Flash (or anyone else),
I'm not trying to be argumentive or play devil's advocate but I heard this same "crack down" years ago.
The part I never understood about the intent of the crack down was in how the Points are added up.
What I mean by this is:
IMO, the minimum for a SELRES participation should be:
Attend all 12 Drill Weekends and perform a 12-day AT.
This would give the Reservist 60 points for his/her Anniversary Year (48 Inactive Points from the Drills plus 12 Active Duty pointsfrom the AT).
Let's say that this is the Standard that they are expecting.
But is it the 60 Points or simply the AT performance part?
Because . . .
Some units have Additional Drill Points (ATPs), in some cases up to 30 ATPs. What if the 12 Drill Weekends are performed and instead of a 12-Day AT, 10-15 Inactive Days (20-30 ATPs) are performed instead. This adds up to 58-78 Points. An AT waiver is still required for this but the support to the gaining command was the same. There is also IDTT and RMP, and let's not forget the correspondence, Blue/Gold, and Funeral Points.
Is the minimum lower than 60 Points?
Is it a SELRES that only attends 9 Drill Weekends and does not do AT? This would get the SELRES 36 points but still earn him/her a "Good" Year.
Or is it a SELRES that performs 12 Drill Weekends only and no AT (48 Points total).
Then there the ones that perform only 1 Drill per Quarter (16 Points total) but can rack rack up, say, another 30 Active Duty Points doing AT/ADT at the gaining command (which makes up their Reskeds). Sure, they did Active Duty but they only racked up 46 Points total, less than the guy who did 12 Drill Weekends but no AT.
See what I mean?
The possible combinations of both Inactive and Active Points is endless (but they can only add up to 365). If a certain Point threshold is required, it can be most likely be reached by Inactive Points only and many times fully supporting the gaining command.
Will our beloved organization take all these nuanced scenarios into consideration?
Just my 2 cents worth.