garb811 said:
I know fear that this will be the demise of the Res MP. I fail to see how we are going to be able successfully recruit enough qualified and suitable candidates to sustain even something as small as a Sect(-) given the recruiting and retention problems Res MP units face already.
Agreed...looking back it seems that we may have been better off being
ingored a second thought to the branch. All of this attention is getting to be too much.
Some thoughts and queries we had:
Once the first Phase 1 summer training has been completed is there a plan to increase the number of positions on each follow on Phase 1 summer training? I haven't seen one has anyone?
At the proposed rate of 16 positions for each MPU per training cycle, with zero growth and zero attrition it will take 2 MPU alone 9 years to train our current complement of soldiers; based on 48 soldiers for each of 31, 32 and 33 MP PLs.
Rationale:
· 2010/2011 - 16 soldiers on PH1DL/Summer Trg 2011 (2 MPU). 48 soldiers on PH1DL/Summer Trg 2011 in total (1,2, and 3 MPU);
· 2011/2012 - 16 soldiers on PH1DL/Summer Trg 2012 (2 MPU). 48 soldiers on PH1DL/Summer trg 2012 in total nationally. In addition there will be 48 soldiers enrolled in PH2DL/Summer trg 2012;
· 2012/2013 - 16 soldiers on PH1DL/Summer Trg 2013 (2 MPU). 48 soldiers on PH1DL/Summer trg 2013 in total nationally. In addition there will be 48 soldiers enrolled in PH2DL/Summer trg 2013.
Graduate Breakdown:
· 2012 - 48 Soldiers will graduate PRes F MP QL3 with a badge. 16 from 2 MPU. All of which will be fully employable/badgeable.
· 2012 - 16 soldiers will graduate Ph1 DL/Summer trg. Limited employability.
· 2013 – Total number of potential graduates is 96 nationally, 32 from 2 MPU.
· 2014 – Total number of potential graduates is 144 nationally, 48 from 2 MPU.
2 MPU:
By the end of 2014 (fourth training cycle) a projected maximum of 16 personnel will have been trained per platoon at the current/proposed output. The purpose of this is not to show the obvious but to ensure that the numbers are clearly illustrated from the onset.
Anyways all that to say we have our marching orders and hell or high water I'm going to try and make this work