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LunchMeat said:Yes, but then again there's always been difficulty filling positions on CP, TASO, etc. Because of the requirements, CP is extremely physically demanding and it requires a lot of mental fortitude. Gone are the days of just being fit, you have to be fit and smart. Now that a lot of those specialty areas are MP exclusive it has reduced our ability to fill positions further, but those that were already qualified CP but were non-MP were allowed to stay and many were seconded to our regiments... Eventually they will rebadge.
You'd be surprised about the hate part. It's pretty widespread... And most of it is from instructors on junior level courses airing their old dirty laundry onto new recruits that have never even met an MP yet. Our relations with other branches and trades is improving slowly, but there's still a lot of work to do; part of that was the revamping of the MP training program and recruits screening not too long ago. People that are unable to use good judgement, abuse their positions and authority, and have bad attitudes don't last long in the MP trade anymore.
One day we will get where we want to be
I heard the physical fitness was an issue with the CP too. It's unfortunate the MPs clawed back the CP positions (embassy security might be neat too) but I'm thinking maybe with all the tours supposedly coming up the MPs will have to open up the CP trade to combat arms again.
There's been a few threads/debates here on some of the issues that arise with MPs, yours was one of them as I recall (airing dirty laundry). Definitely an us vs them mentality at the school in Borden too. It's genuinely good if you think the working relationship/attitude with other units is improving, you guys shouldn't feel like everyone is against you. Except for the amount of shooting you get to do, you deserve grief for that. And the spec pay and the cool courses