Divining the right role, capabilities, structure, and Regimental System for Canada's Army Reserves

[Halifax Tar]

Lol the 9 golden cows.

Your all also assuming that a civilian tradesperson wants to be in the military part time.

Most ticketed tradespeople have more than enough work (and depending on where you are too much work). The average age of a tradesperson in Canada is 45, that doesn’t fit well with being infantry or other cbt arms trades and doesn’t encourage climbing around in the field.

By time most are ticketed (most apprenticeships are starting much later than they historically did), most are at the point of getting married, having kids, and doing all that fun stuff. That doesn’t leave a lot of time to go play army, especially when they have to start at the bottom getting yelled at by some MCpl 5 years younger than them for a lot less money than they make civvy side.

Not saying you won’t pick up the odd person, but most of them have more on the go than your average office worker. Coupled with the generally crappy time off policies for most blue collar jobs, free time is valued.

Perhaps some occupations just aren't suited to the part time world of the reserves.

 

[mariomike]

I took two weeks of paid leave per year for reserve training as an MSE Op.

Benefits, service accumulation, vacation entitlements, seniority, pension credits etc. were unaffected .

Some may be Reserved Occupations,

Reserved occupation​

Reserved occupation - Wikipedia

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A reserved occupation (also known as essential services) is an occupation considered important enough to a country that those serving in such occupations are exempt or forbidden from military service. In a total war, such as the Second World War, where most fit men of military age were conscripted into the armed forces, exceptions were given to those who performed jobs vital to the country and the war effort which could not be abandoned or performed by others. Not only were such people exempt from being conscripted, they were often prohibited from enlisting on their own initiative, and were required to remain in their posts. Examples of reserved occupations include medical practitioners and police officers, but what is or is not a reserved occupation will depend on war needs and a country's particular circumstances.

 

[daftandbarmy]

Lol the 9 golden cows.



Perhaps some occupations just aren't suited to the part time world of the reserves.

 

[daftandbarmy]

Willie Coyote schemes will not help the PRes.

Why not?

Various hairbrained ideas come and go all the time in the Reserve world. They seem to be a core feature of the operating system

 

[Brad Sallows]

Perhaps some occupations just aren't suited to the part time world of the reserves.

I suppose there are a lot of administrative occupations that are well-suited to part-time education and rehearsal/training, once we vacate the combat lower formation space and start talking about Comm Z and mobilization training, movements, sustainment, etc, and having at least a skeleton of leaders and planners/administrators. The trouble is finding Canadians interested in doing something less glamorous than combat or combat support in a platoon/company context.

 

[mariomike]

Patriotism.

Just throwin' that out there

Sgt. McGee: How'd you get in the Army?
Tommy: Politics.
Sgt. McGee: Is that a reason?
Tommy: Look Sergeant, I got three reasons for bein' in the Army. First, I'm patriotic. Second, I love my country. And third, they nailed me.
Pvt. Twardofsky: And that goes for me too!

 

[MilEME09]

So more ISVs and modern Milverados? Stuff the local GM dealership can maintain, and still looks cool to the locals?

Whats the point of recruiting and training vehicle techs if they cant work on anything? I mean this for both Reg and Reserve. ISS contracts mean our techs barely do 1/4 of what they get trained to do.