Veterans of the Reserve Force

LASS 2013 Veterans of Reserve Force Page 4 2. Reserve Force in Canada The Reserve Force is comprised of professional members of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) whose service is voluntary and are not required to go on a deployment. [...] The six elements of the Primary Reserve are: 1. Army Reserve 2. Naval Reserve 3. Air Reserve 4. Canadian Special Operations Forces Command Reserve 5. Health Services Reserve 6. Judge Advocate General Reserve 1 Chief of Reserves and Cadets, March 2013; rank distribution of sub-components described in Appendix C. LASS 2013 Veterans of Reserve Force Page 5 Primary Reserve elements are located across [...] LASS 2013 Veterans of Reserve Force Page 11 The two sources are compared in Table 4, with the Reserve groups defined by HRMS, and the amount of pay for Reserve service accumulated over the period 2003 to 2012 defined by RPSR. [...] The pattern of movement is described in Table 5. Table 5. Released Personnel by Component Movements Reserve, followed by Regular, followed by service in Both Regular Force Reserve Force Reserve and Regular F Year of Release % of service % of service % of. [...] Most Reserve Veterans do not complete a full military career of 20 years or more: this was less than 5% of Reserve Veterans with A service, release at entry rank, or with less than 3.5 years of B service; this increased to 22% of those with full-time Reserve service, and 58% of those with both Reserve and Regular Force service (see Table 10).