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Regarding attracting ex-reg Force personnel, I know that unit recruiters trip over themselves to get these guys in, if they find them.
In my personal experience, in my own unit, ex-Regulars end up in key positions and have, in the past few years, been essential to running the regiment.
Do the Loyal Eddies have any kind of formal or informal program to attract ex-PPCLI? They seem to be famous for being full of ex-Regs.
Talking to serving Regs and Regs that have transferred into the Res, they don‘t really know much about the Reserves - mostly just negative rumours. As long as Regs see the Res as a mickey-mouse version of the real thing, they won‘t want to join.
Part of the problem that I‘ve seen with Officers is that you really dont need that many - with a couple platoons as part of one Coy in most units - but if a captain or Major decides to leave for whatever reason, your left hanging. I know my unit seems to have a glut of OCdts and 2Lt‘s, but above Lt there‘s very few.
In my personal experience, in my own unit, ex-Regulars end up in key positions and have, in the past few years, been essential to running the regiment.
Do the Loyal Eddies have any kind of formal or informal program to attract ex-PPCLI? They seem to be famous for being full of ex-Regs.
Talking to serving Regs and Regs that have transferred into the Res, they don‘t really know much about the Reserves - mostly just negative rumours. As long as Regs see the Res as a mickey-mouse version of the real thing, they won‘t want to join.
Part of the problem that I‘ve seen with Officers is that you really dont need that many - with a couple platoons as part of one Coy in most units - but if a captain or Major decides to leave for whatever reason, your left hanging. I know my unit seems to have a glut of OCdts and 2Lt‘s, but above Lt there‘s very few.