DO NOT CURRENTLY LIVE IN VANCOUVER, B.C..!! WHAT GOOD IS A FLIGHT FROM VANCOUVER TO TORONTO ON THE 9TH IF I AM CURRENTLY LIVING AND BREATHING IN AMHERSTVIEW/KINGSTON, ONTARIO!!”

The very next day, June 30, Miller received a note from Sgt. Stephen Cobb, crisply telling him “you have been removed” from the ACS and “may be placed” in another slot at an undetermined “later date” by Kingston detachment.

Aleksic apologized for “the inconvenience” the same day, but also hectored him for not explicitly saying he had moved to Kingston, rather than saying he was “currently in Kingston.”

Orwell is rolling in the grave.

Miller admits he “reacted poorly after losing patience” with the interminable Kafkaesque process.

The National Post has reviewed about 200 pages of emails between him and CF officials — he dealt with about five generic CF addresses, such as info.vancouver@forces.gc.ca, as well as with about six individuals — and it’s clear that the outburst, such as it was, wasn’t typical.

In fact, Miller repeatedly thanked Petty Officer Second Class Ken Rosadiuk, the one humane person he dealt with at the Vancouver recruiting office, and was patently grateful any time he received any personalized attention.

But the mis-booked flight was just the latest in a spectacular series of miscues that also saw recruiters schedule Miller’s medical during the one month when he wasn’t available (he is a seasonal worker and was on contract at the time in Blue River, B.C.; again, officials ignored Miller’s repeated written notes that he’d be unavailable then), had him apply for several occupations that the CF website said were in demand but actually weren’t available, and saw him shuffled back and forth among bureaucrats who kept giving him mixed messages and who, with the notable exception of Rosadiuk, could barely rouse themselves to send anything but a form letter.