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RACooper,
Thanks for your comments. I applaud your thoughts about going back on the Active Reserve List. I agree that it would be an excellent opportunity to provide some breathing space for a Regular who could use a little stability time between deployments. Things are stretched pretty thin and the value of trained reserves is being proven beyond doubt. My UK cousins are telling me that the Army is the smallest it has been in over 100 years and the committments keep expanding. How are the Canadian Forces doing with regard to strength on the rolls and recruitment? How about yourself? What Regiment or Corps? Any stories to relate?
As regards spelling differences, in my case, with lots of UK connections and an MA (Oxon) I find it confusing to remember the spelling differences. I have cousins in the Royal Armoured Corps (one in the B&Rs and one in the QRL) and my basic branch is Armor, although as a Cav type I generally bend the rules a bit and use the archaic designation of Cavalry. I need to keep a low profile until graduation in June of '05, but after that I would not mind going back on active status. The dilema which I face is whether to request JAG or stay CAV.
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