Visit To Solomon Islands Shows Employers The Benefits Of Reserve Service

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DEFENCE MEDIA RELEASE



MSPA 04/2010

Monday, 8 November 2010



Visit to Solomon Islands shows employers the benefits of Reserve

service



Twenty-one employers of Australian Defence Force (ADF) Reservists will travel to the

Solomon Islands today as part of Exercise Boss Lift — a Defence program designed to

encourage employer support for the Reserves. 


The Parliamentary Secretary for Defence, Senator David Feeney announced that the

employers will visit soldiers from the Melbourne-based 4th Brigade who are currently on a

four month deployment to the Solomon Islands. 


While in Honiara and surrounds, the employers will have the opportunity to see their

Reservists deployed on Operation Anode, the ADF’s contribution to the Australian-led

Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands.


Defence’s Cadet, Reserve and Employer Support Division (CRESD), which is responsible for

employer support for Australia's Reservists, has ensured the Boss Lift program visit will

highlight the important contribution made by Reservists in the ADF and will allow employers

to experience directly the essential roles played by their employees.


Senator Feeney said the employers will gain a valuable insight into the benefits their

employees can bring back to the civilian workplace by being able to observe the skills that

Reserve service has developed.


“Exercise Boss Lift highlights the skills Reservists gain from being in the ADF and how

those skills can benefit their civilian employers.”



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