I know the square root of crap about the Guard/Reserve. And I've got a lot of friends that got there, even though I didn't... I tried though.
That said, my dealings with guys that work 2 "pay periods", have their commercial travel paid for,... and that brag to me about making bank and owning 2 houses (C-17 guys) because they are able to work the system WRT rules and AFI's that I don't need to know (since I'm not a G/R guy),... well, I'm not sure the taxpayers are getting all they should.
And yes, I know we are keeping some very experienced and quality people in. Got it.
But the impression,... right or wrong,... is reality.