Canadian retireds Re-Enlist now ....

[Jon Skagfeld]

The lack of instructors is a given. However, out-sourcing of trades training and Base Ops has freed many soldiers from garrison duties to be able to be deployable.

The remark about Militia (Reserve, please) soldiers being treated as second class is not an issue at, for example, Meaford.

I just finished 4 months as an Instructor/Examiner on Dvr Wh crses at Meaford. During this time I had the opportunity to observe and discuss the relationship between Reg/Res instructors and other staff.

What I determined was that there is really no difference! The Reg Force now fully understand how dependent they are on augmentation by PRes pers.

Examples: The TrgO is a Reservist, the Base DCO is a Reservist, two of the Trg Coy CSMs are Reservists, most Range Control staff are Reservists.

Last Friday, a grad pde of some 300 soldiers ended the 2007 Area Reserve Course trg period at Land Force Central Command Training Centre-Meaford. This number from just one of ??? trg bases in the system.

BTW, all of our Dvr Wh instrs were ex-military, working on an outsourcing contract.