I get 5 days annual leave extra on the strength of a letter requesting my attendance at a course of full time training.
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"He is an enemy officer taken in battle and entitled to fair treatment."
"No, sir. He's a sergeant, and they don't deserve no respect at all, sir. I should know. They're cunning and artful, if they're any good. I wouldn't mind if he was an officer, sir. But sergeants are clever."
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Hey guys its very simple. If you sign up knowing that you will take a big hit financially if called out then family comes first and the choice is very simple.
Don't sign up in the first place or suck it up in the second. If you pray for rain you can't complain about the mud."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 apod View PostHey guys its very simple. If you sign up knowing that you will take a big hit financially if called out then family comes first and the choice is very simple.
Don't sign up in the first place or suck it up in the second. If you pray for rain you can't complain about the mud.
I still think it's an interesting discussion though!
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Well, at the moment I’d have thought that everyone is the Reserves is either:
1. In an essential occupation and therefore should be exempt from call-up as a “reserved” occupation (no pun intended) and already doing a vital job
Or
2. Sitting at home scratching their bollix (or whatever) and looking at Netflix, therefore available for mobilisation at little inconvenience to either themselves or their employer.
Is that a reasonable summary?Last edited by Flamingo; 27 March 2020, 21:17.'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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1st line Reserve, most likely called up first (pardon the pun). Anyone who left the PDF since 2014/5 is on that list. I dont know the number but it is most likely over a thousand, so similar number to current RDF effective strength or maybe we will all get the call if it goes as bad as Italy or Spain. Stay in and stay safe until the phone rings.
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Originally posted by Flamingo View PostWell, at the moment I’d have thought that everyone is the Reserves is either:
1. In an essential occupation and therefore should be exempt from call-up as a “reserved” occupation (no pun intended) and already doing a vital job
Or
2. Sitting at home scratching their bollix (or whatever) and looking at Netflix, therefore available for mobilisation at little inconvenience to either themselves or their employer.
Is that a reasonable summary?
Many hundreds of thousands or more either unable to work or unfortunately out of work.Last edited by Auldsod; 28 March 2020, 10:09.
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Originally posted by Auldsod View PostNot at all. I'm stuck working from home but it's been 12 hours and we're up the wall. Hundreds of thousands in same position across the country.
Many hundreds of thousands or more either unable to work or unfortunately out of work.
At this stage, even people who have been self-isolating from the start waiting for a test will be coming to the end of that if they haven’t developed symptoms.Last edited by Flamingo; 27 March 2020, 23:38.'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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Many people keep telling me the 1st Line Reserve is a thing. I have never once seen it mobilised or used or paraded. Asking PDF do you actually get transferred to it because I thought that all went by the wayside years ago ,"Are they trying to shoot down the other drone? "
"No, they're trying to fly the tank"
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Originally posted by batterysgt View Post1st line Reserve, most likely called up first (pardon the pun). Anyone who left the PDF since 2014/5 is on that list. I dont know the number but it is most likely over a thousand, so similar number to current RDF effective strength or maybe we will all get the call if it goes as bad as Italy or Spain. Stay in and stay safe until the phone rings.
If someone left after 5 years they owe 7 on the FLR. After 9 years service they owe 3years on the FLR
The numbers in the Bdes are around a Pl each is all.
None have kit or equipment. None have any desire to be there ... thats why they left in the first place.
Try mobilising them ... be more effort than it is worth.Last edited by Fantasia; 28 March 2020, 16:08.
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As of 31st July 2019, the substantive strength of the First Line Reserve is 296 personnel; the effective strength of the Army Reserve is 1549 personnel and that of the Naval Service Reserve is 141 personnel.
They have to apply to join the FLR and get a grat for filling in the form annually
How does that compare to the huge numbers who have left in the last 5 years
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