from what I know of the guard/reserve they definitely want you to have another job...they don't want you to be sucking at their proverbial teet for the next xx years - they've probably already got guys who are doing that now.
I would go for the highway patrol job and keep applying. I had 110 hours PPL before SUPT and I think I did pretty well. I know a few people who had their CFIs and so on and I think it took them longer to adjust.