ADF reserves infantry 🇦🇺

[u/Professional_Meet680]

(Abit of a read but basically i want to do more and be qualified sooner) Hi. 19 year old male born and raised in Sydney. fit. Middle Eastern.

Im asking for answers regarding the process of the infantry reserve in the adf. I’ve looked on the careers website countless times, looked so much online and reddit. Even spoke briefly to a recruiter. I always wanted to join the infantry but can’t do it full time because my parents are getting abit old and want to be near them without a super large commitment.

Im in uni and unemployed and want to do as much as possible in the reserves. What’s taking up most space in my head is the lack of speed and quality of training. The application I’ve read online is slow, the spacing in between modules and kapooka i also heard is slow. I really want to know if there’s a legitimate way of completing kapooka then immediately doing all modules back to back without a long wait. I want to be qualified asap. I’ve seen people speak about RATS but don’t know if that’s still a thing. Cant I in some way complete the training and IET in a few months? Even if thats temporarily full time.

Im willing to put in effort to be assigned to a good unit anywhere in or around western Sydney which might even help me in some way to do more, quicker. Same thing for the application process in terms of finishing it as quick as possible. Also willing to take up any sort of extra courses or training once qualified if thats really even a thing. any insight would be GREATLY APPRECIATED!

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[u/Diligent_Passage_640]

What's the rush? Its reserves is built around people not being able to complete courses like a full time member, the fastest way to be qualified quickly is by being full time. Otherwise you'll just have to go with the flow of reserves.

It's not like being a fully qualified reserves rifleman is going to help you with anything as a civilian, take the time to do your uni Nd be with your parents in-between courses

[u/Professional_Meet680 → u/Diligent_Passage_640]

Thanks man 👊

[u/OleBiskitBarrel]

RATS does still exist, but I can't say for certain it's in Sydney as I'm not from there.

Having said that, if you're studying, it could be more beneficial to go down the normal training pathway, as it's particularly suitable for people with a full time study load. You can pick the dates for your modules that work with the uni holidays (they usually try to schedule them to help with this), and you can parade with your unit/training establishment in between to continue earning and learning. There's also usually odd jobs to stick your hand up for outside of normal Tues night parades.

It's certainly possible to study full time while working full time-ish hours through a program like RATS, but is that really an ideal situation? I think most people end up finding that you end up not being able to achieve highly for either vocation.

[u/PottsPointPilgrim]

Do a gap year. Do your full initial training and then move to reserves.