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In 1993, I was conducting recruiting activities at a local high school in rural central New Brunswick.  Our reserve unit had a push on for more members and we were visiting schools across our area of responsibility. At one school, we set up a lunch hour display in the hallway and the interest...

Well......here we go: THE MONEY: It depends on how you want to conduct training.  The costing model for the CF as to the cost of individual training is rather interesting.  The CF used to use something called ITMIS (Individual Training Management Information System-they have since changed to...

Force protection would be an outstanding job for the reserves and not only on deployment but domestically as well.  My experience has been that reservists are either under utilized or over utilized and under trained. All militia soldiers should be trained as force protection using a nation-wide...

I can relate to this entirely.  As a militia MCpl, I applied for the CFR program and was denied on the basis that "I did not have enough experience at the gun(105 mm) level to become an effective officer".  I had spent most of my time in the regiment in the command post.  Instead, the individual...

Great post PBI...I'll try and look in this week.  I'll be away training the navy....gasp. D-Dog.

It's obvious that you have not been in the CF for very long.  I was in the CF for 11 years and I felt very "subjugated" by the organization to the point of having to leave. I felt very much the way you do when I first joined the CF.  I was more than proud and I hated the Americans.  As I grew...

Actually, they can but they have to have made arrangements with their employer prior.  In a normal reserve unit, they know months in advance when the training is scheduled.  It's the reservist's responsibility to advise his employer.  If he missess a drill, there is not real excuse for it except...

I would like to address some the comments/concerns that some of you have expressed about Canadian soldiers defecting south of the border to join the US Marines. I would not call them mercenaries or disloyal.  In my case, it had to do with what the CF was becoming and how soldiers were being...

Don't feel bad.  I did 11 years in the CF and then I joined the Marine Corps.  It's the best thing I ever did.  I don't regret a single day I served in the Army but it was really the death of a thousand cuts.  I got tired of being forced into becoming a civil servant dressed in green.  I lost a...

So was the British policy when Canada sent troops to South Africa.  Of course every war is politically motivated.  That's just part of being a bunch of human beings.  Do you really think the soldier on the ground is lying awake at night worrying if the war is politically motivated?  If the war...

Actually, a reservist will be protected under the employment legislation for mobilization and annual training.  Once he is informed that he is being mobilized or that annual training has been scheduled, he needs to advise his employer so that arrangements can be made.  They usually get a warning...

To my understanding, recruiting is part of CFRETS (Canadian Forces Recruit Education and Training System) located at CFB Borden.  The advertising is produced through contract with some civilian company.  Go to the DND site and see if you can go from there. D-Dog

Excellent post Mr. Ted.  You should get it all together and pitch it to DND and see what happens...nothing ventured, nothing gained. In 1997, I was working as a recruiter at CFB Gagetown and the message was much the same....very bland and lack luster.  At that time, the CF was being portrayed...

Glad to see that there was a whole debate about the merrit of the conscription idea.  All of you have some excellent ideas.  It's obvious that the liberal government would never go for that type of tactic. While Canada is trying to beef up the CF, they should also look at the operational...

Yes, it is obvious that Canada needs a military.   Unfortunately, the CF has had its strength eroded and now the Government has woken up to find that it is a new day and the time has come to beef up the CF. A number of things needs to happend in order to increase the CF size.   The first thing...