[GAsux]

I'm aware of where funding comes from. I'm also aware that the reason Guard troops are funded by the state is because their primary function historically is to serve the state. When they are called up to active duty and deployed overseas, they are serving the nation.

Do you think Reservists who are called up to serve extended period of active duty time, often times at a pay cut from their civilian jobs should not be entitled to the same life insurance as their active duty counterparts?

Additionaly, to some degree I would agree with you with regards to the Guard/Reserve stereotype. But it's really no different than the interservice stereotypes. And when it comes to fighting the war, all that shit goes away. When you're serving side by side with a Reservist and getting shot at, I'm pretty sure you're not worried about whether he's got his Van Halen shirt on under his uniform instead of his reg shirt.

But again that's completely off track of the whole point to begin with. The point is, its asinine for the administration to stand in front of the country and say "we support the troops" and "we are giving them everything they need to do the job" only to turn around and deny them those very same things.