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Originally Posted by Officer of Engineers
Lieutenant,
No offence but 45 days ain't squat to get a guy ready for deployment. In the CF, a reservist gets a minimum of 60, more like 90 days before they're sent out. For the IRF battalions, they get a lead up training of 90 days before they're declared operationally ready.
There are no ways to cut corners, especially about training.
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None taken Engineer. Remember that Israel is a much smaller country then Canada and has a much smaller theatre of operation then Canada as well. Israel doesn't deploy the distances that Canada does either but much closer to home.
Israel is also a citizen army, you can't ask an entire population of men ages 21-40 to give up 90 days out of the year every year. Its just not feasible economically or politically. If you have less time you have no choice but to make due with less.
Also Israel can call up reservists for extended periods of time during a national call up if it so chooses, I'm talking about basic reserve obligations.