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<blockquote data-quote="tieguy" data-source="post: 203587" data-attributes="member: 1912">This type of argument comes more so from personal experience. I don&#039;t know if there a lot of polls out there that define the professionalism and readiness of reserve units. From what I&#039;ve seen there are some that are very gung ho. Many of these have ex combat vets in them that know what it takes to do the job. You also have some that were not ready or that had members that thought they had a government job to get them through college not a real combat job. I have seen both when I was in and through others I know through friends or coworkers that I could reasonably guess were not up to snuff. Thirty years ago when I was in my opinion was that many of the reserve type units were not ready for combat. I would imagine that has changed for the better with the increased use of reserve units in combat. I would never put my observations out there as a blanket statement on all units. As a medic I did have the chance to assist these units on their annual training. I would only speak on what I personally saw good and bad. &nbsp;&nbsp;Voice of Reasons points are a little overboard and will be somewhat biased because we all thought we were the baddest member of the baddest outfit when we served. <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/group1/thumbup1.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":thumbup1:" title="Thumbup1&nbsp; &nbsp; :thumbup1:" data-shortname=":thumbup1:" /> A little thing called esprit de corps I believe that helped us all motivate ourselves for the possible job ahead. At the same time he did serve so he is entitled to his opinion and the beating he is taking for sharing his opinion. <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/group1/thumbup1.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":thumbup1:" title="Thumbup1&nbsp; &nbsp; :thumbup1:" data-shortname=":thumbup1:" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="tieguy, post: 203587, member: 1912"] [COLOR=blue]This type of argument comes more so from personal experience. I don't know if there a lot of polls out there that define the professionalism and readiness of reserve units. From what I've seen there are some that are very gung ho. Many of these have ex combat vets in them that know what it takes to do the job. You also have some that were not ready or that had members that thought they had a government job to get them through college not a real combat job. I have seen both when I was in and through others I know through friends or coworkers that I could reasonably guess were not up to snuff. Thirty years ago when I was in my opinion was that many of the reserve type units were not ready for combat. I would imagine that has changed for the better with the increased use of reserve units in combat. I would never put my observations out there as a blanket statement on all units. As a medic I did have the chance to assist these units on their annual training. I would only speak on what I personally saw good and bad. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff]Voice of Reasons points are a little overboard and will be somewhat biased because we all thought we were the baddest member of the baddest outfit when we served. :thumbup1: A little thing called esprit de corps I believe that helped us all motivate ourselves for the possible job ahead. At the same time he did serve so he is entitled to his opinion and the beating he is taking for sharing his opinion. :thumbup1:[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]

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