Canadian Navy offers ‘no strings attached’ program amid recruitment woes – National | 24CA News
The Navy is providing a one-year trial interval for Canadians to affix with “no strings attached” because it faces a significant recruitment problem and unprecedented personnel scarcity.
Under the new program launched Friday, Canadian residents and everlasting residents can be part of the Navy on a year-long contract – both full-time or part-time – after which depart in the event that they want to after that.
Those who determine to remain on can be transferred to a naval commerce.
Applications are open to folks aged 16 to 57 years.
New recruits will bear an eight-week primary army coaching and naval environmental coaching, in both Halifax, N.S., or Esquimalt, B.C., based on a media launch by the Royal Canadian Navy.
“Life in the Navy can be demanding and challenging at times – it is not for everyone and that’s why the new Naval Experience Program gives participants the chance to experience life in the Navy, for one year, no strings attached,” stated navy commander Vice-Admiral Angus Topshee, in a press release.
The wage can be equal to entry-level positions throughout the non-public sector, with paid rations and quarters, the RCN stated.
The Canadian Armed Forces are within the midst of a recruiting disaster, with officers admitting that the variety of candidates coming ahead every month is about half what the army wants to satisfy its targets.
In an interview with The Canadian Press final yr, Topshee stated about 17 per cent of Navy positions – equal to about 1,400 sailors – have been vacant, as of September 2022.
“We need more people. We need them as quickly as we can get them,” he stated on the time.
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Amid the staffing crunch, the navy has began deploying less-experienced sailors on operations and eliminating sure positions because it struggles.
Meanwhile, the Canadian Forces in recent times have additionally been shaken by what specialists have referred to as a sexual misconduct “crisis.”
Defence Minister Anita Anand pledged to reform the army’s tradition in “an ambitious roadmap” that was unveiled in December.
A overview was formally launched in response to unique reporting by Global News into allegations of sexual misconduct on the highest ranks of the Canadian Armed Forces.
— with information from The Canadian Press
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