Mark Holtz
04-17-03, 11:05 AM
From http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/usatoday/20030417/bs_usatoday/5078089 (
Yahoo/USA Today:
When duty calls, they suffer
At a time when many corporations are going beyond what the law requires to preserve pay and benefits for employees in the reserves, self-employed workers and entrepreneurs often must make huge financial sacrifices to serve in the military.
The reserves have played an increasingly important role since the end of the Cold War, as the ranks of the active armed services declined by about 35% to 1.4 million today. Currently, about 223,000 reservists and guard members are on active duty out of a total of 1.2 million.
Full article here (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/usatoday/20030417/bs_usatoday/5078089)
Yahoo/USA Today:
When duty calls, they suffer
At a time when many corporations are going beyond what the law requires to preserve pay and benefits for employees in the reserves, self-employed workers and entrepreneurs often must make huge financial sacrifices to serve in the military.
The reserves have played an increasingly important role since the end of the Cold War, as the ranks of the active armed services declined by about 35% to 1.4 million today. Currently, about 223,000 reservists and guard members are on active duty out of a total of 1.2 million.
Full article here (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/usatoday/20030417/bs_usatoday/5078089)