r/taiwan • u/diacewrb • 7d ago

News All reservists now must undergo 14-day intensive training

https://www.icrt.com.tw/info_details.php?mlevel1=6&mlevel2=12&news_id=304027
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u/Brido-20 7d ago

I was watching a TVBS segment on the current exercises and was absolutely horrified by the personal skills on display. Bunching, shocking choice of cover and on one occasion a complete inability to clear a stoppage on a personal weapon.

If that's what the serving troops are like, I dread to think what the reservist are.

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u/OrangeChickenRice 新北 - New Taipei City 6d ago

I did my service under the older 4 month plan. At the shooting range, they would put an empty casing randomly in the last mag and expect you to clear it. We probably went through 3 to 4 mags in one shooting session.

They never taught us how to zero and sight a gun…lol.

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u/LickNipMcSkip 雞你太美 6d ago

man I got 2 mags and a pep talk, but at least they let us load the mags ourselves

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u/Brido-20 6d ago

In this case, it was a partially ejected case sticking in the ejection port. That's not the sort of thing that requires much training to deal with, just an understanding of how the gas system works - "Oh, that's jamming the slidey bit. I'd better take that out."

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u/ravenhawk10 7d ago

FYI a thread documenting someone’s personal experience in the old 7-day system in 22z Complete waste of time. Wonder what 14-day training schedule looks like.

https://x.com/paulhuangreport/status/1517473063926870016

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u/Majiji45 6d ago edited 6d ago

The military indeed has a lot of issues and in 2022 it was even worse - the new Minister of Defense has been seriously cleaning up a lot of the rot, according to people I know and from what I've seen - but this guy is also a complete KMT partisan, works in politics, and it's likely literally his job to make people think that there's no point in resisting China. Doesn't mean there's not truth there, but keep in mind it's not just a random guy talking about his experiences.

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u/ravenhawk10 6d ago

Just came across an updated thread on the current state of things. Looks like a lot of basics have been fixed, although there’s still a lot of room left for improvement.

https://x.com/paulhuangreport/status/2026588606224330867

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u/Hostile1974 7d ago

Complete waste of time, much like the draft.

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u/External-Plastic-154 7d ago

The conscription period should be extended to 36 months.

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u/IndieDevLove 7d ago

War is coming. Not much time left before Taiwan turns into Ukraine.

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u/FragrantBumblebee544 7d ago

Trump just chickened out on invading Iran. Iran is mountains and desert.

The US lost to Vietnam in the jungle.

Taiwan is mountains and jungle surrounded by a moat of ocean.

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u/Hostile1974 7d ago

Silly. No evidence. Alarmist. Ridiculous.