Only 500 troops available by September: report
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I signed up, it took two years to get back in after being out for more then 10 years, we are short of corporals, and master corporals and sergeants and I had to start from scratch. Everyone told me things have changed and that I need to take all of the courses, BMQ, SQ1 and SQ2, it was all ****, the weapons changed a little but that was it, I could have gone on a weekend refresher and been up to par.
I guess I am a little disappointed, I worked hard to get back in and having to re-start has made me a little bitter, especially when I could have taught the BMQ, watching instructors reading the pre-printed lesson plans and not knowing simple answers to the lecture made it very frustrating for me, then the resentment from them if you raised your hand and gave the answer, I guess I am still bitter.
It took two years to get back in even after I harassed the **** out of the recruiting office, I think the doing the recruiting at the Regular force depot is a crock, you get the feeling you are in a government office when you walk in and everyone ignores you, then you tell them you’re a reservist and they go “oh just wait and will find someoneâ€.
I guess I am a little disappointed, I worked hard to get back in and having to re-start has made me a little bitter, especially when I could have taught the BMQ, watching instructors reading the pre-printed lesson plans and not knowing simple answers to the lecture made it very frustrating for me, then the resentment from them if you raised your hand and gave the answer, I guess I am still bitter.
It took two years to get back in even after I harassed the **** out of the recruiting office, I think the doing the recruiting at the Regular force depot is a crock, you get the feeling you are in a government office when you walk in and everyone ignores you, then you tell them you’re a reservist and they go “oh just wait and will find someoneâ€.
Trap, how long did it take you to get in and are you bitter about it?
Old Guy, the Army Reserves are actually growing. The government has agreed to a strength increase of 750 for this fiscal year and 750 for next fiscal year along with the appropriate funding and equipment. Another 1500 may be approved in the years after depending on the success of this initial growth in an effort to bring the total strength up to 18,500. This is all being done through the Land Force Reserve Restructure project that is working on strengthening the foundation of the Army Reserve and building upon that foundation to develop an organization that is relevant to the needs of the Army and to Canada.
As for the topic of this discussion thread, Army Commanders past and present have been saying for quite a few years that the Army cannot keep up with the operational tempo in this time of constant budget and personnel cuts. This should not be news to anyone. We are just probably now at the time where the Army and probably the CF are in the position where they have no choice but to say no, no more. Is it as bad as reported? I have no idea. But I‘ll let you in on a little secret, we‘re coming up to Federal Budget time and departments are now in the position of having to posture. My guess is, you‘re going to be hearing a lot of doom and gloom stories from now until the budget is announced. That‘s the nature of the beast. And it‘s not just DND. We‘re going to hear how our health care system is going to collapse, we‘re going to hear about how our roads and infrastructure are crumbling to nothing and on and on it goes. But don‘t forget, if we don‘t tell the stories about how badly we need the funding, we‘re not going to get it.
Old Guy, the Army Reserves are actually growing. The government has agreed to a strength increase of 750 for this fiscal year and 750 for next fiscal year along with the appropriate funding and equipment. Another 1500 may be approved in the years after depending on the success of this initial growth in an effort to bring the total strength up to 18,500. This is all being done through the Land Force Reserve Restructure project that is working on strengthening the foundation of the Army Reserve and building upon that foundation to develop an organization that is relevant to the needs of the Army and to Canada.
As for the topic of this discussion thread, Army Commanders past and present have been saying for quite a few years that the Army cannot keep up with the operational tempo in this time of constant budget and personnel cuts. This should not be news to anyone. We are just probably now at the time where the Army and probably the CF are in the position where they have no choice but to say no, no more. Is it as bad as reported? I have no idea. But I‘ll let you in on a little secret, we‘re coming up to Federal Budget time and departments are now in the position of having to posture. My guess is, you‘re going to be hearing a lot of doom and gloom stories from now until the budget is announced. That‘s the nature of the beast. And it‘s not just DND. We‘re going to hear how our health care system is going to collapse, we‘re going to hear about how our roads and infrastructure are crumbling to nothing and on and on it goes. But don‘t forget, if we don‘t tell the stories about how badly we need the funding, we‘re not going to get it.
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some issues that are getting me pi**ed off. Most reg combat arms regt‘s would be willing to go anywhere (maybe not Bosnia again).It is mostly CSS trades that are burnt out because of constant tours to Bosnia where we are not needed anymore.As for the reserves being augumented to regt‘s no prob, the only thing about augumentation is qualifications.You may have a reservist with a basic L.A.V. gunnnery crse or dvr etc.but when do they get the chance to hone their skills ie. cbt team attacks.It‘not just L.A.V courses it could be T.O.W. ,recce and so on.A unit never operates alone,you need to know how to work with combined arms. Basic crses are just that BASIC.Even in the regs recently we lacking at skills. What it all boils down to is money.
some issues that are getting me pi**ed off. Most reg combat arms regt‘s would be willing to go anywhere (maybe not Bosnia again).It is mostly CSS trades that are burnt out because of constant tours to Bosnia where we are not needed anymore.As for the reserves being augumented to regt‘s no prob, the only thing about augumentation is qualifications.You may have a reservist with a basic L.A.V. gunnnery crse or dvr etc.but when do they get the chance to hone their skills ie. cbt team attacks.It‘not just L.A.V courses it could be T.O.W. ,recce and so on.A unit never operates alone,you need to know how to work with combined arms. Basic crses are just that BASIC.Even in the regs recently we lacking at skills. What it all boils down to is money.
