USAR= Active duty with less funds?

Sir,<br><br>1. On a drill weekend you are on duty 24/7 for that period of time. The Army only has to let you sleep 4 hours a day. That's 20 hours per day of potential work, whereas most units are only at the armory or working for approximately 10 hours a day...<br><br>2. If it's a MUTA 4, you're getting paid for 4 days of work on a two-day drill weekend...<br><br>3. You should be happy that you can sit at home in your boxers looking up TTPs and creating spreadsheets to better your unit while your peers go home and forget the unit exists, because you'll shine having done the research and formulated a plan to execute successful training. That's the burden of being a good leader, get used to it. Every outstanding officer or NCO you encounter in your career spends the extra time and effort, if you would like to be outstanding than you will too.<br><br>4. Being Guard or Reservist means you have to have to accomplish a months worth of training in 2-3 days. That'll never change, and only gets worse as the amount of mandatory requirements goes up. Get creative how you use your time, because there is never enough.<br>

In a way we are compensated, our drills days are MUTA (Multi Unit Training Assemblies), meaning on a 2 day drill weekend you are paid for 4 MUTAs = 4 days of active duty salary at your rank and service time.  We are expected to do more in those two days and do things away from the unit.   Depending on your role, more unpaid time is needed from time to time.