UN service

[Meridian]

I wonder why that NYPD stat keeps coming up? Its not like its comparable really....

anyway....

the other thing that must be mentioned is that while reservists CURRENTLY volunteer for service abroad, in a time of war, they would be the first (obviously following the RegFor) to be called up into active duty without the explicit permission of the member.

What I mean to say here is that the reserves isnt all voluntary.

 

[ZipperHead]

I‘m trying to decipher what "What I mean to say here is that the reserves isnt all voluntary" means. Do we have consription now to fill the ranks of the reserves? Are people forcably taken from their homes to be part of the militia?

Are you saying that you are unaware that if the poop hit the fan, and you happened to be in a reserve unit, they need you to willingly go out to do what the good people of Canada have paid you to do? How do you justify that type of thinking? "I want the money and the training, but not the responsibility that goes with accepting it....". Even Pauly Shore figured this sh!t out in that "In the Army Now" (or whatever it was called) movie.

Please do me a favour, and never, ever darken the hallways of a recruiting center, Reg Force or Reserve (cadets, for that matter).

Allan

 

[Paul F]

Allan, when Meridan says the reserves isn‘t all voluntary I think he is refering to deployments (and he is right. All the government to do is pass a piece of legislation when the poop hits the fan and off Canadian reservist soldiers go to ****‘s half acre.).

Currently the reserves is totally voluntary in regards to signing up. And I would suspect it will always stay that way. When (or if) conscription comes back sometime in the future, the conscriptees will be conscripted into the Regular Force I assume since that is where they would be most effective.