[Core_Conservative]

I disagree that you would call the reservists cut-rate staffing. My wife (ODC_GIRL) is in the guard, and they have in the past beaten the pants off of Active Duty Unit in head to head competitions!

[Grut]

They are cut-rate in the sense that the government is getting their services more cheaply than if it employed them full time, but I agree that their quality isn't cut-rate at all. But I still say that deliberately setting up the military to routinely need reservists is pure exploitation; there's a sort of "don't call us, we'll call you" feel to it that's a long way from the 'loyalty from above' the troops deserve.