The Reserve Defence Force (RDF) is comprised of the First Line Reserve (FLR), the Army Reserve (AR) and the Naval Service Reserve (NSR).
End of month strength returns are collated at the mid-month point of the following month. The most up to date figures available therefore for the effective strength of the Army Reserve (AR) and Naval Service Reserve (NSR) are, as of 31 March 2021, and the effective strength at that point is 1,569 which is broken down as follows:
|
LT COL
|
COMDT
|
CAPT
|
LT
|
TOTAL OFFR
|
SM
|
BQMS
|
AR
|
5
|
46
|
75
|
96
|
222
|
1
|
4
|
NR
|
0
|
4
|
8
|
11
|
23
|
0
|
3
|
table cont.
CS
|
CQMS
|
SGT
|
CPL
|
TOTAL NCO
|
PTE
|
TOTAL
|
30
|
40
|
256
|
225
|
556
|
668
|
1446
|
5
|
0
|
13
|
13
|
34
|
66
|
123
|
The breakdown of female Officers, NCOs and Privates in the Army Reserve and Naval Service Reserve, is 212 in total as of 31 March 2021, and is as follows:
|
LT COL
|
COMDT
|
CAPT
|
LT
|
TOTAL OFFR
|
SM
|
BQMS
|
AR
|
0
|
3
|
9
|
18
|
30
|
0
|
0
|
NSR
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
table cont.
CS
|
CQMS
|
SGT
|
CPL
|
TOTAL NCO
|
PTE
|
TOTAL
|
0
|
2
|
23
|
41
|
66
|
95
|
191
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
3
|
4
|
15
|
21
|
The substantive strength of the First Line Reserve (FLR) as of 31 March 2021 is as follows:
|
OFFR
|
NCO
|
PTE
|
TOTAL
|
Army
|
-
|
14
|
118
|
132
|
Air Corps
|
-
|
4
|
19
|
23
|
Naval Service
|
3
|
16
|
87
|
106
|
TOTAL
|
3
|
34
|
224
|
261
|
*The gender breakdown of the FLR is not available