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Originally posted by Fantasia View PostThere are militaries with much worse unionisation than ours. The Finns down tools when they reach their weekly work hours regardless of what is going on. They will get up and walk out of a meeting and say "my hours are done"
It's going to be fun for us trying to implement the WTD. We need to do it but by the same token we can't have people just walking off the job in the middle of a task.
Anyway. We digress.Perhaps we should open a new thread on Retention and maybe try to come up with some outside of the box ideas that might help?"Let us be clear about three facts. First, all battles and all wars are won in the end by the infantryman. Secondly, the infantryman always bears the brunt. His casualties are heavier, he suffers greater extremes of discomfort and fatigue than the other arms. Thirdly, the art of the infantryman is less stereotyped and far harder to acquire in modern war than that of any other arm." ------- Field Marshall Wavell, April 1945.
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Originally posted by Fantasia View PostIt will be counted if they try and leave.
Have a look at the strength of the FLR
It isn’t enforced. As at 31/8/12 the strength of the FLR was 264 all ranks. FLR Personnel haven’t been called up for training since 1987 (there have been NS Officers who have been) and the annual cost is still € ~60k. Source for that is the RDF VFM.
If the contractual obligations were enforced the FLR strength would be a lot higher.
Have a look at the current FLR strength on IKON ..... bet it is even lower (which considering the amount of people leaving it should be much higher).
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Originally posted by DeV View PostHave a look at the strength of the FLR
It isn’t enforced. As at 31/8/12 the strength of the FLR was 264 all ranks. FLR Personnel haven’t been called up for training since 1987 (there have been NS Officers who have been) and the annual cost is still € ~60k. Source for that is the RDF VFM.
If the contractual obligations were enforced the FLR strength would be a lot higher.
Have a look at the current FLR strength on IKON ..... bet it is even lower (which considering the amount of people leaving it should be much higher).
You would be very surprised how many leave, try to get residency in another country and when they say that they were in the DF and they look to see their discharge papers look to buy themselves off the FLR as they cannot get approved otherwise
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Originally posted by na grohmitĂ View PostThe person who must step up to the plate here (or take full responsibility) is the CoS. If pushed the "minister" will say he didn't know there was a problem as the CoS didn't tell him, and if he did etc..
As happened some time ago on a prime time piece, where the "minister" threw the CoS under the bus.
So it's now or never.Covid 19 is not over ....it's still very real..Hand Hygiene, Social Distancing and Masks.. keep safe
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Originally posted by Rhodes View PostAs of the 28 February, the Defence Forces strength has fallen to a new low with just 8,857 troops, including Recruits, 2 Stars, Cadets and Apprentices.
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Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear. I know it's bad but didn't realise how bad. Do you have any idea how many recruits, 2 stars, cadets and apprentices there are at the minute? We cannot recruit our way out of this, that's plain to see. How the Dept can continue with this approach is beyond me.
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I know a large portion of the Irish population think the Army is an unnecessary luxury - I didn't know the DoD were amongst their number...'He died who loved to live,' they'll say,
'Unselfishly so we might have today!'
Like hell! He fought because he had to fight;
He died that's all. It was his unlucky night.
http://www.salamanderoasis.org/poems...nnis/luck.html
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Originally posted by Flamingo View PostI know a large portion of the Irish population think the Army is an unnecessary luxury - I didn't know the DoD were amongst their number...
It was the year of fire...the year of destruction...the year we took back what was ours.
It was the year of rebirth...the year of great sadness...the year of pain...and the year of joy.
It was a new age...It was the end of history.
It was the year everything changed.
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