Originally Posted by
thrust
My comments were in regards to active duty. The guard/reserve is the only way to go... having the ability to say "no" is priceless.
That said, even the guard/reserve isn't what it used to be. Shrinking budgets make it tougher to turn it into a quasi full-time gig, and a small part of the active duty stupidity is starting to trickle down.
If you're interested, go read the forums over on baseops.net. It'll help explain why so many people want out of AD ASAP.
Guard and reserves are offering affiliation bonuses. I know several guys that have turned down tens of thousands, simply because they didn't want their parent service to have any leverage over them at all.
The "trickle down" is turning into a flown blown attempt at takeover. AD is trying to roll themselves into Guard and Reserve units, and effectively take over to augment AD requirements. I can't wait to see how it works out when middle fingers start popping up like prairie dogs.