ARMY RESERVE

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ARMY RESERVE

• Transition Seminar 2008

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Army Personnel Agency-Adelaide
The role of the Army Personnel AgencyAdelaide,
a regional element of Career ManagementArmy,
is to provide effective officer and soldier
career management for the Army Reserve in Central
Regionin order to contribute to the delivery of
the reserve personnel dimension of capability to
the Army .
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Army Personnel Agency-Adelaide
A key task of APA-A is to facilitate the transfer
of skilled Regular Army personnel into the
Standby or Active Reserve . This contributes
greatly to Reserve capability and provides
members with benefits and options.
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Scope of Presentation

• Organisational overview
• APA / ANSRA / ASSG
• Army Reserve overview
• Army benefits of Reserve Service
• Army Reserve members responsibilities

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APA-Adelaide DAPA COL C.McCarthy DDAPA MAJ P.
Rosenzweig APA-Brisbane DAPA COL D.
OHagan DDAPA LTCOL D. Ausling APA-Darwin DAPA
LTCOL R. Stevenson DDAPA MAJ L.
Darragh APA-Hobart DAPA COL S. Carey DDAPA
MAJ M. Lowe APA-Melbourne DAPA COL R.
Marsh DDAPA LTCOL M. Buck APA-Perth DAPA COL
M. Page DDAPA MAJ I. McDonagh APA-Sydney DAPA
COL P. Jones DDAPA LTCOL J.
Findlay APA-Townsville DAPA COL A.
Overell DDAPA MAJ S. Gepp
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Reserve Service

• Active Reserve (AR)
• High Readiness Reserve (HRR)
• Reserve Response Force (RRF)
• Standby Reserve (SR)

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Army Personnel Agency (APA)

• Managed by ARA, AR and APS members
• Career Manage Reserve members
• to the rank of Major and WO1
• Implement the Army Induction Mgt Process
• Manage the Reserve Army's personnel asset
• Contribute to the improvement of Army career and
  personnel management practices

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Army National Standby Reserve Agency (ANSRA)

• Managing the Army component of SR
• Communicate and re-engage members into the Army
  environment
• Manage/Admin for all SR members
• Maintain annual contact with SR members
• Supplement ARA and AR vacancies

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Active and Standby Staff Group (ASSG)

• Establishment of Officers and Senior NCOs with
  extensive military skills
• Ranks range from CPL to BRIG
• Currently a national pool of 250 Reserve members
• Projects available long or short term

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Active Reserve (AR)

• Parading commitments
• minimum 20 days per year
• potentially up to 100 days per year
• with a possible additional 50 days
• Tax free pay
• Efficient service entitlements includes
• 600 Health Support Allowance
• Defence Assistance Study Scheme (DASS)
• Defence Home Ownership Assistance Scheme (DHOAS)

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High Readiness Reserve (HRR)

• 10,000 bonus 2 year completion
• 2,500 Health Support Allowance
• Min 32 days and Max 50 days obligation
• AIRN compliant and ARA competencies
• Meet the Medical and Dental requirements
• A HRR position available

DI(A) PERS 79-6 Management of High Readiness
Reserve Personnel within the Army
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Reserve Response Force (RRF)

• 20 days training obligation
• 700 bonus annual completion
• 600 Health Support Allowance
• AIRN compliant
• Meet the Medical and Dental requirements
• Must be an available RFF position

DI(A) PERS 79-7 Management of Reserve Response
Force Personnel within the Army
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Standby Reserve (SR)

• Pool of trained Army Reserve members
• Tax free pay
• No AIRN compliance
• No parading / training obligations
• Compulsory transfer post 01 Jul 03
• DA50(4) work available (project work)
• Continuous Full Time Service (CFTS) may be
  available

DI(A) PERS 173-4 Management of the Australian
Army Standby Reserve (DRAFT VERSION ONLY)
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Employer Support Payment (ESP) Scheme

• Financial support for employers of Reservists
• Employer may be entitled to 1070.40 p/w
• Who is eligible to claim ESP
• Government organisations
• Public and proprietary companies
• Private employers
• Self-employed Reservists
• Further info
• ESP contact number - 1800 803 485
• www.defencereserves.com

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Do I want to transfer?

