Guard has its share of....fill in the blank. Also has its share of folks who can get things done the way they need to be.
Guard folks seem to get lumped together and painted with the same brush as a lot of military contractors...till they're needed. They didn't make the system, they just fill a place in it. I get crap about being a contractor now, too. Once again, I didn't make the system, just filling a spot in it. And I still deploy, contractor or not; and more than I did when I was in. Hell, I'm deployed now. Part of my job is being a flying Crew Chief, so we go with the plane(s).