Tom_Swift said:
Okay so went to the recruiting center a while back they told me Army and Air reserve were full in the GTA. I've filled my Application out but I am clueless on a couple of things, with the 3 occupations are they from the one are we are applying I guess I will be forced to apply for Naval Reserve as the other two are full.
Is it common for people in Naval Reserve to switch into Infantry Reserve after training? Are there professions that if I volunteered to go to the sandbox would keep me off the front lines?
Tanks for any advice and information ahead of time.
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Now to clarify a few things from
Your Post:
1. No one is "forced" to join or apply for any part of the Regular or Reserve Forces.
2. The Naval Reserve is not at all related in any way to the Air or the Army Reserves, nor any element of the Regular Force, in that you will require to go through a Component Transfer from one to any of the others.
3. If one wants to change Trades, they must go through a process to change Trades, and most Trades are not transferable between the different Elements (Air, Land or Sea).
4. Your wording leads one to believe that your motives to join the Reserves are not the best, but yes there are Trades that will take you to Afghanistan and not necessarily put you in the "Front Lines". You do, of course, realize that the CF has a policy that "you are a soldier first, and a Tradesman second" which means that you will be expected to function effectively to defend yourself and your comrades should you be put in a possition to do so. You also realize that there are no defined "Front Lines" in Afghanistan.
5. I would highly recommend that you do a lot more reading on this site and learn the use of the Search Function, as the questions you are asking have fairly well been covered in detail already.
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