I’m not a big fan of mandatory service. But the 5 Eyes militaries don’t do a very good job of leveraging civilian skillsets of their Reserve/National Guard sol

I’m not a big fan of mandatory service. But the 5 Eyes militaries don’t do a very good job of leveraging civilian skillsets of their Reserve/National Guard soldiers, sailors, and airmen. We talk about it all the time, and we try, but we haven’t been consistently successful. A few halo casts to brag about? Absolutely. But consistently? Nope. Tons of latent intellectual and SME value waiting to be captured and focused.