Jarnhamar
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In the reserves why do we send injured soldiers on physically demanding jobs tasks and even work up training for overseas?
A friend of mine was just put in charge of close to a dozen privates and corporals for a tasking. No less than 3 of them showed up with work restrictions. 2 of them pretty major.
If the tasking is, oh say enemy force, why would we send soldiers on that tasking who
can't carry a rucksack,
can't carry their C7,
can't WEAR their tacvest and
can't sleep in the field over night?
It reminds me of seeing soldiers show up for driving tasks ( Read 404's required ) without any 404's?
"Well just find them a desk job or something, find something they CAN do"
Why should it be up to a junior leader to cater to an individual showing up for a job knowing full well they will be unable to carry out their job?
Same goes with work up training for tour. Reserve soldiers at the pte/cpl level showing up for the job broken.
PT on own time, no webbing marches, must attend physio therapy Mondays wendsdays and Thursdays (Defiantly not Fridays : ). They spend 6 (now 12) months on a chit and still deploy.
What?
I just don't understand it.
Sending soldiers who are physically unable to do a physically demanding job, to me, seems counter productive.
A friend of mine was just put in charge of close to a dozen privates and corporals for a tasking. No less than 3 of them showed up with work restrictions. 2 of them pretty major.
If the tasking is, oh say enemy force, why would we send soldiers on that tasking who
can't carry a rucksack,
can't carry their C7,
can't WEAR their tacvest and
can't sleep in the field over night?
It reminds me of seeing soldiers show up for driving tasks ( Read 404's required ) without any 404's?
"Well just find them a desk job or something, find something they CAN do"
Why should it be up to a junior leader to cater to an individual showing up for a job knowing full well they will be unable to carry out their job?
Same goes with work up training for tour. Reserve soldiers at the pte/cpl level showing up for the job broken.
PT on own time, no webbing marches, must attend physio therapy Mondays wendsdays and Thursdays (Defiantly not Fridays : ). They spend 6 (now 12) months on a chit and still deploy.
What?
I just don't understand it.
Sending soldiers who are physically unable to do a physically demanding job, to me, seems counter productive.