I know my time is likely running short, Mr. Chairman, but I talked to one of the recruiting personnel in the reserves a number of years ago about why they don't do an exit interview with people leaving the reserves so they can find out if they may be doing some things wrong and can improve the retention rate. He seemed rather taken aback that the forces would talk to people who are leaving rather than talking to people who are entering.
The reason I raise that issue, Mr. Chairman, is that I know a young person who was in the reserves. Quite frankly, he gave up in disgust because he would show up on a Saturday morning and hang around all day and nobody was giving him any orders. They just sat around and did nothing. He loved it when they were on exercises. He enjoyed it. But most of the time no one knew who was doing what and there was nobody in charge, so he finally said, “Shove it”, and went home.
That has to be not only dispelled, but you have to address these kinds of issues. Are you addressing these kinds of issues?