The Canadian military insists it’s getting a handle on its recruiting crisis, but a new leaked internal report obtained by CBC News suggests many of those who come through the door quickly leave in frustration over the inability to get trained and into the job they want.
In addition, the effort to retain experienced soldiers, sailors and aircrew was dealt an important blow recently when a Department of National Defence office — set up to find ways to keep people — was defunded.
The struggle to recruit new members to both the regular and the reserve force has been a major preoccupation as the Forces face a shortage of up to 14,000 qualified personnel.
But the flip side of the equation — that has gotten less attention — is the effort to hold on to people, especially in critical technical trades.
I’m not upset by the sentiment, I’m upset by the flippant naivete. Go tell Ukrainians or Gazans about your solution for world peace and count down the seconds till you get punched in the face.
It’s not an immediate solution lol
But if all humans refused to go to war we wouldn’t have war.
That kind of global cultural change happens not through laws but ideas.
Ideas like the objective reality that war is cringe.
Go be mad about real problems.
Unfortunately, we don’t live in a fantasy world with unicorns and rainbows where everybody lives in harmony.
There are some power hungry psychopaths out there who do want war because they want more land, resources, or because they think they are the chosen people of God. And we need to be ready for these assholes.
Coming in here with a “solution” that requires the worldwide eradication of capitalism, authoritarianism, and imperialism and then tells me I’m the one unaware of real problems. r/im14andthisisdeep-ass conversation.
You see this makes me feel like you’d rather bitch and whine than go focus on real problems.