The Supplementary Reserve (SuppRes) consists of inactive or retired members of the Canadian Forces who are willing and available for active service when requested.
The Ready Reserve was to provide a pool of individuals with current skills and who have expressed a willingness to volunteer for duty when requested.
In an effort to meet the VCDS intent for a more operationally focused Supplementary Reserve, members who did not reply to Supplementary Reserve request(s) for written correspondence within the given time frame (minimum 30 days) or for whom a return to sender letter is received from Canada Post were released.
This release was recorded as 5(c) – Service completed for which required QR&O, Vol 1, Ch 15.01.
The goal was to strengthen the Supplementary Reserve and to provide a true representation to the Canadian Forces of potentially available members for future employment.