Hello,
Um.. interesting topic. There are quite a few branches of the reserve in BC. You have medic, artillery, comms, infantry, service, etc. I guess you have to also decide which branch to join.
I spent 3 - 4 years in the comms and I had a good time out of it. Met lots of people from across the country and still think it was a great time to spend my weekend. Yes, it will not be much time credited towards reg force and there are lots of experience not learned by not being in the reg force. However, when you come to actually doing it, it is much the same on the job skills (comms in my case) whether it is reg or reserve.
If you at least have the interest of considering it, I'd say go for it and live the experience, which is something that you won't ever get to do in civi life. If you are considering reg force and don't want to jump the gun, spend a year in the reserve to get an idea of what it is like then decide.
Titus
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