Yea, I probably could’ve done a better job differentiating what I think people would get out of guard/reserve service vs. active duty. I absolutely would not expect the cultural absorption to happen in the guard/reserve; probably not even if you took a year-long mob. It really was a years-long process.
I agree that the national security knowledge is overrated, and tried to convey that—I think your Peace Corps analogy is spot on.
It’d be awesome if you wrote a post on warrant officer careers—nobody seems to know WTF warrants do, myself included!
Thanks!
Yea, I probably could’ve done a better job differentiating what I think people would get out of guard/reserve service vs. active duty. I absolutely would not expect the cultural absorption to happen in the guard/reserve; probably not even if you took a year-long mob. It really was a years-long process.
I agree that the national security knowledge is overrated, and tried to convey that—I think your Peace Corps analogy is spot on.
It’d be awesome if you wrote a post on warrant officer careers—nobody seems to know WTF warrants do, myself included!