I had rather the same experience as Cavtroop in the California National Guard. Upwards of 90% of my light infantry unit had active duty time. About 75% of the unit had been infantry in the Regular Army. (I was an exception. My RA time was in combat engineering and MI.) The reason we performed at all was due to the experience base. Certainly, the Title 32 training* was hopelessly inadequate. Our Title 10 training# was not that much better. The most valuable stuff we learned during our train-up happened off the Big Army’s clock, when the guys with the right knowledge base taught us what they had learned in their previous lives. Very sad.
(*) Title 32 refers to a National Guard unit under the control of its parent state
# Title 10 refers to a National Guard unit mobilized for federal service
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