Being a reservist or NG is considered “Active Duty For Training”, not “Active Duty”.
Plus it is still more physically demanding than 14 months of desk duty in the Club Med location of Okinawa. One of the two front-runners for the Democrat nomination struts about in his USMC dress whites for general elections and the news media never complains: Congressman Conor Lamb.
That's not quite right. I hope you're just uninformed and not the enemy.
There are many other assignments for Guard or Reservists. I know, I've been on many of them.
The best one was clsssified so high I had to get another clearance to fulfill it! Sorry to be such a snot.
There are sources for details.