The Future of the Army Reserve - Discuss

[DeV]

Not to be a regulatory nerd or anything..... but , R5 is a DFR and goes through all the various levels of consultation to be amended once decided... about a year, Part 9 is an Admin Instr and is amended at the stroke of a generals pen. Bottom line is the department own one and the military own the other , so they can't really do certain things all that fast....

R5 was amended in a major way in 2005. With no consultation whatever the FCA was removed, a lot of clothing and financial admin was put into Admin Instr where it had been in regs; everyone thought this was a new era but in actual fact it was - as is so always the case - one man's brilliance . Since then its been a pile of shite.

And here we are 12 years on and according to the Defence Acts we are still members of the FCA

[The real Jack]

Training recruits? Yeah sure that'll be 4 weeks camp using up basically all your annual leave...... limiting your pool of instructors to students and the unemployed is slightly short sighted.

[cnn]

https://twitter.com/PeterOHalloran1/...35908537516033

Is that a RDF Col in the front row or a PDF Col, as far as I was aware the highest RDF rank was that of Lt Col.

Anyone?

[cnn]

https://mobile.twitter.com/PeterOHal...35908537516033

Are they promoting RDF officers to as high at Col now?

[DeV]

https://mobile.twitter.com/PeterOHal...35908537516033

Are they promoting RDF officers to as high at Col now?

That would be a PDF Col (Sch Comdt Inf Sch & D Inf)

[trellheim]

Correct and right.

[The real Jack]

Just browsing through the ACOS's twitter, its amazingly petty how the RDF officers peakers were got rid of so fast. "the lord giveth and the lord taketh away"!

[Infy]

Plenty still wearing them judging by the st Patrick's day photos on book face.

[popeye]

There is even talk of Commanders job in the NSR!!!!!

[ODIN]

So are the NSR taking over one of the AR Lt Col positions, or getting one of their own?

[trellheim]

Someone did mention sometime ago about a CS4 change for the NSR but I am not sure what that all meant.

[DeV]

Given the apparent change of heart from the NS towards the NSR I doubt it.

[Bravo20]

To be honest I was always surprised they didn't get one when they were first announced

[Cosantor]

https://www.kildarestreet.com/wrans/?id=2017-02-02a.985


Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)

369. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason members of the Reserve Defence Force wore the peak cap during the 1916 commemorations, in tandem with their Permanent Defence Force colleagues, but have now been instructed to wear the glengarry cap as their headdress for future parades; and the way in which this instruction tallies with the single force concept. [5278/17]






Paul KehoePaul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)

The issue of military dress is a matter for the appropriate military authorities, in line with the relevant Defence Forces Regulations and Administrative Instructions, which set out in detail what can be worn by military personnel and when. Peak Caps are not part of the issue to RDF members.

I am informed, however that a temporary derogation in this regard was granted by the Deputy Chief of Staff (Support) to a limited number of RDF members, who were selected to march in the Centenary Easter Sunday Parade in Dublin in 2016, for ceremonial reasons. This derogation ended after the parade.

[DeV]

https://www.kildarestreet.com/wrans/?id=2017-02-02a.985


Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)

369. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason members of the Reserve Defence Force wore the peak cap during the 1916 commemorations, in tandem with their Permanent Defence Force colleagues, but have now been instructed to wear the glengarry cap as their headdress for future parades; and the way in which this instruction tallies with the single force concept. [5278/17]







Paul KehoePaul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)

The issue of military dress is a matter for the appropriate military authorities, in line with the relevant Defence Forces Regulations and Administrative Instructions, which set out in detail what can be worn by military personnel and when. Peak Caps are not part of the issue to RDF members.

I am informed, however that a temporary derogation in this regard was granted by the Deputy Chief of Staff (Support) to a limited number of RDF members, who were selected to march in the Centenary Easter Sunday Parade in Dublin in 2016, for ceremonial reasons. This derogation ended after the parade.

Another waste of taxpayers money