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Australian Military Seeks Overseas Soldiers to Enlist
Erin
14 January, 2012 12:01
The military is an important element of pride in most modern nations.
They earmark large portions of every national budget, protect the
people, and safeguard a nation's boundaries. Many countries require
military or civic service as an important step in developing national
pride and giving back to the nation. So why is Australia recruiting
British service personnel earmarked for redundancy?
The British daily The Independent reports that this is a consequence of Britain facing severe cut backs in it's spending. The military is
just one of the areas that is being down sized with around 5,000 Royal
Navy employees facing redundancy. This eight percent cut in the defence
budget is expected to bring an estimated savings of 5 billion pounds. On
the other hand, Australia's armed forces is struggling to maintain
adequate staffing. The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) is in particularly
desperate need of engineers, with additional shortcomings in special
forces officers, fighter pilots and submarine crews. Voila! A match
between supply and demand.
The Australian Defence Force (ADF) is offering a fast-track path to
citizenship with these open positions. The offer is also available to
citizens of the US, Canada and New Zealand and guarantees an Australian
passport within three months of an overseas recruit being granted
permanent residency. (The usual wait time for permanent residents is two
years). The ADF is looking for "serving or ex-serving foreign military
personnel who can directly transfer their job and life skills to
whichever service they join with limited training and preparation".
If that sounds like you and you want to suit up for Australia, apply at http://www.defencejobs.gov.au/.
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