I believe what may rub some (me included) the wrong way is your implication that because SOME reservists MIGHT be RUMORED to abuse the system, the rest of us should hang our heads in shame. That somehow this (mis)perception of abuse smears all of us together. In my view it's a self-correcting problem. I.e., if someone is gaming the system outside the legal boundaries, they're going to pay the penalty. No different from somebody abusing sick leave, deviation bank, etc. It's a very dangerous game to play, with an awful lot riding on the line. Eventually you'll get called to the carpet. So, by that logic should I be "enraged" that someone is abusing sick leave, when I myself use sick leave a couple of times a year? Au contraire, mon frere. Why should I give two sh!ts? If he wants to hang his manhood out to be chopped off, that's his prerogative. It's got zippo to do with me. Same goes for military leave. If you're abusing the system, you'll be dealt with. I lose no sleep whatsoever worrying that these so-called abusers will "ruin" this peach of a deal for the rest of us. We've got a little thing called the Federal Government backing us up in the form of USERRA. All so we can lose untold thousands of dollars a year for the privilege of working harder, aggravating our wives, and ****ing off BOTH bosses in the hopes of a miniscule retirement stipend twenty years down the road. Stop second-guessing us.

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