I think someone who hasn't been in the military and comes on this site would think we spend 50-90% of our time on sexual harassment training, travel claims and filling out TPS reports when it is just a very small amount of what we spend our time on. I am guessing the only reason it takes a lot of folks so long to get through on-line training is that they spend 80% of the time bitching about it while doing it. Even where I am now alone and unafraid with no admin support whatsoever I spend just minutes per week on admin and training bullshit.
I don't know what your current reserve gig is, but here's a snippet of what we've done for recent drill weekends:
Nov, 2012 - Birthday Ball/Ball Recovery Sat/Sun
Dec, 2012 - 1 flight in morning on Sat, Christmas party Sat afternoon. Sun, 1 flight in the morning.
Jan, 2013 - BITS/Safety Standdown on Sat, 1 flight in the morning on Sun.
Feb, Mar, Apr - TBD
May 2013 - Change of Command/Post and Relief/Retirement Ceremony. Yes. The whole weekend.
So far, we haven't even come close to the campaign plan's goals (for flight hours OR training X's) that was signed by the CO. At this point in our lives - just looking at drill weekends, yes - we probably spend close to 50% of our time NOT training/doing the mission. Most of us are coming in on AFTPs (and because of that - we're burning through the balance alloted by group quick, fast, and in a hurry) to get even close to our mins.
In previous years, if we wanted a Christmas party - it was a 2 turn 2, then Christmas party in the late afternoon.
We're also a lot less than 70% MC because guess what? Our priorities are all the other crap it seems. Oh, and the online training? Everyone of us does it at home and gets an RMP for it.
The outgoing CO approached the incoming CO about having the change of command 2 months early. I wonder if he's trying to minimize flying in order to minimize the chance of something big that could happen and lead to him leaving without a band.