Jeez, Rob. Nice articulate observation / question.

I have been quoted as saying that the relationship between the reserve Commanding Officer and his active Inspector-Instructor (USMC) has got to be the weirdest structural set up in all of the military.

I might still get away with that through a Clintonesque technicality of what "in" means, but I honestly now have to defer to the CG, MNF-I / U.S. Ambasssador structural arrangment for its max potential weirdness. Kudos to them for working it out like champions.