Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!sharkey!shadooby!eecae!netnews.upenn.edu!rutgers!att!cbnews!esco@tank.uchicago.edu From: esco@tank.uchicago.edu (ross paul weiner) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: National Guard and Reserves Message-ID: <5238@cbnews.ATT.COM> Date: 30 Mar 89 05:01:01 GMT Sender: military@cbnews.ATT.COM Organization: University of Chicago Computation Center Lines: 30 Approved: military@att.att.com From: "ross paul weiner" In article <5200@cbnews.ATT.COM> you write: >From: sun!zehntel!edw (Ed Wright) [stuff I agree with] The always self effacing 8-) Mr John Lehman had a wonderful piece on last Sundays NYT Op-Ed page. I remember my Regular CO cursing the then SECNAV as "that damn reservist". He argues, inter alia, for reserve components in the following proportions, Army 2/3, Air Force 1/2 and Navy 1/3. He also suggests a meaningful productive period of annual active duty at better than current pay instead of weekend drills. My reserve unit actually does productive work for the active forces but that probably is unusual. When I was active it was assumed that if the balloon went up I would take a party of Boatswains and Gunners Mates over to the Shore Intermediate Maintenance Activity (SIMA) or the machine shop and kidnap everyone in sight. The job of reservists should be to fill the empty benches. A program that concentrates on training reservists to fill wartime support roles would be a credible mobilization strategy and would support skills needed in the civilian economy - my idea not Mr Lehman's. -- Ross P. Weiner Dandy Dirks Discount Disclaimers esco@tank.uchicago.edu "You can't sue me, I'm broke!"