BKells said:Now don't jump all over me here... but I heard from a reliable source that this JATF / Rapid-Reaction force was going to be a reserve posting/tasking..
BKells said:Now don't jump all over me here... but I heard from a reliable source that this JATF / Rapid-Reaction force was going to be a reserve posting/tasking..
A Reserve SOF component has been discussed but we will have to wait for SOG Command (or whatever its new name is) to sort itself out. There are Reserves in JTF2 and there are reserve components of the US Green Berets, UK SAS, etc so why wouldn't there be an spot for Reserves in the SOG?
heard the same thing as Rumint from dudes who would know, several months ago. Plan is to build it up with Reg force Light Infantry fellers then, once the basic infrastructure is in place, use them to train the other trades/components up to par. But, they intend to rape the Battalions (primarily the Lightfighters) of all their senior guys with advanced courses to fill the required slots, then recruit all of the youngsters to get it up and running as fast as possible, then start worrying about how to bring cooks and clerks, up to Standard, then start worrying about how to do the same with the Reserves. All of the dudes 'recruited' with Advanced courses - Adv Recce, PPF, MOI, Adv TOW, etc, will become slaves to their courses for their first couple of years in the new unit.little jim said:"In the steady state once the JATF is up and running, the intent is for it to be a Joint CF Unit which will draw upon the full range of personnel to be members...My understanding, for what it is worth, is that once it is up and running then it will be open to everyone like JTF 2. These guys would probably have to be on the same NTM as the 'ski team'.
CFL said:Can't speak for the other units but I thought the reservists in the JTF were under a full time contract upon being picked up vice a part-time contingency of black pj wearing squirrels.
GO!!! said:For the record, I would have no problem with reservists in any unit, providing that they are held to the same standard
GO!!! said:but they would have to sign a full time contract, losing many of their rights and priviliges afforded to them as a civilian.
GO!!! said:To me, full time contract = full time soldier, so would not these reservists be in fact undertaking a component transfer to a reg force unit?
Ghost778 said:If a reserve soldier was awarded a year long class C contract with the regular force and a regular force soldier became available to take the position they could actually just tell the reservists that he has 30 days and he's done?
CFL said:Would not a reservist signing a 3 year contract be guaranteed that money and benefits regardless of them canning you early. Wouldn't that amount to breach of contract if they didn't?
wack-in-iraq said:this was a really interesting thread, can we stay away from the reg vs res topic before it gets trashed ?