- Reaction score
- 0
- Points
- 10
Wow. Lots of reserve bashing.
Not sure if this will cheese anyone off and I usually stay out of this stuff but its hard sometimes, especially seeing some of the same names over and over bashing away thread after thread.
I think it was 48th Regulator (sorry if I'm wrong) earlier that said that on his tour he didn't know of anyone staying back that didn't have compassionate4 leave or was a ****up. I would challenge anyone to say differently. If anyone wants a tour nowadays, all you have to do is find the right person to talk to and you can get transferred in. As an infanteer, if you aren't going on a tour nowadays or in the future, you don't want to. Anyone challenging this on this thread better be sending an e-mail higher to complain about not getting a tour. I'm sure it can be arranged.
As for hitormiss, on my singular piddly little tour I saw plenty of bad reserve leaders and bad reg leaders. The critical difference IMHO is all the reg guys know the reg leader for a long time before so its easy to forgive their failings (leadership, personality or otherwise). They'd still get you killed just as fast but at least you know who you are and they always got the benefit of the doubt over a newer reserve guy (2 tours under their belt or not).
I'd think as a senior reg Cpl it would be excellent pers development to be able to guide a res MCpl with less experience to help ensure the success of the section as a whole. The res guy succeeds, you succeed and, if the good reg leaders notice you, there are kudos to collect later. Everyone wins. Unfortunately its far and few between to be seen on tours. I would throw out A Coy of 2PPCLI in Croatia in 93. I heard a lot of good things from buddies about that Coy as an example of Res to Reg incorporation/cooporation on a tour (no I wasn't in that Coy). I'm sure it wasn't perfect but its something to discuss.
Not sure if this will cheese anyone off and I usually stay out of this stuff but its hard sometimes, especially seeing some of the same names over and over bashing away thread after thread.
I think it was 48th Regulator (sorry if I'm wrong) earlier that said that on his tour he didn't know of anyone staying back that didn't have compassionate4 leave or was a ****up. I would challenge anyone to say differently. If anyone wants a tour nowadays, all you have to do is find the right person to talk to and you can get transferred in. As an infanteer, if you aren't going on a tour nowadays or in the future, you don't want to. Anyone challenging this on this thread better be sending an e-mail higher to complain about not getting a tour. I'm sure it can be arranged.
As for hitormiss, on my singular piddly little tour I saw plenty of bad reserve leaders and bad reg leaders. The critical difference IMHO is all the reg guys know the reg leader for a long time before so its easy to forgive their failings (leadership, personality or otherwise). They'd still get you killed just as fast but at least you know who you are and they always got the benefit of the doubt over a newer reserve guy (2 tours under their belt or not).
I'd think as a senior reg Cpl it would be excellent pers development to be able to guide a res MCpl with less experience to help ensure the success of the section as a whole. The res guy succeeds, you succeed and, if the good reg leaders notice you, there are kudos to collect later. Everyone wins. Unfortunately its far and few between to be seen on tours. I would throw out A Coy of 2PPCLI in Croatia in 93. I heard a lot of good things from buddies about that Coy as an example of Res to Reg incorporation/cooporation on a tour (no I wasn't in that Coy). I'm sure it wasn't perfect but its something to discuss.