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Due to the current op tempo there is a possibility this summer that PRes soldiers might not be able to get full time employment even if they want it. Why? Because there are so few RegF pers available to do summer instructional taskings (talking primarily Sgt’s here) due to managed readiness.
Apparently the various areas have cunning plans to do leadership training early in the summer so that these newly qualified people can roll into instruction roles for the remainder of the summer. Fact is that unless PRes soldiers pony up to fill these bills there just isn’t the avail in the RegF to backfill this summer….hence serials being cancelled.
Couple of points before you all flame me to death:
1. Army Individual Trg is actively looking at decentralizing courses (ie back to the armoury floors);
2. Managed Readiness was only designed around roughly 1200 pers deployments – current rotation is like 2300….
Training will happen this summer. Virtually every able-bodied RegF in the trg system of appropriate rank to teach will down tools to run courses this summer (big time negative impact on standards, courseware development, CoE duties...). The success of this summer, which rolls into the effectiveness of a ton of PRes units will depend on the willingness of the PRes to man the trg system….