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re: Former Active Duty Military Disdain for NG or Reservists
Posted on 10/17/17 at 7:45 pm to Lakeboy7
Posted on 10/17/17 at 7:45 pm to Lakeboy7
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The National Guard is structured like the active component, in units (brigades, battalions, companies). Reserves seem to focus more individual augmentation, like ones and two's you might need to round out your manning document.
The only reserve unit I ever saw deployed as a stand alone unit was a reserve engineer company in Kuwait.
The one positive about the Reserves over the Guard is the promotions. In the Guard, it is hard to get promoted if there is a shite load of people in your MOS.
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Posted on 10/17/17 at 7:46 pm to tketaco
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tketaco
What DRU?
Posted on 10/17/17 at 7:49 pm to Lakeboy7
quote:The Army Reserve is structured the same way. The focus of their mission is combat support and combat service support. It’s purpose is not individual argumentation. That is the mission of the Individual Ready Reserve (IRR).
The National Guard is structured like the active component, in units (brigades, battalions, companies). Reserves seem to focus more individual augmentation, like ones and two's you might need to round out your manning document.
Despite what the dumbass washout thinks, our Army has always been organized to have a small active and large reserve component. That is what the Constitution outlines for us in Article 1, Section 8.
Posted on 10/17/17 at 7:51 pm to tketaco
I did my four years active duty army then I did two in army reserves
Imo the reserve unit was more lax in regards to standards but the amount of bs work (you know all the requirements like the gat survey and stuff like that)was about on par with active duty. This made it very hard to train those non deployed junior enlisted soldiers who were green.
I don't hold any grudges however because there were some good nco's in that reserve company I was with
Imo the reserve unit was more lax in regards to standards but the amount of bs work (you know all the requirements like the gat survey and stuff like that)was about on par with active duty. This made it very hard to train those non deployed junior enlisted soldiers who were green.
I don't hold any grudges however because there were some good nco's in that reserve company I was with
This post was edited on 10/17/17 at 7:57 pm
Posted on 10/17/17 at 7:51 pm to tketaco
The modern active force could not do their jobs w/o Guard and Reserve components.
Posted on 10/17/17 at 7:57 pm to tketaco
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This post was edited on 11/12/17 at 12:18 pm
Posted on 10/17/17 at 7:57 pm to Wolfhound45
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have a small active and large reserve component.
And it is absolutely more economical to structure it that way. What pisses me off is when resource competition compels an AD v RC contest. Its insane but we always do it when money is tight.
Posted on 10/17/17 at 8:13 pm to tketaco
Former AD Army here. I really didn't care about NG or AR when I was AD, and I sure as hell don't care now. This seems like OP just wants to brag about being former AD.
Posted on 10/17/17 at 8:20 pm to Parmen
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This seems like OP just wants to brag about being former AD.
Was never Active Duty. Joined LANG when I was 17.
Posted on 10/17/17 at 8:21 pm to Parmen
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This seems like OP just wants to brag about being former AD.
Seems like you're confusing an acronym here. Army you said?
Posted on 10/17/17 at 8:26 pm to unbeWEAVEable
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What DRU?
1084th
Posted on 10/17/17 at 8:28 pm to Centinel
It all depends on the job. I maintained all different types of communication systems in the Air Force. Some of which requiring a lot of training/knowledge.
Posted on 10/17/17 at 8:31 pm to GPTTiger61
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It all depends on the job. I maintained all different types of communication systems in the Air Force. Some of which requiring a lot of training/knowledge.
Spend a lot of time servicing PRC E-7's?
Posted on 10/17/17 at 8:32 pm to GPTTiger61
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If someone at your civilian job, only worked/trained one weekend a month, would he/she be as much of a contribution to the team, as someone who does it everyday?
I would expect them to do their job when they get called to work full time when we need them. Wouldnt matter to me the frequency of their training.
This post was edited on 10/17/17 at 8:33 pm
Posted on 10/17/17 at 8:56 pm to tketaco
maybe in a fantasy world! This post was edited on 10/17/17 at 9:00 pm
Posted on 10/17/17 at 8:58 pm to northshorebamaman
Good one 
Posted on 10/17/17 at 9:12 pm to GPTTiger61
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maybe in a fantasy world!
I'm a PM in Commercial Construction. If my Company calls up a "Part Time" PM to work Full Time for the duration of a Project I would anticipate that my Senior Leadership done so to lighten the load of the Always Full Time PM team.
Honestly it's a bit of a stretch to compare Private Sector with Government work.
Posted on 10/17/17 at 9:51 pm to Lakeboy7
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When I got to Iraq in 08 I just folded right in to 1st Cav
Oh shite, Lakeboy - I was with the Big Red One in Tikrit in '08 and '09, then briefly with the 10th Mountain at the end.
Small war.
Posted on 10/17/17 at 9:53 pm to Signal Soldier
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They hold an important role and I support them, but most are a joke and couldn't hack active duty.
couldn't hack activity duty
c'mon now. let's not act like the military is made up of the best and the brightest.
Posted on 10/17/17 at 10:05 pm to bmy
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c'mon now. let's not act like the military is made up of the best and the brightest.
There are some sharp ones in the group. But God Damn there is some dumb asses.
Seriously how hard is it to show up and PMCS a fricking 5 Ton?
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