This one is an off-shoot of the Reserve is dead thread.
I am firmly of the opinion that the RDF should be solely infantry based.
One of the main functions of the DF is to provide an infantry battalion for overseas service. The civil servant penny-pinching scum-bstards will eventually get their way and reduce the DF to a two brigade structure hence a six infantry battalion (plus two each corps units) Army. These two factors will mean that RDF pers will have to take up the slack. Lets not get into the job security issue here, it has been discussed elsewhere.
Training. Once an RDF person gets beyond the basics and into corps-specific training we run into problems. For example an RDF Cav unit took several years to get personnel through a gunnery course and gained one qualified person out of it. I'm sure that similar problems have been encountered across the board.
My plan would be to have 9 (or 6 if the civil servant penny-pinching scum-bstards get their way) RDF infantry battalions mirror their PDF counterparts who are responsible for administering/training their RDF personnel. Discharged PDF heads will have to report for their reserve training with their old unit, particularly ex-Corps unit personnel.
I am firmly of the opinion that the RDF should be solely infantry based.
One of the main functions of the DF is to provide an infantry battalion for overseas service. The civil servant penny-pinching scum-bstards will eventually get their way and reduce the DF to a two brigade structure hence a six infantry battalion (plus two each corps units) Army. These two factors will mean that RDF pers will have to take up the slack. Lets not get into the job security issue here, it has been discussed elsewhere.
Training. Once an RDF person gets beyond the basics and into corps-specific training we run into problems. For example an RDF Cav unit took several years to get personnel through a gunnery course and gained one qualified person out of it. I'm sure that similar problems have been encountered across the board.
My plan would be to have 9 (or 6 if the civil servant penny-pinching scum-bstards get their way) RDF infantry battalions mirror their PDF counterparts who are responsible for administering/training their RDF personnel. Discharged PDF heads will have to report for their reserve training with their old unit, particularly ex-Corps unit personnel.
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