{"id":28723,"date":"2012-02-13T13:32:05","date_gmt":"2012-02-13T17:32:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=28723"},"modified":"2012-02-13T13:32:05","modified_gmt":"2012-02-13T17:32:05","slug":"pucker-up-reservists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=28723","title":{"rendered":"Pucker up, Reservists"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Stars & Stripes<\/a> recounts a discussion that Lt. Gen. Jack Stultz, chief of the Army Reserve had with 75 reservists with the 7th Civil Support Command at a town hall meeting last week at Daenner Kaserne in Kaiserslautern.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe word I\u2019m getting from the very top is, \u2018Hey, we don\u2019t want to touch the Reserve; you\u2019re too important. We\u2019re going to rely on you even more.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat it means is, you\u2019re more relevant than ever,\u201d he said. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

He says that like it’s a good thing. It’s been my experience that most soldiers who go into the Reserves aren’t looking for the full time employment of the active duty force. They’re looking to transition to civilian jobs and finish college after doing all of that full time stuff for several years. But, here it looks like the Defense department and the Obama Administration is planning on filling the deployment gaps caused by drawing down the active force with Reservists who are going back on rotation schedules.<\/p>\n

Yeah, if all things remain constant, it’s a good plan…well, except for when Reservists start leaving when their hitch is up because they’re tired of not being civilians, and recruiters can’t fill the positions, because they discover that folks who want to be deployed would rather be on active duty, not ripping up their roots every other year to deploy on some AfriCom deployment to hand out MREs to AIDS patients.<\/p>\n

The goal, he said, is to create a five-year model in the Reserve, whereby soldiers would train and build readiness for four years, and in the fifth year, be available to mobilize for a contingency or other missions, Stultz said in an interview after the town hall meeting. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, that didn’t work so well for those Marines who ended up in the battle at the Chosin Reservoir. Funny how reality always intercedes in the best laid plans of men. I don’t know how you “build readiness”, but it sounds interesting. Enjoy your sky-pie.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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