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My name is Joshua.

Just recently on a Friday Q&A show, I had a caller who called in and asked what I thought

about the idea of joining the military reserves, the Army reserves, or the National Guard,

with the goal of gaining some experience with the goal of having his career enhanced

by joining that.

And I gave my opinion, which was quite vigorous and strong, no, that I didn't think it was

a great idea.

Well, listen, our name Brian chimed in and said, well, I think Joshua, you know, you

made a few decent points, but I think there's more to the story, especially in that situation.

And Joshua, I think you missed a few important things.

And so I wanted to bring him on and give him a chance to talk about it, so we can give

him a better, more, more fully rounded out advice.

Brian, welcome to the show.

I'm glad you're here today.

Hi, thank you for having me.

Just a quick background I've been in for almost 20 years now.

I've done multiple different components.

So the Army's made up of three different components, the active duty that everyone knows,

the reserves, which is a federal reserve force, and then the National Guard, which are

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