With the emaciation of the active duty military under the Klintoon administration, however, the role of the Reserves and Guard has changed forever. We were mobilized in 2002 for Iraq and we are back in the rotation for 2006. While we were away, our BN had about 100 soldiers join and they are on trainup for Afghanistan as we speak.
Are you from Indiana by any chance? They had some of the few battalions that I recall being mobilized for Iraq in 2002. There were probably some other BN's mobilized at that time that I've forgotten.
I don't know if I can agree with your statement that the role of the Guard and Reserve changed recently. Reserve troops have been used to fight all our wars since the 1600's -- no real changes there.