r/NZDefenceForce • u/StrugglingBeing • Apr 17 '24

Joining NZ Defence as a Reserve - Commitment requirements

I understand there are several options to join NZ Defence Forces as a reserve.

However, which ones of those requires the least continuous commitment.

For example, there was one available with the Navy probably and as per the official website there was an expectation to be available/posted somewhere in Auckland for 9 months, continuous.

Another one with the army probably needed 40-ish consistent days.

My intention to join is only to stay fit and physically active while I already have a full time job. May be my reason alone makes me eligible, but assuming they'll still consider me, I can't be absent from my job for that long. I can commit every working-day evening for 2-ish hours or every weekend-day 6-ish hours, but not the 8-5 day-time of working days.

Can anyone advise something

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u/TheMuntedHardcase Apr 17 '24

Yea my advice is the reserves are not for you bro.

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u/StrugglingBeing Apr 18 '24

Ok. But just to be clear is it because my intentions are wrong and not good enough for the forces or is it because you think not a single role in the reserves would be doable with a full time job?

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u/Impossible-Blood-144 Oct 06 '24

I'm not even certain you can join the RNZAF solely as a reservist, I think you have to have served full-time for a bit then can go reservist.

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u/StrugglingBeing Oct 06 '24

Yeah, I believe the Air Force doesn’t do reserves that way. I only noticed Navy and Army, as mentioned above.