Having been in both i argue the NG is better in some roles. My experience is that NG mechanics are way better than active duty mechanics. They work on a lot of cars all the time; and don’t have to rely on following a -20 to diagnose what’s wrong with the vehicle. In a similar way medics, who work in healthcare (EMT, etc) as civilians, tend to get more actual experience over time than active duty medics.
NG units also tend to have a broader skill set because all the soldiers have a day job and a lot of those day jobs being useful skills. Example; my last chaplain assistant was an industrial welder in the civilian world. If our unit needed something welded while deployed he could easily get it done.
Depends on the soldier, same as active duty.
Having been in both i argue the NG is better in some roles. My experience is that NG mechanics are way better than active duty mechanics. They work on a lot of cars all the time; and don’t have to rely on following a -20 to diagnose what’s wrong with the vehicle. In a similar way medics, who work in healthcare (EMT, etc) as civilians, tend to get more actual experience over time than active duty medics.
NG units also tend to have a broader skill set because all the soldiers have a day job and a lot of those day jobs being useful skills. Example; my last chaplain assistant was an industrial welder in the civilian world. If our unit needed something welded while deployed he could easily get it done.