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???  If you cashed out your leave, you were not taxed twice.

I wouldn't use the "battle group" moniker as it is as unrealistic as calling reserve formations "Brigade Groups".  Territorial Defence is perhaps also a misnomer as you state.  "Regional Domestic Response Battalion (RDRB)" would probably be a better title.

George, I wouldn't lump DVA and SISIP in the same category.  SISIP, from what I have heard, is very good about providing life insurance payment to the beneficiaries and providing lump sum payment for loss of limbs.  DVA is another matter.  Question - Does SISIP have another role to play for...

I believe the correct name is Territorial Defence Battalions (TDBNs).

PPCLI Guy has already answered your post.  The 20% worked ok for the relatively benign late Bosnia rotations but it hasn't been achieved in Afghanistan for a variety of reasons.  I'll have to see what the current percentage is but it will not surprise me if it is quite abit lower.  I'll have to...

I recant my comments on DVA, I hear through the grapevine they are not as proactive as they should be.  This is very unfortunate as considerable effort was expended by the CF/DND to integrate them into our overall process.  Watch and shoot (that means wait and see, not wait and shoot the DVA...

GAP, there are some very good plans being discussed/implemented at the national level that will begin to rationalize what the reserve structure is and this will hopefully have a cascading effect throughout all aspects of the reserves (from IT to CT to overall quality and capability).

I'm not going to defend PPCLI Guy's post, he is more than capable of doing it himself.  For those of you who consider job protection legislation is a "good thing", don't think it is going to solve all the problems currently faced by the Reserves.  It won't and I don't even consider it a "good...

Sadly, I don't beleive it will either.

If you are wounded or injured in an operational theatre and are expected to make a full recovery, than you are correct and you not entitled to anything.  Why would you be?  As I stated above, I am not necessarily against a lump sum payment for someone wounded in theatre but paying out their...

RHFC_piper, The important aspect is the CF will cover you for the period you are recovering, recuperating, and rehabilating (see section 19 of the link).  If you are fully recovered and want to return to work prior to the end date of your contract, the military will not keep you bound to the...

http://www.forces.gc.ca/hr/centre/pdf/ddbenefits_e.pdf The link will provide you with an overview of the Death and Disability Programs and Services that you and your family are/may be entitled to should you be killed, wounded or injured in service of our country.  The programs and services are...

BBJ, Trying to compare compensation and benefits between Canada, the UK and the US is like comparing apples, oranges and bananas.  It is a falacious argument even to enter it into the discussion. I will stand behind what Canada does for its killed and wounded soldiers and most other western...

Gents, I think you are confusing alot of different issues here and lumping it all together as if it were one and the same: a.  Should soldiers wounded due to enemy action continue to receive Hardship, Risk and Foreign Service Premium?  No, of course not, they are no longer serving in the...

099*, Nice qualifiers!   ;) Seriously, the army is looking at this issue with a view to increasing the number of postings available to/from training establishments each year and decreasing the overall length of time personnel spend in the schools. It doesn't do the army or its members any...

BillBarilko - PM inbound.

http://www.gg.ca/honours/search-recherche/index_e.asp Go to the GG's site and there is a list of past recipients of decorations for bravery.  Well worth the read.

Since we live in a free and democratic society, you can certainly believe this.  The reality is you don't know what you are talking about. 

Roger that!

So does this mean we no longer have to hear you bitch about being posted to the armour school? Just asking.