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When signing up for Guard or Reserve duty, it is quite clear that there is always the possibility of being called to active duty. The first Gulf War prooved that in a big way.

I can certainly empathize with with families who really miss their loved ones, but this is part of the obligation associated with this service.

These folks are free to not "re-up" when the time comes. It's just a shame that they would feel that way about serving their country.

Maybe it's time to boost our "full-time" troop strength. We have grown to overly depend upon our part-time military for full-time duties. If the US continues to be the World's police force (particularly considering the ineffective roll of the UN), then we must have the soldiers available for the duty without having to call up so many citizen soldiers.

But we know that if Kerry were to win the election, we can count on a SMALLER regular military.

Adding regular Army postitions would be the sensible solution. If we are in a long term war (which we are) it is the obvious solution. My daughter has been waiting for 6 mos to ship off to boot camp and still has three weeks to go.