[Turret Gunner A20]

Those called up from the national guard and reserves may very well have never figured they might have to serve in combat.

I'm not real sure wht you are trying to sy here, but it seems to me that they are doing a pretty good job of carrying their load in this war.

[Beagle8U]

“I'm not real sure wht you are trying to sy here, but it seems to me that they are doing a pretty good job of carrying their load in this war.”

I didn't say they weren't carrying their load. My point was that many of them signed up thinking there was little chance they would see duty much beyond their one weekend a month.

Their reasons for joining likely weren't the same as our troops that signed up for regular military duty full time.