Also due to the 'peace dividend' downsizing of the regular armed forces from 1991 to 2000 the reserves and guard have been used in a way no one foresaw.
It was foreseen. The Guard and Reserve was integrated into the regular forces to act as a brake on going to war. If a large segment of the population (guard and Reserve) were called on it should be politically unacceptable. In this case the brake didn’t work.
Being retired active Army, I find it difficult to empathize with those who did not read and head their contract.