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Again, your quote exemplifies exactly the attitude that I am talking about.  How easy is it to join the regs?  I know guys who have been waiting nearly two years to get in.  I know reservists who had to wait a year just for their application to clear the reserve system and make it to CFRC for...

I don't see what the other perspective can be other than from the regular force side.  The reserve system was created during another time.  We are now faced with some very changing times.  The reg force needs to reserves to keep functioning.  That is a reality in today's CF world.  As much as...

This may be off the topic or somewhat related, but I grew up on the Can/US border with Maine and New Brunswick.  The border is so porous it's not funny. If you want to enter the US, you can get a topographical map and take an old dirt trail behind a potato field and cross into the US.  Hit...

I do not have a problem with reservists getting pay equity with the regular force.  When they are in uniform, they should be paid the same amount. I can only draw on my own experience discussing this with reg force soldiers (usually playing pokey chest in the mess) and their arguments have...

Britany:  We tried that route but when you have 25 per cent of billets on the base filled by reservists because there are not enough reg force to do the job, Class C ends up costing too much.  You are right, it is a leadership failure in that case. PJ

First:  from your tone, it is apparent to me that you have not served in the modern day reserves and can't identify with the actually problem.  If I am wrong, I will be more than happy to stand corrected. Second:  we're not on this forum to tell people to be quiet about their views and...

Miss Hardie is right.  Military education in the schools is what we need but that is a long term solution.  It takes years to teach students from a young age about our military history.  This should be the first, long term step at changing the face of public opinion about the CF. What the CF...

Thanks for the nice comments there turretmonster.  But aside from that, you are dead on the money.  When the CO says "get on that plane, drink heavily and kick but at that working group" he means it and as a reservist, we can't say no. The point some people are missing is that even though some...

If you dry heave while you are running, you won't be able to breath.  That is an essential component of being able to run faster. As for your helpful NCO, I think he's a bit in the dark about the mechanics of exertion.  Don't believe everything you are told.  Some NCOs try to show they are hard...

If you gladly accepted the 15 per cent less salary as a reservist, then good for you.  Personally, I don't know anyone in the reserves today who would want to continue to be paid 15 per cent less than the reg force.  I have often asked the question of why we were paid less and the answer was...

Great post Matt.  Well thought out. PJ

Confused about what....I would just have been angry or at the very least annoyed.

Good point, Infanteer, a tax break would be a great solution that could work in Canada. PJ.

Consider how much it costs to train a reservist.  Clothing, use of equipment, ammunition, fuel for vehicles, rations, quarters (when on base), salary (both the trainee and the trainers), any consumable that is issued i.e. cammo paint, toilet paper, pens, pencils, note books. If you put the...

Puking after a run has nothing to do with lactic acid threshold.  From what I have been reading, this is innacurate inforamtion.  Lactic acid is produced in the body when you start burning sugars anearobically (anearobic glycolysis), that is to say without a suffucient supply of oxygen.  When...

The reason the frist contract is two years is because it takes most reservists that long to get trained.  They would have something to look forward too and not have enough time to become disgruntled with the system.  Then get them when they are motivated and you have them for another three years...

The bonus amounts that I had in mind were more siezable.  At sign up, a reservist should be entitled to $2000 bonus to be paid out 50 per cent at the end of the first year of enlistment and the remainder at the end of the second year.  The bonus is there as an additional incentive to join. For...

Again, the source you getting this from is probably confused.  There is no such thing as a draft sheet.  There are a lot of misconceptions about selective service and some young people just don't understand it or they were not given the most accurate information...."I heard from a friend of a...

That's ok.  There would be provisions in the contract for such a thing.  The contracts would be there as a guarantee for training attendance, retention incentive, and corporate knowledge.  How many times are reservists processed out for NES?  We used to have a bunch load because they would loose...

Good day all: Here is an idea that I had about the reserves a number of years ago. In order to maintain some amount of conitnuity within the reserves, the CF should introduce service contracts much like the regular force.  Here's how it should work: Reservists would initially join for two...