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**Dfvgthyju** · 01-24-2007, 09:01 PM

Something nagging me about Bush's speech is this:

" A second task we can take on together is to design and establish a volunteer Civilian Reserve Corps. Such a corps would function much like our military reserve. It would ease the burden on the Armed Forces by allowing us to hire civilians with critical skills to serve on missions abroad when America needs them. And it would give people across America who do not wear the uniform a chance to serve in the defining struggle of our time."

This did not pass over me lightly and instead made me do a double-take. Is he proposing that we establish what amounts to what the National Guard used to be?

The national guard seems to be the 6th branch of our military and no longer seems to function as a true reserve since enlistment assures active duty.

So this new Civilian Reserve Corps must be the new Army Reserve... I've heard of this proposition before but I thought it was General Wesley Clark's idea.

I would like to hear more about it and hope that it would be more than a recruiting ploy. Service to my country in some other capacity than toting a rifle or being in a warzone (at my age) is something that I would give serious consideration. But coming from Bush, I just don't trust it. Does anyone have a good idea about what exactly this Citizens Reserve Corps would actually be?

EDIT [I realize I got the title wrong -- It should read "Civilian" and not "Citizens" ]

01-24-2007, 09:01 PM	#1
Dfvgthyju Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 548 Senior Member	Citizens Reserve Corps... The New National Guard Reserve? Something nagging me about Bush's speech is this: " A second task we can take on together is to design and establish a volunteer Civilian Reserve Corps. Such a corps would function much like our military reserve. It would ease the burden on the Armed Forces by allowing us to hire civilians with critical skills to serve on missions abroad when America needs them. And it would give people across America who do not wear the uniform a chance to serve in the defining struggle of our time." This did not pass over me lightly and instead made me do a double-take. Is he proposing that we establish what amounts to what the National Guard used to be? The national guard seems to be the 6th branch of our military and no longer seems to function as a true reserve since enlistment assures active duty. So this new Civilian Reserve Corps must be the new Army Reserve... I've heard of this proposition before but I thought it was General Wesley Clark's idea. I would like to hear more about it and hope that it would be more than a recruiting ploy. Service to my country in some other capacity than toting a rifle or being in a warzone (at my age) is something that I would give serious consideration. But coming from Bush, I just don't trust it. Does anyone have a good idea about what exactly this Citizens Reserve Corps would actually be? EDIT [I realize I got the title wrong -- It should read "Civilian" and not "Citizens" ]
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