Bull$hit...
The Marine reserve is for... unfortunately... immediate deployment to hostile territory...
Outside of US...
So they are expendable...
On paper... check out Korea.
In our time... This means... reserve units... would replace active units...as stand by forces...so active units could be forward deployed...
We’re just hit somebody really hard...
Now... we’re prepping for blow-back.
That’s my two cents.
I wonder who we hit???
Read the link above in complete detail.
Yup, expeditionary forces.
Gym teacher I worked with was activated in Desert Storm. His USMCR unit was sent to Norway to replace NATO asdigned USMC units transferred to Saudi. We collected for his family as NYC Schools didnt pay while he was deployed. When he returned I asked him how it was. He said great except for the three guys who froze to death on guard duty.