I was deeply involved in this process.

We - meaning a number of ARNG and USAR AGR's - saw that one of the major impacts of operationalizing the RC would be a constriction of the recruiting base. We thought, at its worst, that the recruiting base would be limited to federal and state employees, and maybe a few large corporations and defense contractors.

There were a litany of other major problems with the process that we tried to address with the help of our 1st Army and FORSCOM brothers. There's a massive 100 page document called the "Comprehensive Review" that is floating around in FOUO land.

If the changes we suggested are enacted, in addition to the CONGR recommendations, then the RC soldier should be very well taken care of in the future if the Operationalized RC is actually approved.