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I absolutely that the draw which motivates individuals to join and stay in the CAF is about the job and the lifestyle, not the compensation.  However, apart from the specific discussions regarding the method for calculating the fair market value of PMQs (which I think is very useful), the...

While I believe that the CAF compensation packages are for the most part fair, I think we must be cautious about the "greener grass" in the civilian workforce.  The same market forces that can drive up salaries also force businesses to manage their costs and get the most value out of each...

My Apologies, I am a long time lurker, but this is a great discussion. I think that daftandbarmy's point here is that the quality and variety of the tasks undertaken by an organization will impact their performance. The general principle in any military organization is that you "spread the...

A few years ago, I read Max Hasting's "Battle for the Falklands", also a great read.  It relates the incident you mentioned, which occured during the initial Argentine invaision of the island of South Georgia (separate from the Falklands themselves). The section of Royal Marines tasked with...

So embarrassed that my mess was implicated in this, well "mess".  Hopefully Mr. Jackson just took a comment out of context to confirm his pre-existing opinion, but who knows.

Just to clarify a couple of points, As I have stated, I believe RAOTP offers a significantly higher standard of training than MITCIP, that is part of the reason why it was adopted.   Firstly, there is substantially more training time (18 vs 12 weeks).   Secondly, the training focuses only on the...

As posted by myself in "Reg Force Equivalency for RPC" back in december: "Through to 2001, MITCIP was the alternative training program for those officers who could not attend regular force training through RESO.  It consisted of 4 courses.  BOT(Basic Officer Training) 1 and 2 were considered...

For reference, I made a fairly detailed comparision of RESO, MITCIP, and RAOTP in the previously mentioned "Reg Force Equivalency for RPC" thread. In the case of the Reserve Army Officer Training Program (RAOTP), the DP system sought to deliver a regular force type of training in a reserve...

A discussion which bears on this question was recently conducted in the Infantry forum thread "Reg Force Equivalency for RPC".  The thread describes in some detail the changes made to the reserve officer training system over the past few years, along with the pros and cons of those changes.  I...

Common Army Phase, as the name suggests, is a requirement for all army officers.  Additionally, some officer candidates in so called "green" air force trades are required to take it (from what I have seen, air force construction engineers as well as air force MP's).  Regardless of occupation...

If I am not mistaken, regular force Phase Two (parts one and two), was 11 weeks long. CAP (R) is 5 weeks, and regular force CAP is 9 weeks. The annex at the Infantry School website turned out to be mislinked, sorry to lead you astray. Having taken both regular force Phase Two and CAP (R) (long...

For introductory information on Common Army Phase (Regular and Reserve) you can try the Infantry school's relatively small esternal website (  http://www.brunnet.net/infsch/ ).   Under "The School" you will find the Infantry School's Joining Instructions, which includes an annex for most of the...

Out here in 41 bde, there has been no organized effort to make up the "delta" (though several of us have picked up our RSO quailification, but it was personnel internal to the unit who assessed us on a range, sufficient to become an RSO IAW training safety).  That is a good idea though to get...

As a reserve officer, your opportunities for "extra" courses are actually quite limited. You can get 404's, but likely for Civy pattern only, and the only requirement for that is a written test and a provincial driver's licence.  To become qualified on any other vehicle, you would have to take a...

Through to 2001, MITCIP was the alternative training program for those officers who could not attend regular force training through RESO.  It consisted of 4 courses.  BOT(Basic Officer Training) 1 and 2 were considered equivalent to phase one or BOTP and were together 4 weeks long.  BAOT...

My impression of the intent for the company wpns det was to provide additional firepower for the light infantry companies (though the mech units will lilkely need ALAWS too).  I think that we are primarily looking at weapon systems that can be manpacked (with at least a limited amount of...

Further to Ward492's question, has anyone tried a component transfer with RPC? Additionally, does anyone know if any Brigades/Areas have taken real steps to offering  any sort of supplemental training "delta" course for their reserve infantry officers?

This is a subject in which I have a great deal of interest, being a product of this particular training system. My understanding of the new "DP" training system was that all training was to be divided into essential, supplemental and residual aspects, with reservists receiving essential aspects...