Predictions

[greyfox]

anyone care to predict the short term future of the DF both PDF - RDF in coming years? , think it would be interesting to look back in few years and see if we were doom merchants or we were too optimistic ,

[DeV]

Units not being able to hold anything but training parades (due to cutbacks on rations, accomodiation, transport), mandays drastically reduced, lower/no grat for the majority as a result -> mass exodus

[bunny shooter]

A lot of people will be wondering what the term RDF stood for

TBH nearly there already

[SwiftandSure]

I predict more and more cutbacks!

[DeV]

Except we don't have MAGs!

[hptmurphy]

I predict that there is ahidden agenda within the DF and the department to make the reserve so unworkable for the members that it will be wound down.

I spoke with an officer last week who agrees with this prediction...and this guy would be very cagey normally to predict such things.

[DeV]

I've also heard they are doing a VFM review of the RDF!

[greyfox]

RDF camps reduced to 7 days ftt for all from next year , integration scrapped permanently ,grat gone , a restriction on fieldays , no career courses from 2010 , recruiting stopped either this year or next , if the depression is short the RDF may just survive but if its long which is likely we may be witnessing the twilight ,

PDF barrack closures , ban on recruitment carried on for next four years , limited promotions , no new equipment for significantly longer , a slashing of the defense budget ,a limiting on exercises ,
reduced UN involvement , the progress the DF has made over the last years gradually erased by stagnation and poor moral ,

[madmark]

i think the time is ripe for the general staff to deal the death blow to what they see as a drain on ever dwindling resources since the reorg the reserve has being dying a very slow and painfull death

[Truck Driver]

RDF camps reduced to 7 days ftt for all from next year , integration scrapped permanently ,grat gone , a restriction on fieldays , no career courses from 2010 , recruiting stopped either this year or next , if the depression is short the RDF may just survive but if its long which is likely we may be witnessing the twilight ,

PDF barrack closures , ban on recruitment carried on for next four years , limited promotions , no new equipment for significantly longer , a slashing of the defense budget ,a limiting on exercises ,
reduced UN involvement , the progress the DF has made over the last years gradually erased by stagnation and poor moral ,

Can recall that when I joined first (1989), we only did 7 days FTT at that point.
'Tis only in the last 8-9 years that I' ve seen 2 weeks FTT - e.g; Cav on PSO Exs,
Corps Concentration Camps, Arty Gunnery Shoots, etc...

No Career Courses would lead to a stagnation in the rank, promotion wise, but
would certainly have the effect of offloading those on retirement who are serving
supernumerary, e.g; where 2 units merged on the Re-Org, you had 2 BSMs, for instance

Would be sceptical that the new units, e.g; RDFTA, Bde HQ, etc., would have accounted for
all these supernumerary ranks in the RDF

Probably at least one more occupied post will get the bullet, IMHO....

If the DF is serious about maintaining a Reserve (I see some folks here are doubting that),
then a reduction in training/exercises would not be the way to go about it....

[hedgehog]

An extra position for a General will be announced and 3 full colonels to support him

this new General will be responsible for implementing the cut backs and embargos

it will also appease the senior officers

1 Token NCO will be promoted

[DeV]

An extra position for a General will be announced and 3 full colonels to support him

this new General will be responsible for implementing the cut backs and embargos

Sure they will be getting rid of 1 in a few months (either one of 2 Lt Generals)

[hedgehog]

wont happen

during the last embargo- we got an extra Brig Gen

[DeV]

i think the time is ripe for the general staff to deal the death blow to what they see as a drain on ever dwindling resources since the reorg the reserve has being dying a very slow and painfull death

I wish they would get on with it.

Can recall that when I joined first (1989), we only did 7 days FTT at that point.
'Tis only in the last 8-9 years that I' ve seen 2 weeks FTT - e.g; Cav on PSO Exs,
Corps Concentration Camps, Arty Gunnery Shoots, etc...

When I joined in 1998 there was only 7 days FTT, 14 days were courses/duties. It was around 2002 that they started "wasting" the days (they had so many days but we didn't really do anything with them).

[trellheim]

reserve has being dying a very slow and painfull death

which is a lot to do with people who don't like change in the RDF, and not due to the mainline PDF who have generally been supportive, if a little bemused.