Jarnhamar
Army.ca Myth
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I'll go out of my way to help young reservists CT to the reg force. I'll push guys and girls. Go regs and get a career or go to school (or do both). Lots of people do.
Hands down the most obnoxious attitude coming from young reservists (such as some of you reading this) is when you get your offer for the reg force and you feel step 1 is to become a total dick head to everyone you worked with the last 5 or 6 years.
Anytime I work with the reg force I can pick out the ex reservists, more often than not they are the ones bitching about the reserves.
Reservists this, reservists that, blah blah blah. You might think it makes you sound bad ***, sound hilarious or make you "fit it".
It doesn't. It makes you sound like a douchbag. The guys around you won't say anything much at first because your doing what they did years ago and they see how stupid they looked.
Worst still, are the guys and girls who haven't even cleared out of their reserve regiment but begin walking around like their some kind of untouchable who's in good with the don.
Accepting an offer to CT somehow elevates you the rank of awesome and you can spend the rest of your limited time talking about all the 'toons' and how ***ked up the reserves are.
Guess what, It's a very small army and quite easy for your "old buddies" to let "new buddies" know about the time you cried because people were making mom jokes towards you or the time you crap your pants on patrol because you ate too much home made beef jerky. Or how you're mysteriously sick 3 hours into every ex any time you go out to the field for a whopping 2 and a half days. Your new buddies will love hearing your nick name is Debie Downer or Glowstick because you last about 6 hours on ex.
It's nice when you come back to your old regiment and visit during special events. Christmas dinner, changes of command etc..
Don't come back and walk around with your nose in the air thinking your Perseus because you learned how to do a 5&20 out the back of a LAV. No one really gives a crap and you'll succeed at impressing BMQ level soldiers.
When you get an offer be thankful, put in whatever time and work you need to do to clear out and don't burn any bridges. You'll never know when you might need a favor from you old buddies or some help from your old regiment.
Hands down the most obnoxious attitude coming from young reservists (such as some of you reading this) is when you get your offer for the reg force and you feel step 1 is to become a total dick head to everyone you worked with the last 5 or 6 years.
Anytime I work with the reg force I can pick out the ex reservists, more often than not they are the ones bitching about the reserves.
Reservists this, reservists that, blah blah blah. You might think it makes you sound bad ***, sound hilarious or make you "fit it".
It doesn't. It makes you sound like a douchbag. The guys around you won't say anything much at first because your doing what they did years ago and they see how stupid they looked.
Worst still, are the guys and girls who haven't even cleared out of their reserve regiment but begin walking around like their some kind of untouchable who's in good with the don.
Accepting an offer to CT somehow elevates you the rank of awesome and you can spend the rest of your limited time talking about all the 'toons' and how ***ked up the reserves are.
Guess what, It's a very small army and quite easy for your "old buddies" to let "new buddies" know about the time you cried because people were making mom jokes towards you or the time you crap your pants on patrol because you ate too much home made beef jerky. Or how you're mysteriously sick 3 hours into every ex any time you go out to the field for a whopping 2 and a half days. Your new buddies will love hearing your nick name is Debie Downer or Glowstick because you last about 6 hours on ex.
It's nice when you come back to your old regiment and visit during special events. Christmas dinner, changes of command etc..
Don't come back and walk around with your nose in the air thinking your Perseus because you learned how to do a 5&20 out the back of a LAV. No one really gives a crap and you'll succeed at impressing BMQ level soldiers.
When you get an offer be thankful, put in whatever time and work you need to do to clear out and don't burn any bridges. You'll never know when you might need a favor from you old buddies or some help from your old regiment.