Calling in the Temps

Well, when our government plans to gut our active component military despite kinetic engagements in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, the Horn of Africa, Iraq, and Libya, you have to expect that the military will need to call on our reservists more often:

Reserve-component leaders made the case this week for legislative changes that would give Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta more flexibility in using Guard and reserve members to support theater security cooperation and other military missions around the world.

Testifying before the House Armed Services Committee’s military personnel subcommittee, the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard leaders cited the reserve components’ vast experience supporting a broad array of contingency missions.

Particularly in light of looming budgetary constraints, they said, it’s foolhardy not to enable the Defense Department to take full advantage of these capabilities.

I know this could never be considered a "back door draft."

I know this with certainty because George W. Bush isn't the president.