Military struggling to retain troops.

[msdogfood]

http://www.ledevoir.com/societe/actualites-en-societe/279661/nouvelle-strategie-pour-retenir-les-militaires

According to this article, though the situation has certainly not reached any kind of crisis level, the military is still being affected by a rise in the number of soldiers leaving the forces early in their career or in mid career.

The military is now studying the possibility of adopting a whole system of incentives to keep its toops. Among the recommendations is to give troops more say in the development of their military career, along with more control over transfers. Certainly this will make the military less efficient in terms of troops putting the needs of the military before their families, meaning a need for more recruits and a further expansion of military recruitment.

According to the article, another big issue has to do with the strains put on the family, and so this would involve providing more services to military spouces especially, such as the military providing daycare services, etc.

if the dnd maks any changes like that thay will end up in cort and loes!!

[Moonlight Graham]

It's easy to make those decisions sitting in your chair behind your computer....It's a whole different world when your a soldier, and when a huge majority of soldiers really believe in this mission. They look past all the media and all the false PC shit going on in ref to this mission they here it direct from other soldiers mouths....that here we are making a difference in the world, be it one person or an entire village, but Canadian soldiers are making a difference, and most soldiers want to be a part of that..

Beats sitting on some UN mission watching war crimes happen in front of your position and not have the power to do anything. except report it so the UN can keep score...No thanks, i believe our lives are worth more than that, i believe our flag and nation deserves more than that. I also believe the people we were sent to help need more than help....

I believe the people of Afghanistan need help too. A lot of help. The UN ranks Afghanistan the 2nd least-developed country in the world in 2009. It's basically a horrible place to live (though no doubt the war has really brought them down in ranking). I just don't think the way we are trying to help them is the right way to go about things.

[Army Guy]

I believe the people of Afghanistan need help too. A lot of help. The UN ranks Afghanistan the 2nd least-developed country in the world in 2009. It's basically a horrible place to live (though no doubt the war has really brought them down in ranking). I just don't think the way we are trying to help them is the right way to go about things.

Then whats the solution, how do we go about helping the Afghan people ? That is one of the key problems with this mission....everyone and every dept has a solution but does not want to implement it, nor do they want the military to implement it....So many solutions stay on the shelves, rotting...

When it comes down to it the majority of Canadians don't care what happens to Afghan, it's people, or the mission... They (the Afghan People) have used up Canadians attention span for to long and for the majority it's time to move on, find something else....even though we don't have a clue whats next nor do they care...Canadians want the world to think they are making a difference, they want the world to think they are great humanitarians or peacekeepers, or white knights of justice.... but in reality they don't know what they want nor do they want to spend thier resources to achieve these high and mighty goals...

[Shakeyhands]

RMC is a pretty big privelege. It is probably one of the best options if you want to be a career officer.

Of course there are other things that are potentially higher paying routes like Medical. Also of course non RMC officers also though any post secondary or specialty training.

As some of you know, my twin daughters are both in the CF, this could be an interesting thing to watch.

One is a recent RMC Grad (also the CWC in year 4 which is the top bar position for the Cdt's) and is currently a Army 2LT in Logistics (transfered from Armoured this year due to cancer) and the other is about to graduate from UofO and become a Navy 2LT also in Logistics.

I don't plan on going anywhere so we can track their promotions over the next couple years.

[Jerry J. Fortin]

Then whats the solution, how do we go about helping the Afghan people ? That is one of the key problems with this mission....everyone and every dept has a solution but does not want to implement it, nor do they want the military to implement it....So many solutions stay on the shelves, rotting...

When it comes down to it the majority of Canadians don't care what happens to Afghan, it's people, or the mission... They (the Afghan People) have used up Canadians attention span for to long and for the majority it's time to move on, find something else....even though we don't have a clue whats next nor do they care...Canadians want the world to think they are making a difference, they want the world to think they are great humanitarians or peacekeepers, or white knights of justice.... but in reality they don't know what they want nor do they want to spend thier resources to achieve these high and mighty goals...

That is the reality of waging "limited warfare". The smart move is to get in and get out. Occupation has its own perils. This one is a little different again in that it was never really won, the fight is ongoing. Bad situation created by politicians.