That's similar in concept to the Australian Army Reserves.
Every infantryman (usually) has a civilian job, often a trade or technical one. Those skills learnt in civilian life transfer readily into missions such as peace keeping, rebuilding, etc.
Even on a conventional battlefield a mechanic, electrician, truck driver or whatever can come in quite useful. Much better to have a number of support skills within the rifle platoon ready to go than have to wait for the engineers to come and fix the problem.
In my own original reserve section we had a carpenter, cabinet maker, two farmers, two train drivers, a paramedic, heavy machinery operator, and an ex navy signalman. When I went full time, those additional skills and the flexibility they brought essentially disappeared.
So, in concept I like the idea, but who in their right mind CHOOSES infantry if they've already established themselves in a much cushier role?
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