You know, in a way I totally understand, but in a way this pisses me off.
I'm trying to form coherent thoughts, and put it into perspective as both a National Guard Soldier and the spouse of an Active Duty Soldier. I see both sides of the coin, all the time, and while I understand your gripes, I also don't agree that during an average four year enlistment, even with deployment, a reservist does the same amount of work an active duty soldier does and so, I'm not sure that we should get the *exact* same benefits.
(I'm leaving aside the reserve soldeir who does six deployments in four years and his family starves because he lost a lucrative construction company because his brother couldn't run a paper route effectively. Those soldiers are rare.)
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Date: 2010-03-09 02:05 pm (UTC)I'm trying to form coherent thoughts, and put it into perspective as both a National Guard Soldier and the spouse of an Active Duty Soldier. I see both sides of the coin, all the time, and while I understand your gripes, I also don't agree that during an average four year enlistment, even with deployment, a reservist does the same amount of work an active duty soldier does and so, I'm not sure that we should get the *exact* same benefits.
(I'm leaving aside the reserve soldeir who does six deployments in four years and his family starves because he lost a lucrative construction company because his brother couldn't run a paper route effectively. Those soldiers are rare.)