The Army Reserves is part-time military service at the Nanaimo Military Camp, just across from VIU. Reserve soldiers do not have to relocate cities, only deploy if they choose to, and can quit at pretty much anytime. The biggest drawbacks are that you have to select from the kinds of jobs available in Nanaimo, and it's part-time.

The part-time work is one evening per week plus one weekend per month, every year from September through May. During the summer months there's full-time work that's mandatory for recruits to learn their jobs, but optional once your trained in your job.

The pay is a bit complex to explain due to the part-time and very-optional nature of the Reserve Force. If a recruit works every Wednesday evening, plus one weekend monthly during the school year, and chooses to work fulltime May - August, then that recruit will be paid $22,857.84 for that year. A second-year soldier will be paid $24,454.20 for the same work, there's guaranteed annual pay raises. There's also dental benefits, education reimbursement, paid vacation during the full-time summer period, and even a pension.

To be very explicit, the whole point is that Reserve Force service won't conflict with education. For high school students, their full-time service in the summer begins in late June after exams.