[Grimmy]

Personally, I view any "push down" of active capability to reserve as a mistake.

Our reserve forces should be just that, reserve. They should not be "cheaper than active but full time" they should be for when the active is fully committed and some holes need patching.

Civil Affairs units have been a mainstay in many theaters recently, above and beyond Iraq and Afghanistan. These should all be active duty units. Any unit that's been called up since 9/11 should be replaced with an active duty unit in the standing force. We need more active duty units, not more units that should be active duty only, being pushed down into the reserve cause it's cheaper than payin for full time Soldiers.

The reserve should be cut roughly in half and used exclusivly and only as emergency (as in invasion of the US or full total global war) reinforcements.
The active duty military should be increased to be able to do the job necessary.