Really? If the CF needs res augmentees, then maybe that is the place to spend some resources.
I'm not saying it's right or wrong, but if the CF is counting and relying on Res mbrs coming forward to serve on these deployments, and they pull pin halfway through due to shitty accomodations and poor tng standards, then maybe this is EXACTLY where we need to spend some resources, else we can't staff and deploy the TFs.
I've got lots of buddies who've been, are tng to go, or are chomping at the bit to get over there; hell, I've got family in the same boat, some who've been there three or four times to date, and I salute them for it. Those who are reservists are sucking hind teat every time they get in line, and that's making many others debate why they would do it.
Acknowledging that G'town is unique (boy is it ever), treating augmentees like crap is what got WATC into the crap bin it's been in for the past several years; demonstrating that the soldiers are valued members of the team, fairly treated and well looked, after is the solution.
Gunner said:ASU Wx/WATC are trying to provide more services to reservists/augmentees and they have come a long way. I hope you took the opporunity to suggest improvements via the augmentee survey (if it was done this year).
BUT, if the CF needs the augmentees, which it sounds an awful lot like they do, then treating those that volunteer like shite isn't the way to get them. It's HR management, which the CF should be pretty dang good at by now.
As I am on the sidelines, my view is as an observer. My military backround allows me some understanding of military policies and procedures. I fail to understand how in this day and age we still can't get it right. If the military was a civilian organization, it would have folded long ago.
And for the record, Air Force accommodations aren't as good you might think, either. Visit Warrior Block in Shearwater, sometime.
geo said:well... now that summer courses are completed, things should get back to "normal"
quarters that were not available should now be..... available.
Let's turn the page and move on.
paracowboy said:Guns,
your civvie to mil comparison is more appropriate than you think, as most of the problems one experiences with regards to accomodations, etc, is directly resulting from the OVER-WHELMING preponderance of civilians involved in what should be soldier's jobs.
Mack674 said:Owned +1