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BITTER PPLCI CPL
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Jesus, what do you guys talk about during that one evening.
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Even as a reservist I find that extremly funny.. oh and he does not speak for us all!
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last time I looked it up i understood the rules to be as followed.
17.5 years of age, could sign up if mom or dad signed for you. when I joined the res. there was like 25 guys who joined with me, but i was the only one over 18 who could sign for himself.
I believe the thinking was that it would take the 6 months to train the average soldier and prepare him to go over seas during ww 1 and ww 2 and he or she would be 18 when the ship sailed.
There were a lot of underage soldiers on the front lines who were not caught in the system.
my great uncle joined the merchant marines and sailed the north Atlantic untill he was old enough to be sworn into the RCAF ( his father was the head recruiting officer for Ontario. My great grand father was shocked to find out he was called to swear in his own son, he did not know he was home from sea) My great uncle became a gunner on bombers that flew out RAF Kinloss in Scotland, died in a training flight just after his 18 birthday.
on my dad's side of the family most of his uncles ran away to join up, alot of guys from my home town tried to enlist in the local units but were turned away because of underage so they went to eastern Canada or Toronto and signed up there where the fact that they were underage was not known.
great uncle turned 17 in korean, was with the RCR and sent back went back after he was 18 for a full tour so to speak.
so under age does happen, and 17.5 is the starting age
17.5 years of age, could sign up if mom or dad signed for you. when I joined the res. there was like 25 guys who joined with me, but i was the only one over 18 who could sign for himself.
I believe the thinking was that it would take the 6 months to train the average soldier and prepare him to go over seas during ww 1 and ww 2 and he or she would be 18 when the ship sailed.
There were a lot of underage soldiers on the front lines who were not caught in the system.
my great uncle joined the merchant marines and sailed the north Atlantic untill he was old enough to be sworn into the RCAF ( his father was the head recruiting officer for Ontario. My great grand father was shocked to find out he was called to swear in his own son, he did not know he was home from sea) My great uncle became a gunner on bombers that flew out RAF Kinloss in Scotland, died in a training flight just after his 18 birthday.
on my dad's side of the family most of his uncles ran away to join up, alot of guys from my home town tried to enlist in the local units but were turned away because of underage so they went to eastern Canada or Toronto and signed up there where the fact that they were underage was not known.
great uncle turned 17 in korean, was with the RCR and sent back went back after he was 18 for a full tour so to speak.
so under age does happen, and 17.5 is the starting age
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My gramps was 17 when he was sent over to Korea with the Black Watch.
My great grandmother did not stop him since it was his dream to serve like his father did.
My gramps came back years later with shrapnel in his back and it was there until the day he died.
He never had any regrets though.
My great grandmother did not stop him since it was his dream to serve like his father did.
My gramps came back years later with shrapnel in his back and it was there until the day he died.
He never had any regrets though.
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I can't even imagine what those Veteran's went through and it' something we must never forget! That was a different time and the world was different. The logic behing the WW4 Q is unrealistic. Even today, sending reservists on their own (platoons, companies) on operations is not tacticlly sound. The experiance level in that platoon or coy is not mature as that of a Reg force unit of the same size. You can't compare a reserve master corporal to a reg, even a private trained (reg) has more experiance than most reserve ncm's. The experiance and training ratio swings heavily in our favor. Like I said though it was a different time and world back then. 
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