Army Reserve Restructuring

[FJAG]

Don't know what time frame this occurred,

I went to MMD in '76. If I recall correctly he retired from the RegF in 79 and then transferred to the ARes and became CO of the RWpgR.

 

[Halifax Tar]

It's important to remember a soldier doesn't come to you with a clean slate and empty bucket. They have a past and a past Ops Tempo.

Speaking only for my own lane, I was very upfront with my current CoC that I was gone 289 days last year and I intend to use this year to rebalance with my family as I am going back into the hopper again this coming summer.

I also think, in the Army, the RegF lacks knowledge about what is required/expected of RSS staff. And many times people are posted into those positions to give them a break or to let them be closer to home to deal with some situation. While I was G4 Sup in 36 this pretty much the case for all of the reg force people who I interacted with in our various units.

 

[Remius]

It's important to remember a soldier doesn't come to you with a clean slate and empty bucket. They have a past and a past Ops Tempo.

Speaking only for my own lane, I was very upfront with my current CoC that I was gone 289 days last year and I intend to use this year to rebalance with my family as I am going back into the hopper again this coming summer.

I also think, in the Army, the RegF lacks knowledge about what is required/expected of RSS staff. And many times people are posted into those positions to give them a break or to let them be closer to home to deal with some situation. While I was G4 Sup in 36 this pretty much the case for all of the reg force people who I interacted with in our various units.

And that’s a problem. RSS positions should not be used as a “break” or a place for broken people in the first place.

If they can’t properly support the units they go to they shouldn’t be there. I’m not saying they should be abused but if they can’t be there when Reservists do the bulk of their training then we are better off just filling those jobs with actual reservists.

 

[Ostrozac]

Don't know what time frame this occurred, but (while rare) it was not unheard of for soldiers whose regimental affiliation had been removed from the Regular Force to continue to wear that brass (and sometimes unusual dress items, e.g., highland headdress etc).

There are urban legends about more recent cases. Word was that as part of the late Cold War reorg of 1 Div (which was abandoned upon the collapse of the Warsaw Pact) they started to build a skeleton of what was intended to be the Divisional Recce Regiment (a 5th Reg Force Armour regiment) and had badged 2 or 3 Regulars as Fort Garry Horse when the whole show was called off.

There’s also stories about exchange personnel in Europe badged Canadian Airborne Regiment that continued to wear their Airborne badges well after the disbandment parade. A mix of “out-of-sight/out-of-mind” and “RCR/PPCLI/R22eR stuff wasn’t on the packing list”

And I know regulars in Gagetown that continued to wear 8CH badges after A San 8CH (the last squadron of Reg Force 8CH) became Training Support Squadron RCAC School. I was on JLC/JNCO with one, he didn’t expect to rebadge unless he went back to a regiment.

 

[OldSolduer]

So they won't be seen in the field, especially on weekends, because 'so much office work'?

Which is really weird cause our RSS staff spent time in the field every time we were out there.

 

[Kirkhill]

Which is really weird cause our RSS staff spent time in the field every time we were out there.

Really sounds like there is a need for a Book of Common Prayer.

 

[Rifleman62]

If I recall correctly he retired from the RegF in 79 and then transferred to the ARes and became CO of the RWpgRif

"Awful" Werry. Korean war Vet. A chest full of medals. Received a well deserved ORMM in Dec 82. He was our CO for the Regimental 100th. I had the privilege to be his RSM.

He was a wonderful fellow. Lots of sage advice. Don't know how he got his nickname. He knew everybody.

Everybody knew who was behind the success of 26 Fd Regt. High morale, good attendance and lots of shooting. Unit was Op tasked at the time so had a bit more eqpt than normal.

FJAG before he went to the dark side and became a Lawyer.​

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[FJAG]

"Awful" Werry. Korean war Vet. A chest full of medals. Received a well deserved ORMM in Dec 82. He was our CO for the Regimental 100th. I had the privilege to be his RSM.

That's him. Ron was a great guy and excellent officer indeed. I too always wondered where that nickname came from. He was anything but "awful."

 

[Rifleman62]

26 Fd Regt at the time, proved if a Militia unit had competent, dedicated leadership, a TASK, equipment, good training plan it would be successful.

Then "they" take it away.