Ami Silberman wrote:

There are a lot of guard and reserve units which
are deploying at nearly the same pace as the standing army, and it is really
hurting retention.



The Army Reserve has a recruitment ad out in which they state that if
you join the Reserve you won't be called up unless you are needed...so I
figure new Army Reserve recruits may have two or maybe even three days
of easy duty before they are headed for Iraq.
What worries me is that we might have some sort of large-scale national
calamity (earthquake, tsunami, hurricane, Roseanne Barr getting a new TV
series) which we will want to call the National Guard up to deal
with...and the ones we will want to call up are busy in Baghdad.

Pat