Fears reserve Defence Forces could cease to exist within three years

Reserve Defence Force Representative Association general secretary Neil Richardson said the reserve force is 3,250 short of the minimum it's supposed to have. Picture: Defence Forces 

The reserve Defence Forces could cease to exist within three years without a drastic intervention from the Government.

That is the stark warning from the Reserve Defence Force Representative Association (RDFRA) general secretary Neil Richardson, amid claims the back-up to the country’s ever-dwindling permanent Defence Forces is even more critically endangered than the regulars.