The Future of the Army Reserve - Discuss

[Charlie Echo]

I would really appreciate evidence in either direction. However I will not accept facebook comments by RDF RA as "fact".

Now, if they were to publish official communication from DoD, which notice of release of the VFM would be I would believe that. Before any comments about not being able to publish private correspondence, I'll again state that any notice of the release of the VFM would be official correspondence stating time and place of a press conference, freely available to the public and could be published by RDF RA without issue. If such confirmation was not available to the RDF RA then they should not have published today as a release date.

It is not the first time RDF RA have published unconfirmed information which has turned out to be false and stirred up a hornets nest as a result. I wouldn't be the first person to suggest that such releases are designed to force the DoD to make a statement to clarify the matter.

[DeV]

VFM reports don't usually mean a press conference!

[Charlie Echo]

There normally is an event to publish the report, generally a small scale press conference. Not exactly on the plinth kinda stuff, just an event to mark the publication.

[Goldie fish]

The RDFra have been "incorrect" in their pleadings already, relatively recently. They won't see the contents of the VFM any sooner than anyone else with access to the DoD website.

[Docman]

I wonder will they be inciting us to mutiny again!

What would that make it? 3rd time this year?

My local ministers office just rang the DOD for me....

There is the start of the mutiny

(Sorry for the slagging CE but it had to be done)

[Charlie Echo]

Slagging? I've had a sod soaking in petrol on the end of a pike sine june... I'm just waiting for someone to give me a spin the four courts!! hahahahahahahaha

[DeV]

There normally is an event to publish the report, generally a small scale press conference. Not exactly on the plinth kinda stuff, just an event to mark the publication.

There have 4 without even a press release!:
AC maintenance
NS maintenance
Military training lands
Clothing

The RDFra have been "incorrect" in their pleadings already, relatively recently.

You mean the southern brigade thing?
It wasn't incorrect, the orders were changed.

[Docman]

You mean the southern brigade thing?
It wasn't incorrect, the orders were changed.

RDFRA believes that the evidence is irrefutable that the Military authorities are pre-empting any formal announcement of any decision on the future structure, shape and role of the RDF by withdrawing resource support from it and closing it down in advance of any formal announcement on our future.

I was one of the first to see the order. I didn't take much notice of it as I understood what it was trying to achieve and did not see "irrefutable evidence" of anything that RDFRA were claiming. As always, the priority of the PDF was the PDF and they were putting the RDF on a slow burner until after their re-org, especially given that the Bde HQ that the RDF units were reporting to was also being re-orged.

A few days later, RDFRA started a storm over the issue. I still have no idea what all the fuss was about - especially when you consider that people were planning to march on Dail Eireann in Uniform?

[DeV]

The order said limit training for 1 month and cancel training for 2 further months.

In away I agree (didn't say anything about closing units etc and more was read into it).

But given the DOD who knows

[Goldie fish]

The order said limit training for 1 month and cancel training for 2 further months.

In away I agree (didn't say anything about closing units etc and more was read into it).

But given the DOD who knows

Did you see the order?

[DeV]

Yes and just reread it to confirm what I said is correct

[Docman]

The order said limit training for 1 month and cancel training for 2 further months.

And how does this equate to "that the evidence is irrefutable that the Military authorities are ..... closing it down".

Sorry for the attack but it is difficult to excuse RDFRAs recent actions

[DeV]

See post 2820

[Saab]

they were putting the RDF on a slow burner until

The RDF has been oon the slow burner for years. How much slower can it get??

especially when you consider that people were planning to march on Dail Eireann in Uniform?

I think they were ranting rather than planning.
Lets face it most of the ranters are probably the ones that hhardly turn up on a parade night.
Do you really think they would turn up at the Dail?
Like without employment protection????????????

[trellheim]

It would appear that many posters to the RDFRA facebook page are not being read the "Acts" as they are required to be done from time to time.