Like I said, the Army would love to have you. You may even get credit for Civilian Acquired Skills and go right into banging around Irag, Afganistan (which I probably can't spell), Africa, or Colombia in a King Air 200 or Shorts. And the pay?! Believe me, it's not about the money, particularly for me being a CW4. Full flight pay? No, 1/30th of it per day of duty. And, if we don't get the full-on 20 years, we get our paltry retirement stipend only when we turn 60.

Again, if someone is producing a military order and taking time off from their civilian employer, someone up the chain of command seems to think that person is needed. The reserve components are an integral part of the active component. And, the reserve components are not staffed with full-timers, nor designed to be staffed with full-timers, at the level of the active component. Imagine how expensive it would be to fund the entire DoD only with full-time support.