yes they fight overseas as well . out of the 9,000 troops we had in Afghanistan at anyone time about 500-700 were territorial troops . they mix in with the regular platoons while on tour , when in uniform they are regular soldiers .
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Here it is whole week training, not just weekends like in Switzerland.
[/quote] it is here as well , thats just a long standing nickname .
they undergo the same training as a regular soldier would here , HOWEVER which is the big argument against them being such a large part of our armed forces is , as a full time soldier i trained every single day , there were very few days where i was not on the range , navigation training , battle drills , first aid etc . many many many exercises , constantly homing my skills , where as a part time soldier does not get that , so the skill/experience gap between a part time and full time soldier is quite large .
but its cheaper for the government , its was Israel does , has a very small standing army but the entire male population can be called up if needed
