blastoff,
I wasn't trying to confuse anyone with my comment. But the way I see it, after serving this country for 2 weeks shy of 34 years, my take is that one of the major differences between the Guard and the Reserves is that, indeed, while serving in the Guard, a single individual (or a small group of individuals) cannot be activated and then deployed, unless of course they volunteer for such service, while on the other hand, while serving in the Reserves, a single individual (or small group of individuals) can in fact be activated and thereafter deployed. In other words, in the Guard, the government must activate an entire unit, whereas in the Reserves they can activate down to an individual Soldier/Airman/etc. Hope that's more clear. As for my license plate, no I was not being facetious, as I've had that plate on that car probably since you were born.