Faster CF recruiting--kaboom!
Let's hope so:
Enlistment of recruits to the Canadian military will be accelerated this fall in a sweeping effort to boost its ranks, Canada's top soldier said Tuesday.
By Oct. 1, the Defence Department will aim to have 30 per cent of recruits enrolled within a week, and 50 per cent more enlisted within a month. "We've thrown, if you will, a transformational grenade in the middle of our recruiting process," Gen. Rick Hillier, chief of defence staff, said after giving a speech at the annual Canadian Bar Association conference...
posted by Mark, Ottawa at 5:31 p.m.
1 Comments:
Don't cheer too loudly, years of cuts have left the CF without the infrastructure and manning to handle a sudden increase. With the closure of the military colleges the training system is unable to produce officers fast enough to lead the new troops. In addition, there is an increasing shortage of senior NCM's to not only train but also lead an increased CF.
Bases have also closed and units put on reserve status, so once the recruits are trained there is no place to put them. Bases cannot build accommodations overnight and units only have a certain authorized strength so you can’t just dump a new recruit into any unit
Another matter is the equipment. The CF is already having trouble equipping the soldiers it already has without a sudden influx of new recruits.
It is fine to say they are going to increase the size of the forces but the reality is that the short-sightedness of the past could take a decade or more to correct.
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