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<blockquote data-quote="Overpaid Union Thug" data-source="post: 122312" data-attributes="member: 198"><p>I'm in the air force reserves. I was active duty before. It's only two days a month but I work harder during those two days than I ever did during any two days on active duty. I have a medical job so we work our butts off. I hear other jobs are pretty hectic too but not as much as medical jobs. There is just so much to do and not enough time to do it all in those two days.</p><p></p><p>"I really don't care for reservists who were never active. The reality of the reservist is you get activated to stupid things like security, supply and admin stuff. And your training is so horrible that if you are working with the regulars they just tell you to go sit on your hands in the corner and shut-up."</p><p></p><p>More like...get activated to go over to Iraq and Afghanistan and instead of doing the job you were trained for they stick you in a convoy with the Army. As far as regular deployments go....Most active duty people that end up supervising deployed reservists usually have good things to say about them. I know everyone in our unit that has been deployed recieved high marks from their supervisors when they were "over there". Many Air Force Reservists and Air National Guardsman do the same jobs they do in the military as they do as a civilian. So they are usually prepared to do the job just like anyone on active duty is. I, luckily, have not been deployed yet but I know I'm prepared for the job. </p><p></p><p>The best service to join depends soley on what you are expecting to get out of the military. The Air Force Reserves and Air National Guard, as well as the Active Duty Air Force, is almost like working in a civilian job. You get treated with a little more respect than you would in the other branches. And the facilitys you work in are usually better than the others get. The Navy comes VERY close to being like the Air Force in that respect but the Air Force still leads in that catagory.</p><p></p><p>Look up USERRA like the other poster said before. It is very usefull. I looked it up and learned that you can go on active duty and then come back to your civilian job without losing seniority. That is what I did. When I told HR I wanted to do that they said they had several guys in the area that had done that. You can go active duty for up to 5 years and come back to UPS. I did it and ended up in the reserves later.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Overpaid Union Thug, post: 122312, member: 198"] I'm in the air force reserves. I was active duty before. It's only two days a month but I work harder during those two days than I ever did during any two days on active duty. I have a medical job so we work our butts off. I hear other jobs are pretty hectic too but not as much as medical jobs. There is just so much to do and not enough time to do it all in those two days. "I really don't care for reservists who were never active. The reality of the reservist is you get activated to stupid things like security, supply and admin stuff. And your training is so horrible that if you are working with the regulars they just tell you to go sit on your hands in the corner and shut-up." More like...get activated to go over to Iraq and Afghanistan and instead of doing the job you were trained for they stick you in a convoy with the Army. As far as regular deployments go....Most active duty people that end up supervising deployed reservists usually have good things to say about them. I know everyone in our unit that has been deployed recieved high marks from their supervisors when they were "over there". Many Air Force Reservists and Air National Guardsman do the same jobs they do in the military as they do as a civilian. So they are usually prepared to do the job just like anyone on active duty is. I, luckily, have not been deployed yet but I know I'm prepared for the job. The best service to join depends soley on what you are expecting to get out of the military. The Air Force Reserves and Air National Guard, as well as the Active Duty Air Force, is almost like working in a civilian job. You get treated with a little more respect than you would in the other branches. And the facilitys you work in are usually better than the others get. The Navy comes VERY close to being like the Air Force in that respect but the Air Force still leads in that catagory. Look up USERRA like the other poster said before. It is very usefull. I looked it up and learned that you can go on active duty and then come back to your civilian job without losing seniority. That is what I did. When I told HR I wanted to do that they said they had several guys in the area that had done that. You can go active duty for up to 5 years and come back to UPS. I did it and ended up in the reserves later. [/QUOTE]
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