Hi MC,
Maybe I should have elaborated a little.
The days of walking and stating you wanted to be a soldier with a matching IQ and representative battery scores are gone.
I do fear that with the drive to fill the vacancies of late that this benchmark will be dropped, and then potentially we may see people with IQ‘s matching the MOC numbers joining up, like 011, 021, 031, etc.
Just a bit of outhouse humour, sorry. Either way, you obviously have done well to get through selection. The standards accross the board at present are pretty good.
Have fun.
As for the comments with regards to numbers, pay etc. The CDS has brought forward a couple of concepts for review that will make a change in how we retain people.
One is similar to the US and UK, were if your position is deemed redundant you are let go, not moved. This applies to base closeures, ships being paid off, etc. If the job goes, so do you.
Look at the US after the Gulf War. Units from Europe that deployed to the Gulf and served their country were literally disbanded as the cease fire happened.
The scale back in Europe was drawn up at the same time these units were mobilized. As such when the cease fire happened, they were immediately rotated to the US and stood down. Most troops did their out clearances in the Gulf region, and were civvies as they got off the planes.
If anyone is wondering, yes there were a lot of p‘d off yanks, but that is how they do business. Some of the units were cascaded to the reserve order of battle and most of their active duty pers went with the units becoming reserves if they so chose.
So, can it happen here, why not, it is an easier system and more financially correct system, unlike the FRP‘s of the past ten years. I just don‘t have much faith in some of our leaders to apply it properly. We have a strange political influence that runs through the CF that I fear would benefit some electoral districts over others.
But then again, maybe it‘s just me, this concludes my rant for the day.