• Considerations
• Do I want to leave the door open to transfer
  back to the ARA?
• Will I be able to meet DFR enlistment standards
  on re-entry/re-enlist?
• Will I be able to pass the pre-entry fitness
  assessment (PFA) on re-entry/re-enlist?
• Will I be able to return at my current rank?
• Can I make a genuine commitment to the Army
  Reserve?
• What are my options!

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Approving Authority Transfer Considerations

• Considerations
• Current employment policy
• Members current MEC
• AIRN compliancy
• Service needs and vacancies
• Members service record and qualifications

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Reserve Member Responsibilities

• Responsibilities
• Notification of change of personal details
• Advise of skills and or qualifications up-dates
• Advise of any Medical status changes
• Interest in DA50(4), CFTS, transfer to
  AR/HRR/RRF/SR/ARA

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POSTING OPPORTUNITIES

• Brigade units
• HQ 9 BDE (Keswick)
• 9 CSSB (Warradale Port Lincoln)
• 10/27 RSAR (Keswick, Port Augusta, Port Pirie,
  Whyalla, Kadina, Mt Gambier, Berri, Broken Hill,
  Noarlunga)

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POSTING OPPORTUNITIES

• Brigade units
• LWC-SA (Hampstead)
• AUR (Hampstead)
• 144 SIG SQN (Keswick)
• 48 FD BTY (Keswick)
• 3/9 LH (SAMR) (Smithfield)
• 3 FD SQN (Warradale, Noarlunga)

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POSTING OPPORTUNITIES

• Non-Brigade units
• 16 AD REGT (Woodside)
• 3 HSB (Keswick)
• JMCO Adelaide (Keswick)
• DFDO-A (PSS-A) (Keswick)
• AAB-A (Warradale)

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POSTING OPPORTUNITIES

• Non-Brigade units
• DFR (Adelaide)
• APA-A (Keswick)
• AFSU CR/NR Det (Keswick)
• 34 MP Pl (Warradale)

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How about Army Cadets!

• You will need
• a genuine interest in youth training
• a high level of maturity
• high moral standards
• be physically and medically fit
• be prepared to attend an induction course to
  learn how to appropriately supervise cadet
  activities

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How about Army Cadets!

• Benefits
• Transfer your experience to Australias youth
• Pay is comparable with Reserves
• No AIRN
• Superannuation benefits
• Commitment - one night a week, one weekend a term

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How about Army Cadets!

• Benefits
• Depots available - Metro Adelaide (7 units), Pt
  Lincoln, Pt Augusta, Port Pirie, Broken Hill,
  Berri, Clare, Whyalla, Roxby Downs and Mt Gambia
• Why not become an Officer of Cadets (OOC) or an
  Instructor of Cadets (IOC)?
• Call Army Cadet Bde HQ
• Freecall 1800 671 638 (All Hours)
• 08 8305 6263 (Tue 1900 2200 hrs)

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Contacts

All career management agency contacts can be
obtained from the CMA webpage
http//www.defence.gov.au/army/cma Call 1300
DEFENCE 1300 333 3623
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ARMY PERSONNEL AGENCY-ADELAIDE Building 34A,
Keswick Barracks KESWICK SA 5035

• Telephone contacts
• Officer Career Management Mr John Potts (08)
  8305 6377
• Soldier Career Management WO1 Phil Zillmann
  [phone]
• Admin Section Mrs Roz Janzow [phone]

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References

• DI(A) PERS 79-6 Mngt of the High Readiness Res
  (HRR)
• DI(A) PERS 79-7 Mngt of the Res Response Force
  (RRF)
• DI(A) PERS 79-8 HRR Training Scheme
• DI(A) PERS 149-7 Tfr Between the Forces of the
  Army
• DI(A) PERS 173-4 Management of the Australian
  Army Standby Reserve (DRAFT ONLY)
• DI(A) PERS 173-6 Continuous Full Time Service
  (CFTS)
• DI(A) PERS 174-4 Employer Spt Payment (ESP)
  Scheme