sgt_stewart, not meaning to hijack your thread but my question is relevant to yours and I don't believe it warrants starting an entirely new thread.
I am planning on joining the reserves very soon. The only difference I can see between joining the regular force and the primary reserves is that you have to go directly to the reserve unit you wish to join and the reserve unit requires two letters of recommendation from current/past employers/teachers. My question is this: do I require those two letters of reference when I go down to submit my application? Or does that come later in the process? Also are there any guidelines to these letters my employer should follow? Or do they just write what they think is best?
My problem is that I an working one full time job and one part time job averaging about 60 hours per week, and any time I take off I do have to make up that workweek so I would really like to get this right the first attempt.
On a side note, my local recruiting centre is quite a bit closer to where I live than my reserve unit of choice. Is is possible for me just to go down and submit my forms and I.D, transcripts...ect, to my recruiting centre instead of the reserve?
Thank you for your assistance.