Sorry but that is BS! And your comment is an insult to all Reservists, some of whom are former active duty service members who then become reservists and who are then called up again to active duty or the reservists who voluntarily enlist as reservists, who train hard and for very little compensation and put their civilian lives at risk and often with great hardships on their families knowing that they could be called up to active duty at any time.
FWIW, I’ve known of at least 3 Reservists at places were I’ve worked over the years who were called up to active combat duty and sent overseas; 1 during the 1st Gulf War and 2 during the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq and one of those reservists was killed in action.
I know this not only because I knew these men personally but also because I was the Payroll Manager or the HR rep who had to work with them to ensure that their jobs were protected under The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) while they were called up on active duty and that their employer provided insurance benefits for their dependents continued.
http://myarmybenefits.us.army.mil/Home/Benefit_Library/Federal_Benefits_Page/Uniformed_Services_Employment_and_Reemployment_Rights_Act_(USERRA).html?serv=228
Afghanistan Special Forces Commander Lt. Col. Michael Waltz:
Mike commanded a U.S. Army Special Forces unit in the reserve component with multiple deployments to Afghanistan and the Middle East. There, Mike commanded a number of SOF teams in four provinces along the border region with Pakistan. In previous deployments, Mike worked closely with UAE, Czech, French, Kuwaiti and Australian Special Forces units in southern Afghanistan, in the Gulf region and other locales. He was awarded four Bronze Stars (including two for Valor) for his service in Afghanistan. Or Lt. Col. Tom Hanton – a POW in Vietnam.
http://www.veterantributes.org/TributeDetail.php?recordID=1813
Is Lt. Col. Tom Hanton one of those people that Trump said he doesn’t like because he “doesn’t like people who got captured”, and calls “losers”?
There is a huge difference in SF training for reservists as they have to go through the active duty schools to earn the SF flash. Now, I recall the 20th in Alabama after I left AD and they had zero A team CO’s then who had been through the SFOC. Tell me the reservist who has a year plus of time to go through SF medic school? This reserve LTC may have served 4 tours and BSM’s are not what LTC’s and up get in war for doing a great job. The sharp LTC gets a LOM.
There is a huge difference in SF training for reservists as they have to go through the active duty schools to earn the SF flash. Now, I recall the 20th in Alabama after I left AD and they had zero A team CO’s then who had been through the SFOC. Tell me the reservist who has a year plus of time to go through SF medic school? This reserve LTC may have served 4 tours and BSM’s are not what LTC’s and up get in war for doing a great job. The sharp LTC gets a LOM.
Also a damn payroll civil service type has no idea what SF training is for each MOS. Tell me all about your military duty?
You said the training in SF is the same whether Reserve or AD or NG and what I said was BS. Read this from me a man who served in SF on active duty and this is from SF HQ at the start of this last war. As I stated it is not easy to train NG SF. In fact, there are no reserve SF units these days. Only the active duty groups and the 19th and 20th. When you say a man who served in SF is spouting BS you had best have been in SF yourself. READ.
http://www.groups.sfahq.com/19th/general_burford.htm