Hey, totally agree with you. I just feel sorry for the guy thoughGeorge Wallace said:Lingling
Would you feel safe driving with this guy, knowing he could have a flashback at any time? How about if he had a loaded gun in his hands? Perhaps he could be flying a plane, when it happens? What do you think now?
George Wallace said:Just a quick note to tempest77
You may want to try harder with your spelling........."Forces stuggling to recruit..." has garnered a lot of attention so far on what I hoped you meant......"Struggling". I fixed it for you. All posts, except quotes, should have the correct spelling now..... ;D
....Or is stuggling a new term for something completely different, and we all missed it?
George Wallace said:....Or is stuggling a new term for something completely different, and we all missed it?
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=7cc3e369-ab50-4c3d-8567-fabd1aa349bc&k=16656
Give this a read, the kicker is at the top of the second page. It would appear that I, also have misconceptions about the purpose of our military. Letters to Pauline Tam anyone?
"CFRG has achieved a level of success this past year that has exceeded all expectations. Due to the colossal efforts of personnel at all levels, and a renewed CF recruiting culture that maintains 'everyone in uniform is a recruiter', the Reg Force target of slightly more than 5500 was exceeded by 6 %, bringing the total number of Reg Force enrollees to more than 5800."
"While Recruiting Group had met the previous several years' recruitment goals with remarkable success, last year the CF embarked on a level of expansion not seen since the Korean War. The target set for 2005 - 2006 - more than 550 new full-time members - was an ambitious 25% increase over the previous year."
LIKELY said:So we need to train more...
Springroll said:If I recall correctly, it's after basic where they are running into the issues.
You have all these basic trained recruits and nowhere to put them after, so they are stuck on PAT waiting for an SQ/3's course to open up. Then we get a backlog, and the vicious circle continues.
TCBF said:Another free dental program for Maritimers who can't afford to get their teeth fixed!
;D
Quagmire said:Relax security clearences. Um hell no. They are many reasons why recruiting is meessed up but security clearences aren't where I'd be cutting.