GTAngler posted:antabanta posted:GTAngler posted:I have always been in favor of a strong military. Guyana needs to be able to defend itself. The problem is, we don't have the money. A reserve force is absolutely a necessity but it should be an arm of the GDF. A militia as I said before is a localized citizen army. We have less than a million people. One centralized government. We don't have state or provincial governments. Even the US National Guard reports first to the governor.
The GPM was structured differently. The training and recruitment were both coordinated centrally. It costs less than the standing army to maintain because the forces are part-time and receive a small stipend for their efforts. Training is done by regular army forces seconded to the GPM. It was/is in effect a centrally controlled reserve force.
There you go. So why not just increase the size of the GDF Reserves?
What reserves?