Art wrote in reply to:
Screw you art,
I joined the guard off active duty to be able to coninue to serve.

The following..............

How brave of you. I am awed by your courage. I wish I had had the guts to
join
the guard. Being the coward I am I just went to war instead.

Art read what the heck he said before pounding your chest!
He joined the Guard "off" active duty, that means after he completed his active
duty tour he joined the Guard. Not instead of active duty!

Rick Clark