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Exactly who DID have some Reserve commitment?
Usually those who have left before the 22-year point. It is assumed that all ex servicemen who are in receipt of a service pension can be recalled to active service up to (correct me if I am wrong) I think age 60.
However in order for that to actually happen we would need a general mobilisation for war not seen since 1939 and AIUI we would ALL need to be recalled not just cherry picking individual trades as now. As Pontius quite rightly said the cost of such an exercise would have G Brown going purple!
It used to be that if you served nine or twelve years you had a reserve commitment of three years so it was always quoted as 9 + 3. I believe that so far the only reservists to be called up have been those in the TA or the RAuxF and a very few "specialists" in the +3 category (mostly medical). Any one know different?