[martin14]

Regina wrote:

SprCForr wrote:

Chain gunning the teachers parking lot would go over really well with the kids.

Exactly!! I also don't understand why they haven't come to us for recruitment ideas yet.

cause the CF couldnt afford the insurance to
let you boys run wild !!

But, I have to admit, Chain gunning the parking lot would do it.
Preferably with the teachers in the cars

[Choban]

Eisensapper wrote:

Things are probably quite different where you are, here most of the reservists dont give a shit when they go out to recruit. They were at the mall a few months ago, I was on leave and had not shaven for about a week and started looking at the C-7/M203. The SWAT who was working the station was just staring off into la la land it was only until I started to take it apart that he moved. He asked me if I was in the military, I told him I was with 4 ESR. He then asked what reserve unit that was because he never heard of it, I explained it was the Reg Combat Engineer regiment. He then asked what my job was like.... I was not impressed. At first I thought he was screwing with me because I attempted to take the rifle apart, when he was genuinely surprised by what I told him I did on tour I got a little worried.

Yah, it's strange the ignorance of the average Canadian on what goes on. To clarify, my Dad doesn't recruit for the Reserve unit, he's reg force again.

[Choban]

Eisensapper wrote:

Granted most people who work at the recuiting office are quite good at their job, and I do think that the rest of the military needs to do more to promote itself. Not just recruiting, it would take nothing to call up our regiment and ask us to drive a LAV down to a school for a day.

That's a hell of an idea, Here during Stampede they have all the Breakfasts around town and they activley recruit there, but it's too little for the size of the job, plus they don't bring out the equipment (not that theres much left in Calgary anyway)

[Choban]

When we were in Dartmouth Dad was posted to the Skeena, they had a family cruise out past the harbour mouth, we were allowed to bring civie who weren't associated with the military, they let us fire small arms off the deck of the ship, I know a few guys who joined out of High School just because they experienced 2 hours of what it could be like.

[Schleihauf]

From what I hear retention is the main problem not recruitment, especially for the technical trades.

[roger-roger]

Rentention wont be an issue when they realise they wont be able to get a trades job since there are none left.

[BartSimpson]

The declining economy will fix everyone's recruiting goals.

[BartSimpson]

Choban wrote:

When we were in Dartmouth Dad was posted to the Skeena, they had a family cruise out past the harbour mouth, we were allowed to bring civie who weren't associated with the military, they let us fire small arms off the deck of the ship, I know a few guys who joined out of High School just because they experienced 2 hours of what it could be like.

That's my story, too. The Corps had a program in 1981 that let me spend a week at Pendleton to "try out" military life and I ate that sh*t up. Tweaked the hell out of my Irish-Catholic, Kennedy liberal parents when I came home and told them I was joining Ronald Reagan's Marine Corps.