Originally Posted by
krudawg
I served a tour in a combat zone before you were born. I am ex-military. If you want to stay in the reserves, great, but pull your reserve duty on your time NOT on mine. Stop sharpshooting the system,taking advantage of a federal law that gives you time off for reserve duty anytime you want it - weekends, holidays and so on. I've been here almost 29 years and I have seen what you guys do to your sked.
Now, I'll wait for all the protests saying "I've never sharp-shooted the system; I only go to reserves on my days off" What a joke!
How, exactly, does a reservist deploy for 60 days on "his own time?" I assume you have never called in sick, without being sick as well? In that 29 years. You don't have to like it, it's federal law that if a Reservist or Guardsman has official orders, an employer must give them time off and have their job or equivalent available when they return. Don't like it, run for office and change it. And when you're in office, you can fund the Active Duty force so that ANG and AFRES are not so heavily tasked.
I don't think Grenada counts as a combat tour BTW
