Jarnhamar
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I bet this gets shit canned fast 
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We really need to stop the bitching between regular force and reserves. It's pathetic.
Everyone always tries to play nice and act cool. Everyone always tries to be civil and righteous and take the upper road and spout off how everyone is green and we all do the same job bla bla bla but we are always ready to bring up an example how the 'other team' has shit pumps'. Everyone tries to act mature but can quickly point out an example of stupidity from the other side (I'm just as guilty of this). We try to nod our head and take the upper road but we like to point out the other teams shortcommings.
The regular force will point out how unprofessional the reserves are or under trained they are. "Their not as good as us". How atrocious their level of physical fitness are. How stupid it is that a res soldier will make corporal in 2 years and a reg will take 4 years. The big difference in training. This much is obvious.
A reservist will try and lord over the fact that they have college or university and try to make regular force soldiers seem dumb. They talk about the "job" being a hobby and attack some reg soldiers for having their grade 10 or being happy with spending their whole life in the army.
The problem with you, me and everyone else is that EVERYTHING is about comparison. Comparing the regular force level of fitness to the reserves. Comparing the level of training, level of maturity, level of life experience (which I'm guilty of). Shooting skills, ranks, time in, training and outlook on life. You're comparing apples and oranges. Ya their both fruits but their different fruits.
Regular force soldiers feel better about themselves by pointing out how their not like reserves. Reservists feel better about themselves by pointing out how their not like regular force soldiers. It's retarded. I always got a laugh out of hearing a certain line of thinking. A reservist would say he enjoys doing whatever and reg would say 'if you like it that much than join the regs!'. You know, it's alright for someone to want to be a reservist. Enjoying "playing army" on week-ends and summers doesn't mean anything other than someone enjoying being a part time soldier.
Likewise someone enjoying doing the army thing as a career doesn't make them any better or worse than someone choosing to spend 7 years fucking around with university. Because someone is "checked out" doesn't mean they need to join the full time army.
The biggest problem with the regs and reserves in the CF is that they try to compare themselves to one another when they simply shouldn't. It's stupid and when people try to compare the two it's simply a mater of trying to boost ones self esteem. Their different monsters, get over it.
I'm practicing aikido and one of the things I like most about it is that there is no competition. There is no sparing because akido is about reacting to someone trying to hit you. It's not about competing but reaching a personal level of excellence and understanding.
Two "aikidoists" would sit there and look at each other in a fight waiting for the other guy to do something. We need to take the same approach in the CF. We need to stop trying (in vain) to compare practices in the full time regular force with the part time reserves with the CIC. Everyone has their own thing to do.
We try to compare ourselves to one another to make ourselves feel better or look better which is garbage.
There are complete idiots in the regs who you wouldn't trust with a pair of scissors from McDonald's and there are super soldiers who perspire professionalism.
There are guys in the reserves who are dirty scumbags and there are guys who rocked their jtf assaulter's course.
Stop worrying about other people and worry about yourself.
In the words of a certain recce platoon warrant from the regs, put your guns away.
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[rant]
We really need to stop the bitching between regular force and reserves. It's pathetic.
Everyone always tries to play nice and act cool. Everyone always tries to be civil and righteous and take the upper road and spout off how everyone is green and we all do the same job bla bla bla but we are always ready to bring up an example how the 'other team' has shit pumps'. Everyone tries to act mature but can quickly point out an example of stupidity from the other side (I'm just as guilty of this). We try to nod our head and take the upper road but we like to point out the other teams shortcommings.
The regular force will point out how unprofessional the reserves are or under trained they are. "Their not as good as us". How atrocious their level of physical fitness are. How stupid it is that a res soldier will make corporal in 2 years and a reg will take 4 years. The big difference in training. This much is obvious.
A reservist will try and lord over the fact that they have college or university and try to make regular force soldiers seem dumb. They talk about the "job" being a hobby and attack some reg soldiers for having their grade 10 or being happy with spending their whole life in the army.
The problem with you, me and everyone else is that EVERYTHING is about comparison. Comparing the regular force level of fitness to the reserves. Comparing the level of training, level of maturity, level of life experience (which I'm guilty of). Shooting skills, ranks, time in, training and outlook on life. You're comparing apples and oranges. Ya their both fruits but their different fruits.
Regular force soldiers feel better about themselves by pointing out how their not like reserves. Reservists feel better about themselves by pointing out how their not like regular force soldiers. It's retarded. I always got a laugh out of hearing a certain line of thinking. A reservist would say he enjoys doing whatever and reg would say 'if you like it that much than join the regs!'. You know, it's alright for someone to want to be a reservist. Enjoying "playing army" on week-ends and summers doesn't mean anything other than someone enjoying being a part time soldier.
Likewise someone enjoying doing the army thing as a career doesn't make them any better or worse than someone choosing to spend 7 years fucking around with university. Because someone is "checked out" doesn't mean they need to join the full time army.
The biggest problem with the regs and reserves in the CF is that they try to compare themselves to one another when they simply shouldn't. It's stupid and when people try to compare the two it's simply a mater of trying to boost ones self esteem. Their different monsters, get over it.
I'm practicing aikido and one of the things I like most about it is that there is no competition. There is no sparing because akido is about reacting to someone trying to hit you. It's not about competing but reaching a personal level of excellence and understanding.
Two "aikidoists" would sit there and look at each other in a fight waiting for the other guy to do something. We need to take the same approach in the CF. We need to stop trying (in vain) to compare practices in the full time regular force with the part time reserves with the CIC. Everyone has their own thing to do.
We try to compare ourselves to one another to make ourselves feel better or look better which is garbage.
There are complete idiots in the regs who you wouldn't trust with a pair of scissors from McDonald's and there are super soldiers who perspire professionalism.
There are guys in the reserves who are dirty scumbags and there are guys who rocked their jtf assaulter's course.
Stop worrying about other people and worry about yourself.
In the words of a certain recce platoon warrant from the regs, put your guns away.
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