I'm not saying don't give anything to the reservist portion. I'm
saying that if 3K is all for the 2.5/ 2 years and the reservist
period is 2 times the compensation at 6 k, something is very
wrong.
Not sure about your perspective, but I see the 2.5 years of
solid service as a bigger sacrifice than the reservist
stint.
Actually I also don't agree that "commanders" should get more
but that's another problem.
well, but you agree that people who have to bear reservist
duties should get more eh .....
I'm not really sure if I agree that "commanders" should get more
either ... but then again, OCS or sispec is no cake walk either.
Their reservist cycles and ICT lengths are also longer, typically
by 2-3 days at least. It's not all honour and glory you know.
I suppose if we want to differentiate to such an extent then it
would be quite fair for combat side chaps and service side chaps to
get different rates too. True, everyone serves the same length of
time, but a chap who sits in an aircon orpid from 8-5, goes home
everyday, and could go for night classes to upgrade himself spends
his 2 years very differently from a chap in the infantry, say, who
spends his weekdays running around in the jungle and sleeping in
the mud and rain and burning multiple weekends pulling guard and
going through live fire exercises. And if you factor in the fact
that the former just serves his time, and burns his uniform and
leaves the military behind forever, while the latter is looking at
annual IPPTs, RTs and ICTs for at least 10 years ........
But hey, life's not fair, you can't draw lines everywhere
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