The Government Plans to Abolish the Maximum Age to Be Reservist in the Army

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Soon, it will no longer matter how old you are to join the army as a reservist. Not if N-VA MP Peter Buysrogge has his way. He also chairs the parliamentary Defense Committee and submitted a bill to abolish the age limit. The Defense Department now hopes to recruit at least 1,000 new reservists each year.

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The government plans to abolish the maximum age to be reservist in the army, while the Minister of Defence Theo Francken (N-VA) has decided to increase the maximum number of reservists from 6,000 to 20,000, writes Wednesday Het Nieuwsblad, Gazet van Antwerpen and De Standaard. ...

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BELGA The government plans to abolish the maximum age to be reservist in the army, while the Minister of Defence Theo Francken (N-VA) has decided to increase the maximum number of reservist soldiers from 6,000 to 20,000, writes Wednesday Het Nieuwsblad, Gazet van Antwerpen and De Standaard. To be reservist for the army is to continue to practise his profession, except for a few weeks (for example) a year when he puts himself at the service of th…