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Esprit de Corps again proves that they won't let or can't let facts get in the way of a good story. In their Vol 11 issue 7 June 2004 edition they have an article entitled- Money to Burn by Bill Twaito where they proceed to document how reservist have their heads in the trough, the same as the generals. They gleaned this from a couple of emails from â Å“concerned reservistsâ ?. By the way Twaito comes up as twit on the spell check, how appropriate.
When talking about the reimbursement for the 10 crse members in BC they quote a financial officer as stating â Å“ the bottom line is that DND is not a benefits smorgasbordâ ?, and the magazine goes on to state, â Å“ That is unless you are a general on a junket or a reservist.â ?
Other notable items fro the article:
If this weren't in a â Å“national publicationâ ? it would be funny. All those that were recruited and processed by your unit, please raise your hands. Just as I thought-Zero. Someone is spreading this bullshit, put the reserves in a bad light and this â Å“correspondentâ ? can't even be bothered to check his facts before printing it.
One of the emails was from a member who is in his/her second Regular Support Staff position in LFWA. First of all that is an old outdated term, and secondly my guess is this is a disgruntled Reg F mbr who is pissed at something. The magazine puts this person across as a â Å“concerned reservist.â ?
Their email address is espritdecorp@idirect.com if you care to drop them a line.
When talking about the reimbursement for the 10 crse members in BC they quote a financial officer as stating â Å“ the bottom line is that DND is not a benefits smorgasbordâ ?, and the magazine goes on to state, â Å“ That is unless you are a general on a junket or a reservist.â ?
Other notable items fro the article:
If they checked their facts, they would know that funding is now based on parading strength not paper strength. And with fixed establishment numbers, hanging on to NES is a hindrance because it prevents units from filling spots. The bottleneck is higher headquarters and the long drawn out procedure to get rid of NES. My unit had 19 and it took a year to get it down to 2.Primary Reserve unit COs continue to carry personnel on strength that are Non-Effective (NES) to inflate their actual strength for funding and prestige. Many units with a paper strength of 150 or more have fewer than 50 personalâ ?
Recruiting has been delegated down to the unit level. This is a practice should be reviewed before it results in a media scandal. We cannot entrust members who parade one night a week to properly attract and recruit CF personnel. A young NCO recently asked me to come into his office to read the recruiting oath 'blurb' and sign DND documents to recruit a new member. I refused. I had no idea what process had taken place to screen this member. I will not swear in a terrorist and put my name on a document and be accountable for it when the member breaks into one of our weapons lockers. The reserves are rushing to meet their numbers and in doing so are cutting corners.
If this weren't in a â Å“national publicationâ ? it would be funny. All those that were recruited and processed by your unit, please raise your hands. Just as I thought-Zero. Someone is spreading this bullshit, put the reserves in a bad light and this â Å“correspondentâ ? can't even be bothered to check his facts before printing it.
The reserve are bitter about receiving approximately 85 percent of the Regular pay scale and seem determined to take the other 15 percent by any possible means, including vacations hidden under the guise of official TD.
One of the emails was from a member who is in his/her second Regular Support Staff position in LFWA. First of all that is an old outdated term, and secondly my guess is this is a disgruntled Reg F mbr who is pissed at something. The magazine puts this person across as a â Å“concerned reservist.â ?
Their email address is espritdecorp@idirect.com if you care to drop them a line.