# MARAD Head ‘Not At All Confident’ Ready Reserve Fleet Could be Crewed in a Crisis **URL:** \ **Category:** MARAD\ **Created:** [March 29, 2023, 10:48pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/marad-head-not-at-all-confident-ready-reserve-fleet-could-be-crewed-in-a-crisis/65760 "2023-03-29T22:48:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 27
**Author:** ![Meme.Lord](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/meme.lord/32/29401_2.png) [@Meme.Lord](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Meme.Lord)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2023, 7:22pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/marad-head-not-at-all-confident-ready-reserve-fleet-could-be-crewed-in-a-crisis/65760/27 "2023-04-01T19:22:13Z")
[I made a thread about this earlier,](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/being-drafted-in-the-event-of-war/65466) and i beleive the conclusion is that there is no plan. The system is entirely voluntarily, apart from KP for 5 years. I think the SSOP brass can see their program is a farce as well. In previous wars, Merchant Marine exempted you from the Draft, so thats how they got people to join. But yeah we shouldn’t laugh too hard at Russia’s paper military… our merchant fleet is a lot similar. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/marad-head-not-at-all-confident-ready-reserve-fleet-could-be-crewed-in-a-crisis/65760)._